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Baseball Genius Home Run Collection (Boxed Set): Baseball Genius; Double Play; Grand SlamFrom New York Times bestselling authors Tim Green and Derek Jeter comes a collectible hardcover boxed set that features all three novels in the Baseball Genius series! Jalen DeLuca loves baseball. He's playing for his summer travel team and trying to win a regular...
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Drew Brees: Superstar QuarterbackFind your seat and get ready to cheer as short, engaging text matched with oversized images lead young readers into the story of Drew Brees. They will learn about where he got his start, some of his most notable moments in the NFL, and...
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Washington RedskinsThis title examines the history of the Washington Redskins, telling the story of the franchise and its top players, greatest games, and most thrilling moments. This book includes informative sidebars, high-energy photos, a timeline, a team file, and a glossary. SportsZone is an imprint...
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Chelsea FCLearn about the history of legendary English club Chelsea. The title features a timeline, a glossary, and the author's all-time dream team. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.Author: Jeff SeidelPublisher: SportszonePublished: 09/01/2017Pages: 48Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.10h x 7.10w x 0.40dISBN:...
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Surfing in South CarolinaFor centuries, the ocean waters of the Atlantic have impacted the daily lives of those on the South Carolina coast. Beginning in the 1960s, those waves caught the imagination of young beachgoers who studied magazines and Super 8 films and refined their moves on...
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Long Island GolfWhen the European sport of golf found its way to Long Island and took root in the Hamptons at Shinnecock Hills in 1891, its journey across the Atlantic served as the opening drive of a recreational era that now spans three centuries. Home to...
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Hockey in DaytonIn the 1950s, crowds that equaled half the city of Troy's population filled the newly constructed 3,900-seat Hobart Arena to watch the area's first hockey team, the Troy Bruins, take the ice. In the 1960s and 1970s, fans packed one of hockey's great "barns,"...
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Hockey in ClevelandWhen the International Hockey League's Cleveland Indians took the ice in 1929, it began a storied professional hockey history that includes one of the most successful American Hockey League teams ever, the Cleveland Barons, who won nine Calder Cup championships in fewer than 40...
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Baseball in SavannahDating back to the American Civil War, the history of baseball in Savannah is as rich as any other of the sport's iconic cities. Hosting a variety of amateur teams in the late 19th century, professional baseball arrived in Savannah in 1904. From "Shoeless"...
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Surfing Corpus Christi and Port AransasSurf culture in the Texas Coastal Bend began in the early 1960s when a few young men set up surfboard rental stands on the beach. By 1970, thousands of people had caught the surfing bug. In the decades that followed, dozens of surf shops...
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Rose BowlThe Rose Bowl is best known for playing host to the granddaddy of them all the much anticipated major college football game held every January 1. It has further secured its place in sports history by playing host to Super Bowls, BCS football championships,...
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Skiing in the Mad River ValleyIn 1948, the first skiers to experience the steep and twisting downhill trails of Mad River Glen had to traverse muddy or frozen dirt roads to get to their destination. The warmth of a country inn was a comfort on those cold winter nights...
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Golf in Florida: 1886-1950Florida has depended on tourism since the earliest days of American ownership. Entrepreneurs, scoundrels, and visionaries flocked to the Sunshine State to take advantage of the natural resources--land, water, climate, natural beauty, flora, and fauna--to implement their schemes and dreams. The majority of these...
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San Francisco SealsFor more than half a century, San Francisco Seals baseball was a fertile source of future major league players, with a legacy firmly grounded in the annals of Pacific Coast League baseball. Paul and Lloyd Waner, Ping Bodie, Earl Averill, William Kamm, Ferris Fain,...
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Philadelphia AthleticsIn October 1954, the Philadelphia Athletics relocated to Kansas City, putting an end to more than a half-century of American League baseball in the City of Brotherly Love. However, of all the professional sports teams ever to play in the city, Connie Mack's Athletics...
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Seton Hall Pirates: A Basketball HistoryIn the spirit of a refrain from an old athletic cheer-"Old Setonia, dear old Setonia, we will sing a song of praise"-Seton Hall Pirates: A Basketball History explores the emerging popularity of hoop action within the context of school history and development of the...
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Yankees Baseball: The Golden AgeBetween 1920 and 1964, the Bronx Bombers dominated the game of baseball. It was a time when baseball players enjoyed an elevated status as national icons, a time when men wearing baggy, flannel uniforms and sporting pancake gloves played for little more than "the...
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Australia II and the America's Cup: The untold, inside story of The KeelSince 1851, the America's Cup has been the most prestigious trophy in the world of sailing. The America's Cup scene has always been the playground of the rich and mighty in this world, and characterized by controversial events and intrigues. It was not different...
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Horns Up: Inside the Greatest College Football DynastyCollege football hotbeds are scattered across the country, from Alabama, Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Michigan. When you think of the greatest college football programs in the modern era, those schools come immediately to mind. But none of them did what North Dakota State did...
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The Golden Age of New Jersey Horse RacingAfter being banned for nearly half a century, thoroughbred horse racing in New Jersey came back to life with a vengeance in 1942. Thus began the "Golden Age" of racing in the Garden State, a period when huge crowds cheered on champion horses and...
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