#114 - John Wesson - The Science of Soccer

Author or Editor: John Wesson
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
Published: 2002
Pages: 199
Size: 3.17MB

Football is by far the world’s most popular game. Millions play the game and hundreds of millions are entertained by it, either at football grounds or through television. Despite this the scientific aspects of the game have hardly been recognised, let alone discussed and analysed. This is in contrast to some other games which have received much more attention, particularly so in the case of golf.

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#7 - Dan Diamond - Total Stanley Cup

Author or Editor: Dan Diamond and others
Publisher: Dan Diamond and Associates, Inc., NHL Enterprises, L.P.
Published: 2008
Pages: 283

WELCOME TO THE EIGHTH EDITION of Total Stanley Cup. Produced by the editors of the NHL Official Guide & Record Book, the 2008 edition of Total Stanley Cup is an in-depth information package of particular use for journalists and the broadcast media on the hockey playoff beat.

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#1 - David C. Young - A Brief History of the Olympic Games

Author or Editor: David C. Young
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Published: 2004
Pages: 184

The Olympic Games. Few phrases immediately bring to mind so many images – grandeur, excellence, internationalism, history –maybe even a glimmer of peace. True, a few images are negative. But for many of us the positive images so outweigh them that even real flaws in the games seem almost negligible. A fan of the Olympics since boyhood, for more than twenty years I have spent much of my time doing research on the ancient Olympics and the early years of the modern revival. I therefore welcomed the chance to write this book.

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