Sports & Recreation
Posted on February 7th, 2016
Ready to watch the Superbowl? Getting an early start on March Madness? This time of year offers lots of excitement in the sports world. So whether you’re a fanatic cheering on your team or just a fair weather fan, check out this display of sports books in the 3000 level hallway. There’s something for everyone no matter what sport you’re interested in!
If you’re doing research on sports, don’t forget about our Sports Studies databases Physical Education Index and SPORTDiscus. They offer peer reviewed journal articles on topics such as coaching, exercise physiology, and sports medicine.
- 15 Sports Myths and Why They’re Wrong
- Fort, Rodney D.,
- GV716 .F665 2013
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- Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse
- Knight, Molly,
- GV875.L6 K55 2015
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- Betrayal: The 1919 World Series and the Birth Of Modern Baseball
- Fountain, Charles,
- GV875.C58 F68 2016
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- Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End Of a 20-year Losing Streak
- Sawchik, Travis.
- GV875.P5 S28 2015
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- Billion-dollar Ball: A Journey Through the Big-money Culture Of College Football
- Gaul, Gilbert M.,
- GV959 .G385 2015
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- Billy Martin: Baseball’s Flawed Genius
- Pennington, Bill, 1956-
- GV865.M35 P46 2015
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- Eight World Cups: My Journey Through the Beauty and Dark Side Of Soccer
- Vecsey, George.
- GV943.49 .V43 2014
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- Every Town Is a Sports Town: Business Leadership at Espn, from the Mailroom to the Boardroom
- Bodenheimer, George.
- GV742.3 .B625 2015
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- Fanaticus: Mischief and Madness in the Modern Sports Fan
- Gubar, Justine.
- GV715 .G83 2015
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- Farmers’ Game: Baseball in Rural America
- Vaught, David, 1958-
- GV863.A1 V38 2013
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- Foxcatcher: The True Story Of My Brother’s Murder, John Du Pont’s Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold
- Schultz, Mark, 1960-
- GV1196.S39 A3 2014
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- Game: Inside the Secret World Of Major League Baseball’s Power Brokers
- Pessah, Jon,
- GV863.A1 P465 2015x
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- Grand Old Man Of Baseball: Connie Mack in His Final Years, 1932-1956
- Macht, Norman L. (Norman Lee), 1929-
- GV865.M27 M33 2015
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- Great Tamasha: Cricket, Corruption and the Turbulent Rise Of Modern India
- Astill, James.
- GV928.I4 A77 2013
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- Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban League
- Brioso, CeÌsar, 1965-
- GV863.25.A1 B75 2015x
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- Hidden Mechanics Of Exercise: Molecules That Move Us
- Gillen, Christopher M.,
- QP303 .G543 2014
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- How We Can Save Sports: A Game Plan
- Reed, Ken,
- GV583 .R44 2015
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- Irish Dancing: Cultural Politics and Identities, 1900-2000
- O’Connor, Barbara (Cultural historian),
- GV1646.I8 O37 2013
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- Mr. Hockey: My Story
- Howe, Gordie, 1928-
- GV848.5.H6 A3 2014x
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- Nfl, Year One: The 1970 Season and the Dawn Of Modern Football
- Schultz, Brad, 1961-
- GV955.5.N35 S38 2013
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- Old Wheelways: Traces Of Bicycle History on the Land
- McCullough, Robert, 1949-
- GV1045 .M38 2015
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- Oval World: A Global History Of Rugby
- Collins, Tony, 1961-
- GV944.85 .C65 2015x
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- Playing with the Big Boys: Basketball, American Imperialism, and Subaltern Discourse in the Philippines
- Antolihao, Lou,
- GV885.8.P6 A67 2015
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- Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine
- Weiss, Zeev, 1959-
- GV31 .W45 2014
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- Sabermetric Revolution: Assessing the Growth Of Analytics in Baseball
- Baumer, Benjamin,
- GV877 .B38 2014
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- Scribe: My Life in Sports
- Ryan, Bob, 1946-
- GV742.42.R93 A3 2014
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- Selling the Yellow Jersey: The Tour De France in the Global Era
- Reed, Eric (Professor of history),
- GV1049.2.T68 R44 2015
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- Spectacular Leap: Black Women Athletes in Twentieth-century America
- Lansbury, Jennifer H.
- GV697.A1 L273 2014x
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- Sports Analytics: A Guide for Coaches, Managers, and Other Decision Makers
- Alamar, Ben.
- GV741 .A34 2013
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- Temple Of Perfection: A History Of the Gym
- Chaline, Eric,
- GV403 .C43 2015x
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- Tennis Science: How Player and Racket Work Together
- GV995 .T463 2015x
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- Tony Oliva: The Life and Times Of a Minnesota Twins Legend
- Henninger, Thom.
- GV865.O44 H46 2015
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- Twin Tracks: The Autobiography
- Bannister, Roger,
- GV1061.15.B37 A3 2014
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- Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
- Leerhsen, Charles,
- GV865.C6 L44 2015
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- What Makes Olga Run?: The Mystery Of the Ninety-something Track Star and What She Can Teach Us About Living Longer, Happier Lives
- Grierson, Bruce.
- GV1061.15.K68 G75 2014
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- What the Eye Hears: A History Of Tap Dancing
- Seibert, Brian,
- GV1794 .S44 2015
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- Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life in the Minor Leagues Of Baseball
- Feinstein, John.
- GV875.A1 F37 2014
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- World in the Curl: An Unconventional History Of Surfing
- Westwick, Peter J.
- GV839.5 .W47 2013
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- Wrestlers, Pigeon Fanciers, and Kite Flyers: Traditional Sports and Pastimes in Lahore
- Frembgen, Jürgen Wasim,
- GV1198.81.P18 F74 2014
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