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Marty Glickman: The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend
by Jeffrey S. GurockThe first comprehensive biography of the preeminent voice of New York sportsFor close to half a century after World War II, Marty Glickman was the voice of New York sports. His distinctive style of broadcasting, on television and especially on the radio, garnered for him legions of fans who would not miss his play-by-play accounts. From the 1940s through the 1990s, he was as iconic a sports figure in town as the Yankees’ Mickey Mantle, the Knicks’ Walt Frazier, or the Jets’ Joe Namath. His vocabulary and method of broadcasting left an indelible mark on the industry, and many of today’s most famous sportscasters were Glickman disciples. To this very day, many fans who grew up listening to his coverage of Knicks basketball and Giants football games, among the myriad of events that Glickman covered, recall fondly, and can still recite, his descriptions of actions in arenas and stadiums. In Marty Glickman, Jeffrey S. Gurock showcases the life of this important contributor to American popular culture. In addition to the stories of how he became a master of American sports airwaves, Marty Glickman has also been remembered as a Jewish athlete who, a decade before he sat in front of a microphone, was cynically barred from running in a signature track event in the 1936 Olympics by anti-Semitic American Olympic officials. This lively biography details this traumatic event and explores not only how he coped for decades with that painful rejection but also examines how he dealt with other anti-Semitic and cultural obstacles that threatened to stymie his career. Glickman’s story underscores the complexities that faced his generation of American Jews as these children of immigrants emerged from their ethnic cocoons and strove to succeed in America amid challenges to their professional and social advancement. Marty Glickman is a story of adversity and triumph, of sports and minority group struggles, told within the context of the prejudicial barriers that were common to thousands, if not millions, of fellow Jews of his generation as they aimed to make it in America.
Martyball: The Life and Triumphs of Marty Schottenheimer, the Coach Who Really Did Win It All
by Jeffrey Flanagan Marty SchottenheimerNo coach in National Football League history endured more playoff heartache than Marty Schottenheimer. Despite racking up two hundred regular-season victories (only five coaches in the entire ninety-year history of the NFL ever won more games), Marty never reached the Super Bowl during his coaching career. Martyball tells the story of a man who persevered through an avalanche of misfortune and playoff agony that would have brought most men to their knees. But Marty never lost sight of why he fell in love with coaching in the first place: he wanted to teach and mold men through the game of football. Based on more than one hundred hours of interviews with Marty, his players, assistants, family, and friends, this book will give readers a look into the mind of an exceptional coach, and explain why he never gave up or succumbed to self-pity despite a long streak of bad luck. Get the background on Schottenheimer's life, from his childhood in rural Pennsylvania to his playing and coaching careers in pro football, and learn why he kept believing in the game he loved--and how he found valuable lessons about life and football beyond each and every loss.
Marv Levy: Where Else Would You Rather Be?
by Jim Kelly Marv LevyForty-seven years of joyous celebrations after victories and crushing disappointments after defeats are encompassed in Marv Levy: Where Else Would You Rather Be?, but it is about more than just touchdowns and interceptions-it's about how a person like Marv Levy, dedicated to his life's work, can begin his career as the obscure assistant coach of a high school junior varsity team and decades later lead a team to the Super Bowl. Readers will learn about the character, persistence, and personalities of those incomparable Buffalo Bills of the 1990s who so resolutely pursued their impossible dream. Sports fans will look forward to each adventure contained in these pages, and will no doubt agree with the sentiment of the author: "Where else would I rather be than right here-right now!"
Marvel The Way of the Warrior: Marvel's Mightiest Martial Artists
by Alan CowsillIs Shang-Chi Marvel's ultimate fighter?Discover the fighting styles, training techniques, and secret disciplines of Marvel Comics' mighty martial artists and hand-to-hand combatants. From disciples of Eastern combat tactics and mixed martial arts to superpowered street fighters and deadly weapons masters, this book pulls no punches in revealing Marvel's ultimate warriors.Learn about the distinctive skills, expertise, and classic clashes of Marvel's most lethal martial artists. They are all here, beautifully illustrated with original comic art: Shang-Chi, Iron Fist, Elektra, Daredevil, Taskmaster, Gamora, Karnak, Black Widow, Bullseye, Master Izo, Fat Cobra, Steel Serpent, Mantis and many more.This is the Way of the Warrior.© 2020 MARVEL
Marvin Just Can't Score
by Vikram BhardwajMarvin loves basketball and is praised for his skill. There's only one problem… he just can't score! After playing a full basketball season and finishing with zero baskets, a disheartened Marvin quits basketball, his favourite sport…Marvin needs your help! Encourage him to keep trying and keep playing the game he loves!
Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary (Sport and Society)
by Robert F BurkMarvin Miller changed major league baseball and the business of sports. Drawing on research and interviews with Miller and others, Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary offers the first biography covering the pivotal labor leader's entire life and career. Baseball historian Robert F. Burk follows Miller's formative encounters with Depression-era hard times, racial and religious bigotry, and bare-knuckle Washington politics to a successful career in labor that prepared Miller for his biggest professional challenge--running the moribund Major League Baseball Players Association. Educating and uniting the players as a workforce, Miller embarked on a long campaign to win the concessions that defined his legacy: decent workplace conditions, a pension system, outside mediation of player grievances and salary disputes, a system of profit sharing, and the long-sought dismantling of the reserve clause that opened the door to free agency. Through it all, allies and adversaries alike praised Miller's hardnosed attitude, work ethic, and honesty. Comprehensive and illuminating, Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary tells the inside story of a time of change in sports and labor relations, and of the contentious process that gave athletes in baseball and across the sporting world a powerful voice in their own games.
Marvin Redpost: Super Fast, Out Of Control! (Marvin Redpost #7)
by Louis SacharBotched bike races and broken noses...Suicide Hill is the stuff of legends. Many have tried to master the slippery slopes on their bikes, but few have succeeded. The word at school is that Marvin will be taking on the hill with his new mountain bike. <P><P>But the truth is, he can barely climb onto the seat! And shifting gears-forget about it. How did he suddenly become a daredevil? Does he have to ride down Suicide Hill to prove himself? If Marvin makes it, he'll be a hero. If not, his friends and family will catch the biggest wipeout in history! <P><P> As Marvin counts down to the dreaded day, his classmates have a hilarious discussion about toes, and a visiting policewoman scares Nick who didn't raise his hand before he asked a question. <P><P>Sachar conveys the funny and worrisome elements of childhood. Though this book is written with easy vocabulary , is will be fun, satisfying reading for upper as well as lower elementary age students.
Marxism, Colonialism, and Cricket: C. L. R. James's Beyond a Boundary (The C. L. R. James Archives)
by David Featherstone Christopher Gair Christian Høgsbjerg Andrew SmithWidely regarded as one of the most important and influential sports books of all time, C. L. R. James's Beyond a Boundary is—among other things—a pioneering study of popular culture, an analysis of resistance to empire and racism, and a personal reflection on the history of colonialism and its effects in the Caribbean. More than fifty years after the publication of James's classic text, the contributors to Marxism, Colonialism, and Cricket investigate Beyond a Boundary's production and reception and its implication for debates about sports, gender, aesthetics, race, popular culture, politics, imperialism, and English and Caribbean identity. Including a previously unseen first draft of Beyond a Boundary's conclusion alongside contributions from James's key collaborator Selma James and from Michael Brearley, former captain of the English Test cricket team, Marxism, Colonialism, and Cricket provides a thorough and nuanced examination of James's groundbreaking work and its lasting impact. Contributors. Anima Adjepong, David Austin, Hilary McD. Beckles, Michael Brearley, Selwyn R. Cudjoe, David Featherstone, Christopher Gair, Paget Henry, Christian Høgsbjerg, C. L. R. James, Selma James, Roy McCree, Minkah Makalani, Clem Seecharan, Andrew Smith, Neil Washbourne, Claire Westall
Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport (Routledge Critical Studies in Sport)
by Ben Carrington Ian McDonaldThe cultural ubiquity, political prominence and economic significance of contemporary sport present fertile terrain for its critical socio-cultural analysis. From corporate and media dominated mega-events like the Olympic Games, to state programmes for nation-building and health promotion, to the cultural politics of "race", gender, sexuality, age and disability, sport is so profoundly marked by relations of power that it lends itself to critique and deconstruction. Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport brings together leading experts on sport to address these issues and to reflect on the continued appeal of sport to people across the globe, as well as on the forms of inequality that sport both produces and highlights. Including a Foreword by Harry Cleaver and Afterword by Michael Bérubé, this book assesses the impact of this work on the fields of ‘mainstream’ Marxism and cultural studies. Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport is centred on three vital questions: Is Marxism still relevant for understanding sport in the twenty-first century? Has Marxism been preserved or transcended by cultural studies? What is the relationship between theory and intervention in the politics of sport? The result is a unique and diverse examination of modern sports culture. The first book published on the relationship between sport and Marxism for over twenty years, Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport is an invaluable resource for students of sport sociology, Marxism, and cultural studies at all levels.
Mary King: The Autobiography
by Mary KingA no-holds-barred story of what it takes to reach the top, and stay there, in the world's most dangerous sport - three day eventing.At the age of forty-seven Mary King won a Team Bronze at the Beijing Olympics. In the two 'Cavaliers' - 'Call Again Cavalier' and 'Imperial Cavalier' - she has two of the very best event horses in the world. Mary King's success in the world of eventing (now officially classed as the most dangerous sport in the world) has been hard won. She does not come from a privileged background - her father a verger and a long-term invalid so money was very tight. Her first pony was the ancient 'cast off' from the local vicar's children - and success with this pony gave her an iron will to succeed. And succeeded she has. To support herself in the early days she had a variety of unglamorous jobs (this included butcher delivery rounds and cleaning out toilets in the local campsite). Her talent was apparent from very early on and she first competed at Badminton in 1985, had her first win there on King William in 1992 and her second on Star Appeal in 2000. Just when everything seemed to be going well she suffered a terrible fall in 2001 and broke her neck but she was back competing at the very top level the following year.Fully updated for the paperback with the 2010 season, including Team GB's gold medal-winning performance at the World Equestrian Games, this is a fascinating account from inside the world's most dangerous sport.
Mary Lou: Creating an Olympic Champion
by John Powers Bela Karolyi Mary Lou RettonIn the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, a nation watched Mary Lou Retton flip, somersault and tumble her way to a gold medal. She became an over-night sensation. But how did she get there? How did this small-girl from a West Virginia mining town get to the Olympics? How did Bela Karolyi, the Romanian coach who trained Nadia Comeneci in Romania and later to train other Olympic champions get the opprotunity to train Retton? In alternating chapters, this tells the story of Mary Lou Retton and how Bela Karolyi became her coach.
Maryann's Appaloosa
by Karen L. PhelpsWhen fifteen-year-old Maryann Madigan’s parents are killed in a plane crash, she’s uprooted from a privileged Boston lifestyle to a Wyoming horse ranch. Living with an aunt she barely knows, the young woman struggles with her grief until a spirited appaloosa stallion captures her heart. There’s just one problem, she’s terrified of horses. Determined to learn how to ride, she enlists the help of Rick Ferguson, a charismatic, dark-haired cowboy who falls hard for the shy but resilient beauty. Clandestine riding lessons conquer her fear of horses and kindle their young love. When a vindictive ranch hand goes too far, Maryann must fight to save her beloved horse, her hero, and the place she now calls home.
Maryland Steeplechasing (Images of America)
by Christianna MccauslandEach spring, thousands of spectators clamber onto hillsides with picnics and binoculars to watch steeplechase racing, a fast-paced equine sport born out of the fundamentals of fox hunting. Since 1894, when the first Maryland Hunt Cup was run, the month of April has been synonymous with steeplechase racing. Starting with the Elkridge-Harford Hunt races and continuing with the National Steeplechase Association- sanctioned "Big Three" races--the My Lady's Manor, Grand National, and Maryland Hunt Cup--the countryside buzzes with horses and fans every Saturday throughout the month. Images of America: Maryland Steeplechasing traces the history of Maryland's other triple crown of racing, bringing together images of Maryland's three most-coveted races for the first time in one volume.
Más Alto
by Lexy TimmsLa atleta de salto de altura Jani Felix participa en un recorrido completo en la Universidad de Gatica, una escuela de la División Uno de la NCAA. Está decidida a completar las NCAA, así como disfrutar del año con su nueva compañera de habitación, Aileen Nessa, una vallista de Ohio. Lo que intenta evitar es centrarse en uno de los mejores nadadores del equipo universitario, Carter Daily. Cuando las notas de Jani empiezan a bajar, guarda silencio, temerosa de pedir ayuda. Cuando los resultados de su rendimiento empiezan a descender, ya no puede ocultarlo. Debe decidir si se va a hundir o a nadar.
La más faulera
by Mónica LavínAndrea es una adolescente apasionada por el basquetbol. Todo en su vida gira alrededor de este deporte: la escuela, la familia, los amigos. En su casa no entienden muy bien por qué prefiere salir tarde del colegio y quedarse a los entrenamientos, o por qué le gusta tanto despertarse muy temprano los sábados para ir a los partidos. Además, tiene un gran problema: es muy torpe y a menudo comete demasiados faules, por lo que la expulsan de los juegos. A pesar de todo, la chica logra ser incluida en la selección femenil de su escuela, y en este equipo aprenderá mucho: Lucha por lo que te apasiona, el trabajo en equipo es fundamental, un buen capitán lo es dentro y fuera de la cancha, haz a un lado las envidias y celos, juega limpio y respeta al rival. Aunque tal vez no lo entienda de inmediato, estas lecciones le servirán no sólo para jugar basquetbol. Aunado a su incipiente carrera en la selección escolar, Andrea se descubrirá compartiendo sonrisas y miradas cómplices con Manuel, un joven de su mismo colegio. La atracción entre ambos hará que la chica cometa actos impensables, ¡componerse una falda!
Más Fuerte
by Lexy TimmsLibro 4 de la serie Universidad de Gatica Cuando la atleta de alto rendimiento Chrissy se lesiona, tiene que pasar una temporada fuera de la pista para recuperar su fuerza. Concentrada en fortalecerse, comienza a ejercitarse en el cuarto de pesas y conoce a la estrella de hockey lesionado, Ryan Phillips. ¿Se recuperarán ambos físicamente y la atracción que ha surgido entre ellos ayudará a arreglar la confianza que se ha roto mentalmente en ambos? * Esta historia NO es erótica. Es un romance contemporáneo deportivo adulto y universitario. *
Más rápido (Serie Universidad de Gática #2)
by Lexy TimmsSegundo libro de la serie Universidad de Gática. La saltadora de vallas Aileen Nessa sorprendió al mundo del atletismo universitario por haber firmado con una pequeña universidad de la División I de la NCAA. Una chica con talento, tanto en la pista como en el aula, que decide ir a la Universidad de Gática. Nadie sabe que el motivo principal por el que ha firmado con la facultad es un jugador de fútbol americano y defensa de primera categoría. Lejos de su pequeño pueblo de Ohio, llega a una ciudad universitaria dedicada a los deportes y al éxito. Mientras intenta adaptarse a la vida universitaria como atleta del equipo, se da cuenta de que, por su estatus, se encuentra con ventajas y con desafíos. Tyler Jensen, el chico cuya atención quiere llamar desesperadamente, parece haberse olvidado de todo lo que ocurrió en el viaje de reclutamiento de Aileen el pasado febrero. Ella, desolada, deja a un lado la frustración de la única forma que sabe: el atletismo. ¿Conseguirá la plenitud que tan desesperadamente desea al llevarlo todo al límite? ¿O todo se vendrá abajo antes de que llegue a la primera valla? No es erótica. Es una novela para adultos jóvenes dentro de la temática del deporte universitario. Solamente para lectores adultos. Contiene escenas sexuales, pero no hay sexo explícito.
Máscara vs. Máscara (El enmascarado de terciopelo #Volumen 3)
by Diego Mejía Eguiluz¿La sensibilidad se lleva bien con los luchadores? ¡Tercera caída! El conde de terciopelo había llegado casi casi a la cima de su carrera tras ganar el campeonato de peso wélter, pero el canijo Golden Fire lo retó a un combate máscara contra máscara en el clásico plan de "¿Qué, eres gallina?". El Conde cayó en la trampa y ¡aceptó el desafío! No será fácil pues, en una jugada maestra, GOLDEN FIRE logró meterse prácticamente hasta la cocina de la casa del Conde, y ahora el Aterciopelado tendrá que enfrentar esos "pequeños" asuntos de familia. Aparte, Vladimir sigue en la baba y no se atreve a invitarle un helado a su vecina Leonor. La temible Karla, fúrica por no tener la atención del niño que le gusta, está decidida a sacar a esa escuincla mensa de la jugada. Nada como un poco de poesía y música (desafinada) para relajar el alma sensible y mantener la concentración en este alocado mundo del pancracio, digo, las luchas.
Mascot Nation: The Controversy over Native American Representations in Sports
by Andrew C. Billings Jason Edward BlackThe issue of Native American mascots in sports raises passions but also a raft of often-unasked questions. Which voices get a hearing in an argument? What meanings do we ascribe to mascots? Who do these Indians and warriors really represent? Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black go beyond the media bluster to reassess the mascot controversy. Their multi-dimensional study delves into the textual, visual, and ritualistic and performative aspects of sports mascots. Their original research, meanwhile, surveys sports fans themselves on their thoughts when a specific mascot faces censure. The result is a book that merges critical-cultural analysis with qualitative data to offer an innovative approach to understanding the camps and fault lines on each side of the issue, the stakes in mascot debates, whether common ground can exist and, if so, how we might find it.
Masculinities and the Culture of Competitive Cycling (Palgrave Studies in Masculinity, Sport and Exercise)
by Jack HardwickeDrawing on extensive ethnographic, qualitative and quantitative research, this monograph provides a novel account of masculinities in an individual sport: competitive road cycling. Chapters present varied analyses on male cyclists’ relationship with masculinity, the culture of competitive road cycling, cyclists’ attitudes toward injury management, sexual minority and women’s experiences in the sport, and autoethnographic accounts of the author’s own experiences of being involved in the sport for over ten years. The author also examines how masculinity impacts male cyclists’ attitudes towards competition, risk taking and doping practices. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers in sports sociology, gender studies, and masculinity studies.
Mashi: The Unfulfilled Baseball Dreams of Masanori Murakami, the First Japanese Major Leaguer
by Robert K. FittsIn the spring of 1964, the Nankai Hawks of Japan’s Pacific League sent nineteen-year-old Masanori Murakami to the Class A Fresno Giants to improve his skills. To nearly everyone’s surprise, Murakami, known as Mashi, dominated the American hitters. With the San Francisco Giants caught in a close pennant race and desperate for a left-handed reliever, Masanori was called up to join the big league club, becoming the first Japanese player in the Major Leagues. Featuring pinpoint control, a devastating curveball, and a friendly smile, Mashi became the Giants’ top lefty reliever and one of the team’s most popular players—as well as a national hero in Japan. Not surprisingly, the Giants offered him a contract for the 1965 season. Murakami signed, announcing that he would be thrilled to stay in San Francisco. There was just one problem: the Nankai Hawks still owned his contract.The dispute over Murakami’s contract would ignite an international incident that ultimately prevented other Japanese players from joining the Majors for thirty years. Mashi is the story of an unlikely hero who gets caught up in an American and Japanese baseball dispute and is forced to choose between his dreams in the United States or his duty in Japan.
The Mask (Orca Sports)
by Eric HowlingFourteen-year-old Logan Grant is the star center for the Westside Wolves bantam hockey team. He has all the skills and all the looks, but he has alienated many of his teammates with his me-first attitude. One night Logan's life is forever changed when a fire sweeps through his house. He survives, but his face and body are badly burned. Too embarrassed to show his deformed face on the ice, Logan believes he'll never play hockey again until he stumbles across an old goalie mask that gives him the courage to get back to the rink. Taunted by the other players, Logan is defended by an unlikely ally, a teammate he once bullied because of his own facial disfigurement.
Mask and Flippers: The Story of Skin Diving
by Lloyd BridgesThrough his work in motion pictures, Lloyd Bridges appreciated the impact of skin diving upon this medium and presented an exciting picture of future possibilities in underwater photography. The author’s role in Sea Hunt made him keenly aware of the revolution developing in the fields of salvage diving, treasure hunting, search and rescue, science, gold mining, and other virgin areas open to skin divers with imagination and enterprise. He described methods, techniques, and tools already in use and gave an exciting glimpse of future possibilities.First published in 1960, here is the complete story of skin diving as an exciting new field for fun, adventure, and opportunity open to millions of average swimmers. Those who are willing to accept the challenge of exploring and conquering a new world can benefit from past mistakes and the accumulation of experience by early skin divers; and perhaps become tomorrow’s pioneers who have yet to conquer the problems of great depths and reap the harvest on the bottom of the sea.
The Masked Saint: Husband, Pastor...Hero: Inspired by True Events
by Chris WhaleyThe Masked Saint revolves around the life of Chris Samuel, a professional wrestler and family man who realizes he needs something more. His calling to become a pastor prompts him to retire from wrestling and move with his wife and daughter to a small town. Yet the battles he faced in the ring are minor compared to the challenges he must overcome at his new church. From an overbearing congregant and failing attendance to mounting bills for church repairs, Chris has his hands full. Chris finds an ally in Miss Edna, an elderly woman from his church, who gives him sage advice and shares her wisdom in a book of writings. Unbeknownst to him, she is also a wrestling fan and encourages him to use his talents to take action, tricking him into reconnecting with his old colleagues—including a shady wrestling promoter. When Chris stumbles onto a fight on the seedy side of town, his wrestling skills take down the assailant and a masked vigilante is born. In order to raise some funds, Chris returns to the ring professionally, and things begin to seemingly improve for the church. His life as a pastor and wrestler soon take up most of his time though—not to mention Samuels’ shrouded crime-fighter is now being sought by the police. His talent, as well as his violent secret identity, begins to overshadow his calling as a Pastor, and it takes his faith, family and Miss Edna to remind him about grace, goodness and the truth.
Mason Grace's Magical Laces
by Willow EvansFilled with magic, friendship and fun, this is a charming story about joining in and always trying your very best. Mason is a little worried about the Big Summer Sports Day. What if he trips and falls? What if he loses at everything? But Gran has just the thing to help him find the confidence to join in... magical laces!Before they can work their magic, Mason must learn to tie them himself. With the help of his favourite toy, Billy Bunny, he learns to tie his laces, and is soon ready to win some races!But will the laces REALLY help him to win on sports day? Or will they help him to realise that there's more to sports than winning?Sure to get little ones wiggling, shimmying, bouncing and balancing... and tying their own laces!Includes a step-by-step guide to tying your shoelaces.