Book Description
The Sports Medicine Patient Advisor contains easy to copy patient education handouts.This is the book that needs to be on every health care provider's bookshelf and should be used constantly.Preprint the topics that are common to your practice and have them readily available to give to your patients.Review the handouts with your patients and be sure they understand how to do the rehab.Your patients will really appreciate learning about their sports injuries or problems and will love getting a home rehabilitation program and a plan that tells them when they can return to their sport or activity.

The information contained in this book refers to the use of rehabilitation aids that can be found anywhere - weights in a gym or a person's office or items found at home like a soup can or a hammer!

This is the resource that will improve patient satisfaction, compliance and return to action!No patient with a sports related problem should leave your office without receiving a handout. ... Read more

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The Sports Medicine Patient Advisor
Excellent for patient education.It allows them to be active members in their treatment and have responsibilities as well.It explains what muscular injury they have, treatment options, and home exercises.

Great resource
The Sports Medicine Patient Advisor is a great resource for those of us who are not trained specifically in sports medcicine.

Sports Medicine patient advisor
This book arrived in excellent condition and in the time promised. I am very pleased with the service I received. This is an excellent book for helping patients with exercises to return them to better functioning. Thank you J.R.

What my doctor uses
Exercises and descriptions of sports-related and use-related injuries and appropriate (easy) excercises to improve their recovery.

How did I practice medicine without this book
I don't know how I practiced medicine without this book. I wish I would have had it years ago. It is in lay terms so easy for patients to understand. The subjects are vast, the explanations brief but very informative. Easy to copy handouts. The best book I have in my medical library at work.

C.J. Nurse Practitioner ... Read more

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Principles and Practice of Sport Management, Second Edition provides students with solid fundamental information on what they need to do to be successful in the sport industry. Updated and expanded, this best-selling text offers a unique blend of information on the foundations and principles on which sport management operates as well as how to apply those foundations and principles to the sport industry. The authors, all well-renowned professors in sport management or sport administration, have produced a text that is thorough, practical, and lively, and which lays the groundwork for students as they study and prepare for successful careers in sport management. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Too shallow
I bought the book as supporting material for a masters degree course I teach called "Quality management in the Business of Sports". The phrase Quality Management was clearly defined in the key-word list the authors presented.My dissapointment came when I saw that the book is mostly a general primer covering many aspects of the business of sports, but none in depth and specially nothing specific about quality management.

For a great sport management foundation, read and learn this
I am a junior at the University of Massachusetts, and I had the opportunity to read and study this book for my Sports Management class this past spring. It was a great experience and served as a great foundation formy education in the sport management field.The book touched upon everyaspect in which a sport management professional in one capacity or anothermay be inclined to deal with.Principles and Practices of Sport Managementby Lisa Pike Masteralexis was easy to read and comprehend.At the sametime, the book was informative and challenges the reader to constantly keepan open mind to the different areas of sport management.Marketing,promotions, facility management, legal issues, historical facts and eventmanagement are just some of the topics one will read about in this highlyrecommended guide to successfull sports management. ... Read more

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Updated and expanded, Principles and Practice of Sport Management, Third Edition offers a comprehensive introduction to the sport management industry. From the basic knowledge and skill sets of a sport manager to the current trends and issues of the sport management industry, this best-selling text provides the foundation for students as they study and prepare for a variety of sport management careers. The authors, all well-known sport industry professionals, show students how to apply their new knowledge and skills to any segment in the sport industry from high school to the international arena. Students gain a solid understanding of sport management structures and learn to apply principles such as sport ethics to the many segments and support systems of the industry. ... Read more

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Too shallow
I bought the book as supporting material for a masters degree course I teach called "Quality management in the Business of Sports". The phrase Quality Management was clearly defined in the key-word list the authors presented.My dissapointment came when I saw that the book is mostly a general primer covering many aspects of the business of sports, but none in depth and specially nothing specific about quality management.

For a great sport management foundation, read and learn this
I am a junior at the University of Massachusetts, and I had the opportunity to read and study this book for my Sports Management class this past spring. It was a great experience and served as a great foundation formy education in the sport management field.The book touched upon everyaspect in which a sport management professional in one capacity or anothermay be inclined to deal with.Principles and Practices of Sport Managementby Lisa Pike Masteralexis was easy to read and comprehend.At the sametime, the book was informative and challenges the reader to constantly keepan open mind to the different areas of sport management.Marketing,promotions, facility management, legal issues, historical facts and eventmanagement are just some of the topics one will read about in this highlyrecommended guide to successfull sports management. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (16)

Great read for any sportswoman/sportsman
This book provides some great "food for thought" for practitioners of any sport, be it a team or an individual sport.You do not have to believe every word or make all the written exercises the author proposes; just read and think.At least, you will approach the "mental game" in a new way.

A training and coaching gem!
Extremely helpful "how to" book for becoming mentally tough. Unlike other sports pysche books, this one tells you very specific things to do to improve concentration, focus and most important, resiliency. Think of this as a cookbook of recipes for creating the appropriate mental response at the right time.

Good, easy read.
This is a pretty good, easy read.It doesn't hit you with a lot of scientific mumbo-jumbo that you'll never understand.Instead, it gives you a basic, common-sense approach to improving the mental aspect of your game.The author shows how the physical world and the emotional world are related, and how being stronger mentally can help you perform better in your sport.

It is not geared towards any one sport, but rather it is geared to athletes in general.

Greatest book on mental preparation for sports
All I can say is that my husband a college baseball coach of 35 yrs thought this book was so important he sent it to the Cubs trainer and the pitching coach for the Padres!

So-so, look at others before you buy
This book was so-so. It contained a lot of highly basic material. I was not really impressed with Dr. Loehr's theories about sport. It seemed that he did not have much access to sport himself. The examples that were given were very modest and could have used some help. I would only reccommend this book to someone who has rarely particiapted in sports...too basic for the advanced. ... Read more

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A baseball player who ran the bases backwards, an indoor hockey game cut short due to fog, a basketball player who scored for both teams in the same game, a football quarterback who passed the ball to himself, a golf tournament with only one holetruth is stranger than fiction, especially in sports! Today show regular Len Berman showcases the funniest and most amazing stories in the history of sports in this collection taken from his popular Spanning the World TV segments. Sports fans of all ages will love reading and sharing these bizarre tales. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

Great boys sports nut book
I gave this book as a gift and the 3rd. grader said he realy liked it.He is a sports nut and likes to play many sports.I wanted to encourage him to read over the Christmas school break and it worked.

Great book for my nephews!
I gave And Nobody Got Hurt! Books 1 and 2 sets for Christmas for each of my nephews, both 10 years old. One started reading as soon as he opened his gift and was finished with one book by the next day. The other newphew isn't much into reading, yet he also started to read. Needless to say, this nephew's parents were delighted.

RIPPED OFF
I purchased three of these to give to my grandsons and we were not happy with them. We love Len Berman's spots on TV so we thought the books would be entertaining gifts. They are dull and printed on inexpensive newsprint type paper with no coloful illustrations. The stories are tedious and a few drawings in vivid colors might have perked them up. I would not recommend this book. Sorry Len and say hello to Shelly.

a good read-one time through
Don't get me wrong, theres some hillarious stuff in here, but not enough of that sort of thing to balance out the far less interesting anecdotes.Books feels padded, though a pretty good bathroom book.

Good,
This book is a very interesting and funny bunch of sports stories. There is a story about a animal running onto a college football game and scoring a winning touchdown! There's a story about a guy who ran through a plywood wall to get a baseball! There are a great amount of stories sure to crack you up! My only problem is that they don't have any stories about soccer. If you like sports, you should definitely buy this book! ... Read more

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Quality Nutrition Guidance for Endurance Athletes
This is a well-written and authoritative review of many aspects of sports nutrition, with an emphasis on the specific needs of endurance athletes. Triathletes, endurance runners and cyclists will especially benefit -- there are separate spections geared just for their needs. Provides insight into not only meeting nutritional needs before, during, and after training and racing, this book offers guidance into an integrated approach to an overall nutritional program. Also provides a useful discussion of many nutritional supplements, including ergogenic aids, vitamins, and commercial sources of carbohydrates, lipids, protein, and hydration. Recommended read for the serious athlete.

Easy reading and easy to understand
This book provides a wealth of information in nutrition, equipment, and sample workouts for various sports.It is very easy to read and understand.

Excellent
Excellent book, up to date.Essential reading for anyone who is serious about improving their training and race performance.Thank you !

Must have if you are starting to train seriously
Great compendium of important concepts on sports nutrition, and also lots of practical tools to master the art. Easy going writing stile.

A Great Sports Nutrition Reference
Athletes of all kinds will learn the importance of diet for their sport.There are also sample menus to help you learn how to plan your meals. ... Read more

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Chosen from more than 350 national, regional, and speciality publications, the 20 pieces here embrace the world of sports in all its drama, humanity, and excitement. ... Read more

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Best American Sports Writing not even Good
I bought most of the books in this series and gave them for Christmas gifts.My husband loves the Sports pages, so I gave him this book.He said the book has very few good stories, very poor writing in many of them.He said he felt that the editor decided he needed to have one story about each sport, rather than the best stories about a few sports. ... Read more

Book Description
Renowned strength and conditioning coach Mike Boyle guides you through a complete system that focuses on training your body the way it will be used during competition to develop movement skills, body positions, and explosive power essential for all sports.Through detailed exercise progressions you will achieve your full athletic potential. The book provides tests that allow you to assess your strength and determine where you need to start in the progressions. The progressions focus on training for the torso, the upper body, and the lower body.

As you master each progression, you will be preparing to perform your best in any situation with notable improvements in stability and balance, reaction time, core strength, and power. This whole-body, sports-applied program makes Functional Training for Sports your guide to today's most effective and efficient training. ... Read more

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Great Read
This book is excellent and worth the read. It shows how Mike Boyle trains his athletes and gives you different ideas/exercises on how to train athletes. The only problem I have, is that it is too text heavy without enough pictures to explain the text. Even with this being said, you can figure out how to do the majority of the exercises based on the text alone. If you want to learn how to train athletes properly, I would definitely get this book.

Functional training
Is ideal for personal trainers, athletes or anyone who wants to improve sports skills and knowledge, its a great complement for diferents sports

Changed my approach to working out
I don't remember if this was the first book I read on 'functional training' but it is the one I kept and remember best. It is interesting that Mike Boyle wrote in a T-Mag article that he wished the title didn't include "Functional Training" since that term has become associated with all sorts of wierd balance drills and exercises on swiss balls.

The big idea is that general fitness counts. The ability to perform movements that are common to lots of sports and actitivies will improve your performance as an athlete.

The reality of things is that even star athletes do not have perfect bodies. Their left and right sides don't match, don't have equal strength.. they can pull better than push, they can't explode from a squatted position, etc.

This is a good book - nearly a great book. Not the easiest read I think think coaches, athletes, and serious fitness folks will get the most out of it. "Bigger, Faster, Stronger" may be better for high school atletes, and "Core Performance Essentials" better for the recreational athlete. But no matter how you look at it, this is a worthwhile book to have.

"Functional Training for Sports" by Michael Boyle is the place to start for anyone wanting to revamp their fitness regimen.
This is the guy to read when you are ready to give up the bodybuilder- based mythology most of us have built our conditioning programs on since the 60's.

Boyle's site is the #1 source to research topics like functional movement, core training, plyometrics and the like.I bought his book after reading every page on the site and in my opinion it represents the cutting edge of athletic performance programs.

Check out sites for Boyle, Verstegen and Gray Cook if you're interested in changing your program to one that will last your lifetime and give you a more stable, functional body.If I'd been reading these guys when I was an active athlete instead of the memoirs of various "physical culturists," I'd have saved myself a lifetime of back pain and been a much better athlete into the bargain.

Still, there's no short cuts, and I guess you have to make the mistakes you're going to make along the way so you'll appreciate the truth when you finally stumble onto it.If you'd like to save yourself a few of those mistakes, though, and you're flailing around the gym listening to bad advice, take it upon yourself to do a little research with Boyle and his peers.You'll save yourself years of wasted effort, and develop a much more useful body in the bargain.

Up-to-Date Training
Training has changed over the decades as the science of the body progresses. Each successive emphasis in training has been an improvement over earlier ones, with athletes today in all team and Olympic sports simply better than their predecessors. If you want a sound and up-to-date way to improve your training, Michael Boyle's "Functional Training for Sports" is an indispensible book, whether you are a coach, athlete, parent or "do-it-yourself" amateur. As a professor in a program that deals with dancers and a coach who deals with winter athletes, I recommend Boyle's work if you want to be fit, quick, strong, agile and healthy. This is the latest wisdom on training now available to anyone who can read and follow excellent photographs. ... Read more

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Contemporary sport bikes accelerate faster, brake harder, and cut through corners deeper than ever before. These technologically advanced motorcycles are exhilarating to ride, but to really get the most out of a motorcycle’s performance capabilities a rider must develop his or her own personal performance. Riders need to take their skills to the next level.Now, in this book written specifically for sport riders, well-known journalist, racer, and riding school instructor Nick Ienatsch provides the tools and techniques to help riders analyze and develop that personal performance.If you’re an experienced rider, Nick will help you hone and perfect your skills, operate controls with even greater finesse, and apply race-proven techniques on the track—as well as on the street. If you’re a beginning rider, Nick will show you how to develop proper skills and safety habits that will add to your motorcycling enjoyment and build your confidence. Whatever your current riding ability, Nick will teach you to safely find the absolute limit of bike and rider. ... Read more

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Excellent reading for riders of all levels
Highly recommended reading for beginners through experiened riders.It is evident that the author has a genuine love for the sport and strong desire to improve the safety of those whom share his love.The book is well written, easy to understand with lots of great technical diagrams and photos.

great
This is a great book.The high quality of the presentation, including paper, binding, photos and organization make for an excellent coffee table browser.However, the real value is in the succinctly written nuggets of sport riding wisdom.If you're fairly new to motorcycles as I was when I picked this up, then I strongly recommend it.Start with a quick cover to cover read to get the general idea.Then go back and re-read each section very carefully, with a couple of rides in between to practice and understand everything explained.I feel that I improved significantly and that others in a similar situation will too.

sport riding techniques
A must for riders of all levels. As a rider for years I firmly believe it is always good for skills to practice and repractice you need to make sure your recations are right on in case of what ifs both on road and on the track. Every rider should read this book especially new riders info is faboulous and so are the photos!!

BEST Motorcycle Skills and Safety Book Available!
If you are going to buy only ONE book to help you with your understanding of motorcycle riding technique as well as safety, this is THE book! Even if you think you're above needing any book, because you're such a great natural rider, unless you are already riding through the corners at speed on track days without falling down, you should read this book, it will improve your skills and make you safer, as well as faster on the twisties! I also haveProficient Motorcycling, and this book is definitely superior in its explanations of how the bike responds to rider input, and what exactly that input should be, and the ways for you to refine it to be a smooth and confident and safer rider. It explains finding your turn apex and how to ride through it in a clearer manner, and I think is more easily understood. It also covers the mental side of safety which is awareness of one's surroundings, and how to recognize and prepare ahead of time for potentially dangerous situations. Proficient Motorcycling does this as well, and I would recommend that as your second book. But Sport Riding Techniques will teach you how to ride with more FINESSE.

excellent book
If you have already read Hough's Proficient Motorcycling and are still hungry to learn more, Sport Riding Techniques is a great book. MUCH better than the Twist of the Wrist series, which is quite taxing and not very rewarding. However, neither this book nor any other can teach you how to drag a knee, slide your rear tire, etc. But it will show you why doing those things on the street is a bad idea. Highly recommened ... Read more

Book Description
Gain the vegetarian advantage! Vegetarian meal plans have been used successfully in everything from bodybuilding to endurance sports.Every day more and more athletes--even those who are not full-time vegetarians--incorporate a plant-based diet when training or recovering from competition.

Relying on the recent evidence-based research, Vegetarian SportsNutrition details performance and health benefits, including enhanced muscle recovery and optimal bone health. With tailored meal plans and training strategies, you will learn to make smart nutritional decisions and to properly fuel your body throughout your training regimen.

This comprehensive resource simplifies the process of determining your energy, protein, vitamin, and mineral needs and monitoring carbohydrate and fat intake. You'll learn how to optimize a vegetarian diet for peak performance across all sports.

Whether you are a dedicated vegetarian looking to add variety to your diet or an athlete searching for a competitive edge, Vegetarian SportsNutrition will help you improve your health and performance! ... Read more

Book Description
Clinical Sports Medicine is a complete practical guide book to musculoskeletal medicine and physical therapy, covering all aspects of diagnosis and management of sports-related injuries and physical activity.

With over 1000 full color pages and a free patient information CD, Clinical Sports Medicine adopts an easy-to-use, symptom-oriented approach and describes multidisciplinary methods of treatment

It is a vital reference for all clinicians in musculoskeletal health including physiotherapists, masseurs, general practitioners, personal trainers, athletic trainers, and orthopedic surgeons. It is also important reading for advanced coaches, insightful athletes and students of sports-related subjects such as kinesiology, human movement studies and human kinetics.

In the fully-updated, full-colour, expanded Third Edition (DVD also available) Clinical Sports Medicine is established as a leading text on sports medicine; the 2nd edition received a ‘Book of the Year’ award. This 3rd edition is a major upgrade for content, visual appeal, and readability. Every chapter has been updated for this landmark 3rd edition and there are six entirely new chapters. More than 1000 full color photos and purpose-drawn artwork show presentations and demonstrate treatment techniques.

Clinical Sports Medicine explores many important aspects of sports medicine:

- fundamental principles of sports medicine
- diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries
- enhancement of sports performance
- dealing with special groups of participants, including disabled and older athletes
- management of medical problems
- practical aspects of sports medicine

Clinical Sports Medicine has been fully updated from the popular 2nd edition (2000). It is even more practical, now superbly illustrated, easy-to-read and packed with substantially updated and new material. There are samples of several chapters online including the whole "Pain in the Achilles region" chapter. This book describes a completely symptom-oriented approach to treating clinical problems.

The practitioner can flick to the chapter that describes the patient presentation (e.g., longstanding groin pain, acute ankle injuries) and review the likely differential diagnoses, the clinical approach and the full colour pictures of the physical examination (physical examination for several major systems are also available as a separate DVD - 0074716972).

The reader of this third edition of Clinical Sports Medicine benefits from the wisdom of over 50 clinicians with world-wide recognition including Jenny McConnell, Jill Cook, Roald Bahr, Liza Arendt, Per Holmich, Ben Kibler, Timothy Noakes, Pekka Kannus, Kim Bennell, Paul McCrory, George Murrell, Kevin Singer and Meena Sran and Jon Karlsson. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (8)

A Useful Aid in Evaluating Injuries
Anyone working in sports medicine should have this reference guide in their library.It's an outstanding resource that will help in diagnosing an injury.

A great reference for any medical professional
Awesome book !!!I'm a P.T. and Athletic Trainer getting
back into sports medicine and this book is a "must" for
your library. It's well organized and covers such a variety
of subject matter regarding injuries,rehabilitation, specific
medical injuries, and even aspects on the use of supplements
by athletes.It also contains functional anatomical references
that aid in the evaluation and differential diagnosis of
the injury. Great Book !!!

An invaluable resource
The second edition (2001) of this work is indeed an outstanding resource.My daily work includes imaging of sports and musculoskeletal injuries.I find this book frequently useful to supplement deficiencies in my knowledge and experience, and a most useful companion to the second edition (2001) of "Musculoskeletal Ultrasound" by Marnix van Holsbeeck and Joseph Introcaso.

Highly recommended as a workbench resource to those interested in imaging of sports injuries.

Great book for physical therapists - incredible value
This is an astounding book. When was the last time you saw a 900+ page hard cover book packed with useful photographs and excellent line drawings...The practical advice in this book is unparalleled. No wonder it is an international best-seller. It arrived quickly and well packed from Amazon. Keep up the good work and thanks!

Best Sports Medicine Book I've Ever Used!
The Second edition of Clinical Sports Medicine is the best reference book I have come across as an athletic therapist and professional fitness and lifestyle consultant. I find it very easy to navigate with great illustrations and information.The references are all very recent and evidence-based so you feel confident in following the authors' recommendations.It is particularly good value at 67 US dollars - most hardcover books of this size are about twice that price. The corresponding website has updated information, including relevant published papers, which I find quite helpful also.These authors have really done a fabulous job of classifying sports medicine information in a logical and easy-to-use format. I highly recommend it to anyone in the sports, fitness, and/or health fields! ... Read more

Book Description
Audiences: Undergraduate and graduate students whoneed a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices of sportmarketing. Also practitioners who want a handy reference, particularly inthe areas of sales, promotional planning, and market research.

Sport Marketing, Third Edition, the latest version of the leadingsport marketing text, directs students to a better understanding of thetheoretical backbone that makes sport marketing such a unique and vibrantsubject to study. The text has been thoroughly updated with a comprehensiveancillary package, new examples and perspectives from the field, and thelatest information about marketing in the burgeoning sport industry.

Using real-world examples and an engaging writing style, the distinguishedauthors provide valuable new material about key areas in sport marketingthat prepares students for careers in the industry. The following areupdates to the new edition:

• Foreword written by David J. Stern, Commissioner of the NationalBasketball Association
• A new chapter on branding and how to apply it in a sport context,including examples of successful efforts
• A greatly expanded chapter on research in sport marketing, recognizingrecent and significant technological developments that allow sportmarketers to reach consumers
• An updated final chapter containing opinions from industry insidersabout what sport marketers can expect in the years ahead

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Sport Marketing sets the standard.
This book sets the standard for sport marketing literature.Sport Marketing provides a good overview of marketing concepts and how they are applied to the sport product.Dr. Sutton is THE guru of sports marketingand delivers a quality instructional and practical guide for the serioussport manager.

The ONLY book worth having as a sport marketer!
If your job is to sell sports, you MUST own this book. Otherwise, you're just a sports wannabe who is constantly guessing about what works and what doesn't. It is the only book that shows you guaranteed ways to buildsustainable attendance figures. It shows how factors such as your facility,your promotion efforts, location, pricing, and product relate with eachother to provide an overall experience for your customers.

Get this book,use it, and change your career for the better! ... Read more

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Are you only as good as your last game"?

Is there an "I" in team?

Is it really just a matter of "keeping your eye on the ball"?

Pure Sport: Practical Sport Psychology explains in everyday language the whys and wherefores of contemporary sport psychology - pinpointing what works and what doesn't when it comes to performance enhancement.

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Enjoyable read...not enough inormation
A fun look at the world of hi stakes sports betting.I would have preferred more information on WHY their system was so successful.

The Master Gambling Author
Michael Konik has done it again. He has taken a subject he knows better than anyone and added his own highly readable style. The result is a fast-moving real-life adventure that feels like a good movie. I will never wager the kind of money that Konik and The Brain Trust did, but it is a great vicarious thrill to experience it through his descriptive prose. Konik is a master of gambling writing and this is his masterpiece.

take the points
an engaging look at life as part of a professional gambling syndicate.you don't get the really inside secrets of the "Brain Trust", only that they've got some kind of super computer that can beat the pointspread 57% of the time.what's really most interesting is to see the emotional wear and tear and erosion of personal life and feeling the full time gambler experiences.

A great inside look at sports betting
I enjoyed this book, although I found it to be far from the highest level of writing - way too much detail on individual bets and not nearly enough great scene descriptions.And, this is a little surprising because the author is a professional writer rather than a professional or wannabe gambler.But, if you like sports and you've always been curious about how sports gambling really works for the "smart money", this is the book for you.

Konik managed to get himself in the proverbial catbird seat to work with one of the top gambling operations in sports and then used that position to produce an enlightening book about how sports books and bookies run from "smart money" and jockey their lines to try to stay ahead of the game.He then branched out to work with an old school friend in their own "smart money" computer driven gambling venture with some Hollywood celebrities.Entertaining stuff and an easy read.Give it a look if you have any interest in the topic whatsoever.

A quick read...the highest compliment you can give.
Wow, this book makes the reader step back and go whoa!! What am I doing with my mundane life whittling away playing corporate suit when I can go to Vegas and make real money, see the surreal sights, and eat free meals? This may sound great, but after reading Konik's roller coaster ride of rising stakes, one gets the feeling that maybe this all-consuming pursuit of easy money takes its toll on the pursuer. Loss of mind (at least momentarily while watching games), and significant other is enough to make any man pause. I found that the relationship between Konik and his woman is the most interesting part of the book and I would concentrate on that if I were to adapt this book into a screenplay. Money comes and goes, all too easy, yet a loved one is a precious part of life that can be lost also. But unlike money, sometimes love can never be gained back, no matter the spread. I felt Konik's pain. I felt Konik's joy. I felt the book. What more can a reader ask of an author? ... Read more

Amazon.com
Given the overall vigor and volume of sports writing in America throughout the 20th century, the idea of compiling a single collection dubbed the "best" requires a daring balancing act of boldness and delicacy. And that's just what it is. Sports fans--but why limit this sparkling, spirited, passionate prose to just sports fans?--will revel in the equilibrium of David Halberstam's and Glenn Stout's wide range of selections. Their tribute to the knights of the keyboards is Hall of Fame-level from cover to cover.

Halberstam and Stout don't waste any time. They lead off with one of the great tours de force of American nonfiction, Gay Talese's stunningly poignant, 1966 profile of a moody Joe DiMaggio, "The Silent Season of a Hero." Then, before you can finish digesting it, they loudly switch gears to Tom Wolfe's "The Last American Hero," a razzle-dazzle look at Junior Johnson and the world of stock-car racing. By the time Best takes the checkered flag nearly 800 pages later, it has covered a remarkably rich and varied course that runs through the pens of such remarkable talents as Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Frank Deford, W.C. Heinz, Jim Murray, Murray Kempton, Ring Lardner, John Lardner, Jimmy Breslin, Al Stump, John Updike, John McPhee, Hunter Thompson, Norman Mailer, Jon Krakauer, Tom Boswell, Roger Angell, and David Remnick. Whew!

Like the best sportswriting, of course, Best is much more than fun and games, though there's plenty of that in its pages. Best is history captured on the fly through the games we play and the memorable players--Jackie Robinson, Joe Louis, Mohammad Ali, Secretariat, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Red Grange--who play them. From selection to selection, writes Halberstam in his introduction, "we watch the country change." Certainly, sports--and sportswriting--have provided America a marvelous box seat for the contemplation of its own metamorphoses. --Jeff SilvermanBook Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Halberstam selects the fifty best pieces of sports writing of this century. The Best American Sports Writing of the Century showcases the best sports journalists of the twentieth century, from Jimmy Cannon, Red Smith, William Mack, Gary Smith, and Frank Deford to A. J. Liebling, Tom Wolfe, and Hunter S. Thompson, and includes such classics as "What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?" by Richard Ben Cramer, "Louis Knocks Out Schmeling" by Bob Considine, and "The Rocky Road of Pistol Pete" by W. C. Heinz. This outstanding collection captures not only the century's greatest moments in baseball, boxing, horseracing, golf, and tennis, but some of the finest writing of our time. Guest editor David Halberstam is the author of The Reckoning, The Summer of Forty-Nine, The Breaks of the Game, and, most recently, The Children. Series editor Glenn Stout has written biographies of Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and Jackie Robinson. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (17)

Outstanding collection but a small part of what is out there
Years ago I read a piece included in this book, called 'Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu' by John Updike. I was reading a lot of Updike at that time, and found it strangely to be the most moving, the best thing he had written. I will venture to say it is one of the best things in this book.
Other sports - writing I loved a lot came not from the daily papers or columns or magazines but from longer often fictional works. For my money Zane Grey's 'The Shortstop' and Charles Einstein's 'The Only Game in Town' are two of the greatest pieces of sportswriting. I would also say that Hemingway in his writing about fishing and boxing and bullfighting- and Lardner ( who is included here but in a small selection) were at the highest level of the game. And Sherwood Anderson too for a story he has about horses and a young person's love of the track. Bernard Malamud in 'The Natural' also wrote about baseball and its dreams and disappointments in a way a real fan could take to heart.I would also add aselection Laura Hillebrand's great book on 'Seabiscuit'. And of course another masterpiece of writing Frederick Exley's 'A Fan's Notes'.
That said I believe this present collection a rich one.The opening piece on Joe D. by Guy Talese has about it something of the class and hidden mystery of the Yankee Clipper himself. The last selection of Norman Mailer on Muhammed Ali is as big as the egos of both of these two master- self- promoters. But there is also much here for those on the other side, the losers as in Murry Kempton's column on Sal Maglie who lost after pitching outstanding ball in the game Don Larsen was perfect in- in the 1956 World Series.
For some reason Baseball and Boxing are the sports most written about. Baseball is a world in itself, with its own special character. I would have liked to see a selection from Philip Roth in which he describes I believe it is in 'American Pastoral' the feeling of playing center- field. Boxing has the drama of the man- against- man combat. Perhaps a piece by Joyce Carol Oates on Mike Tyson might have been included here.
When I was a child one of my heroes was Grantland Rice. And I am happy to see a selection from his columns here.
Again there is a great deal of wonderful stuff here but I am not sure it has most of the great sports- writing of the century in it. I think of some of the sports-biographies which have been written and are truly outstanding. Tom Meany's old books on Joe D. and the Babe are I believe even out- of-print but they told the story of their heroes in a way a young person could be inspired by and identify with.
What I am saying I guess is that this very good selection is still only a small part of what there is out there.
The game is long , and the life too short to read.

Great Read!
I purchased this book last year, and found it to be so enjoyable that I gave my copy to a friend, and then ordered two more copies for Christmas gifts.If you, or someone you know, likes to read short stories that cover all sports written by the best of our generation, buy this. You won't regret it...

I Didn't Think I Was A Sports Fan Till I Picked Up This Book
I recently took a friend to a doctor's appointment and this book was in the collection of waiting room reading material.So I picked it up, thinking what the heck and discovered an entire chapter is devoted to stories about Ali. Well, let me tell you, I was instantly hooked.When my friend returned to the waiting room, instead of being relieved to be out of there, I was actually disappointed to not be able to finish one of the stories.So, I went right out and bought my own copy.The story on Joe DiMaggio is splendid.I never knew much about Ted Williams, but sure do now after reading the terrific story by Richard Ben Cramer .What a great read this book is.It is excellent.You don't have to be a jock to enjoy it.The collection is some of the best writing I've had the pleasure to read this year.

Some Good, Some Better, Some Best
Congratulations to David Halberstam and Glenn Stout for putting together their choices for "The Best American Sports Writing of the Century".As with any anthology of "the best of", there are selections that will make one wonder about its' inclusion while there are others whose omission will seem equally unjust.However, such arguments only occur when somebody puts out their choices for public consumption.Having said that, I offer the following criticisms.First of all, Halberstam, in his introduction, heaps a bit too much praise on Gay Talese's story about Joe Dimaggio.One reads it thinking that, yes this is good, but it's not THAT good.There was a fairly lengthy story about Bobby Fischer that was interesting but kept me wondering if chess was a sport.There were a number of short articles and feature articles that were good but still made you wonder why they were included.However, there was plenty of the better and some of the best.The book gave me a good introduction to an excellent sports writer I had not previously known of; W C Heinz.There was the fascinating "Outside" magazine article by Jon Krakauer, "Into Thin Air" that led to the later (equally excellent) book of the same name.There is a touching story about Tommy LaSorda's son, Al Stump on Ty Cobb, an interesting story about a hockey "enforcer", a disturbing article about the steroid madness of body building, the obligatory yet interesting article about Tiger Woods, and a closing section on Muhammed Ali.Unfortunately, the latter section includes an endless article about the Champ by Norman Mailer ironicly titled "Ego".There's lots more but, to be honest, by the time I finished the book, a lot of the earlier selections were by then forgotten.My nomination for the most egregious omission, Frank DeFord's "Sports Illustrated" article "The Toughest Coach the Ever Was".This is an enjoyable book.Some articles may not have merited inclusion in a book of this title but they were still fairly interesting.

excellent collection
What surprised me about this collection was that some of the most enjoyable stories were the ones about sports I don't have much interest in.The mountain climbing, chess and horse racing stories were some of the best in this collection.

As the title suggests, these are well-written stories, which cover a lot of ground.I normally wouldn't waste my time reading about something like chess, but I read and enjoyed every story in this collection.I knew I would enjoy the stories about the major sports, but some of the others surprised me. ... Read more

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Find your endurance advantage in the foods you eat.Endurance Sports Nutrition will help you select the best foods,fluids, and supplements to train longer, recover more quickly, avoidinjuries, and achieve your performance goals in any enduranceendeavor.

Sports dietitian and former elite runner Suzanne Girard Eberle provides aproven fueling program that addresses the unique needs of enduranceathletes:

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Good Stuff
I haven't had a chance to read the whole book however what I have read has been helpful and informative.The book itself was shipped in excellent condition and, like many of the books I've bought through Amazon, I think I purchased it used and it looks new.And, I don't plan on just using it to balance out my washing machine ;-).

Great Resource
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Right on the money
Suzanne knows her stuff.I've been an ultrarunner and endurance athlete for nearly 25 years and I find Suzanne's wisdom and advice both on target and incredibly helpful. In fact, as I get older, which I am, her advice is seemingly even more relevant.Following her advice on everything from hydration to nutrition to stretching has been vital to me being able to keep doing what I love to do.The bottom line is that proper nutrition is key to optimal performance and the information in this book can ensure you're geting both.

Excellent Sports Nutrition Resource
This is a serious sports nutrition book for serious athletes. It is packed with information for the endurance athlete or those coaching endurance/elite athletes. In addition to providing a complete nutritional overview for the elite athlete, Endurance Sports touches on other related subjects such as hydration, the effectiveness of supplements, food intolerances, eating disorders and even optimal eating for the vegetarian athlete. As a nutrition writer, this book is an integral part of my reference library.

Secret Weapon
I am in my mid-40s and have toyed with the idea of doing a triathlon for quite some time. Somehow, when I would begin to really get the training ramped up, I would run in to a problem. I believe that I was probably bringing on the problems with less than ideal nutrition. So, though I harbor no aspirations of being a serious athlete, I have found that nutrition is an important--and often overlooked--aspect for even recreational athletes like me. Using the information in this book is allowing me to push my training farther than I ever have before and will get me across the finish line for my first triathlon sometime this summer. ... Read more

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Sports in Society is the definitive text for the sport sociology course. Taking a global, issues-oriented approach to the study of the role of sport in society, this text encourages the discussion of current sports-related controversies and helps students develop critical thinking skills. ... Read more

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There's one last chance to save the world in the third book in the Maximum Ride series, SAVING THE WORLD AND OTHER EXTREME SPORTS.The time has arrived for Max and her winged "flock" to face their ultimate enemy and discover their original purpose: to defeat the takeover of "Re-evolution"--a sinister experiment to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race...and to terminate the rest. Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel have always worked together to defeat the forces working against them--but can they save the world when they are torn apart, living in hiding and captivity, halfway across the globe from one another? ... Read more

Customer Reviews (70)

It's OK
This one is not as good as the first two, but overall, not a bad book.Easy read.

Another Maximum Ride
Another Maximum Ride release, "Saving the World...." brings Max and Fang to the brink of confessing their love for one another.While dealing with this issue, it was -- naturally -- important for Max and Fang to save the world.To destroy the evil-mad scientists who were preparing to reduce the world's population by one-half and to keep the flock together.

While the Maximum Ride series is designed for the preteen (maybe teen) reader, it is actually a lot of fun for anyone.An esteemed author with the mission of truly writing something that would engender excitement to a young person while still being easily readable ... Patterson holds to a creative style of writing with a positive message.

It might be a little too much "tree-huggish" even for a youngster.But, still, it's a slam-bang roller coaster adventure with Max and the gang of ... ummm .... bird-kids and talking dogs ... I think.

Has a good beat.Easy to dance to.I give it at least a 90.

Densel Myers
Yukon, Oklahoma

Absolute Junk, A Poor Excuse for Marketing Kiddie Junk
More than half the book is actual blank pages.There is no story to speak of, except "wouldn't it be cool if I could fly like Max?" Huge gaping inconsistencies in the tale, and it is repetitive to the point of nauseating. It shamelessly tries to drive you to web sites that can generate more money for this loser project.No redeeming qualities, I wasted a week of my life hoping for some salvation in the end.Boy was I fooled. I'm no snob when it comes to books, but it's an insult to 9 year olds to say this would be good for them.Shame on you Patterson, I will not read you again because of this insult to readers of all ages.

Maximum Ride has Minimum Plausibility
Adults will find the third in the Maximum Ride series, the immodestly titled, "Saving the World" disappointing.Although some reviewers have chosen to favorably compare James Patterson's DNA enhanced flying kids series to the Harry Potter series, this reviewer says: No Way No How.J.K. Rowling gave us a complex society of wizards and witches.Everything was carefully thought out, from the dragon feather in Harry's wand, to the temperamental goblins who ran the bank where Harry's long dead parents had stashed their fortune for him (money is just one of the things the kids always have access to that Patterson doesn't seem to have explained - unless it was in an earlier book in the series).In contrast, Patterson gives us genetically enhanced kids without going into much detail as to how this was done - unlike, say, Jurassic Park - unless, again, this was covered in an earlier book.It seems to be the work of, as the heroine Max is fond of saying, "Mad Scientists."Can you imagine Rowling dismissing Lord Voldemort's similar plans to take over the world as the work of "Mad Wizards?"No, she had more respect for her reader's intelligence than that.Voldemort's plans to assume power had a carefully crafted, meticulously macabre aspect to them, and his power was unasailable, except ultimately by Harry himself, and even then, almost by accidents stemming from Potter virtue than from magic.In contrast, Patterson actually expects us to believe that a team of Mad Scientists (there's that term again) could form a multinational corporation, apparently without scrutiny of any kind except by various high-level politicos who go along with the dream of genetically "re-evolved" humans uncritically, even though the Mad Director's dream include annihilation of half - or more - of humanity as well.They do all this in largely unprotected factories - they have to be largely unprotected or else how would the seven member "flock" be able to enter and escape from them, repeatedly, while foiling Itec's dasteredly plans?Patterson talks down to his tween readers.Rowling never does.Since this is not a review of Rowling's work, I'll just say she gave us worlds; Patterson gives us flying kids in our world, and as such they fall flat.Flat is a way to describe their personalities too; aside from Max - whose singular trait is a smart-alecky attitude, only Total, the talking Scotish Terrier, seems to have much personality.The other kids have abilities - or disabilities, in the case of blind Iggy, who is, inexplicably able to fight and fly without any apparent trouble, just like the others - but they don't have much character.Perhaps if I had read the first in the Maximum Ride series I would have had more sympathy for Max and the gang, whom we are led to believe have had a pretty rough childhood so far, but as it is, Max's relating to the reader in the first person her troubles, doesn't allow us to feel them for ourselves as Rowling did in the Potter series.One feels sorry for Harry long before we know he has powers, due to his living situation with the Dursleys, and when his powers become gradually apparent, we are glad because they promise a way out for *him,* not because he can use them to Save the World - though, ultimately, that is what he will do.Another contrast between these two authors is that Rowling, while focusing on the kids, still has a firm place in the world for adults - as teachers, beloved, or feared, parents etc. - while Patterson sees the adults as either evil and too dumb to realize their plans could never work - if for no other reason than that a world suddenly devoid of half its population would be so chatoic as to be not worth being Grand Empreror over, (or whatever title the Mad Director ultimately envisioned for herself) - or the adults are simply too dumb to realize the evil plans exist.Is this how tweens see adults?Really?
True, a certain set of tween readers, mostly boys, I think, will enjoy the action uncritically, and judging by the numbers, they are already buying this book in large numbers (Full discloser: my two volume novel, Neitherworld Neitherworld Book One Akiiwan (CreateSpace Version) Neitherworld Book Two Ishpiming is so NOT selling in these numbers), but I calls 'em as I sees 'em.Saving the World is a low altitude thrill ride.

truth about series!
Not many of you will know that Patterson published books 1 & 2 twice!When the initial series became a hit, he sold the movie rights, and then completely rewrote the series, changing crucial parts and in many readers opinions, not for the better!Patterson employs other writers on many books so let the buyer beware! ... Read more

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On the heels of the successful Sports Illustrated 50th Anniversary Book comes a spectacular celebration of professional football that will be treasured by fans of Americas Game. With the same kind of unforgettable photographs and award-winning writing that made the SIs 50th Anniversary Book a best-seller, this lavish coffee-table volume brings to life the bone-rattling action of NFL football and the extraordinary athletes who have made it Americas true national pastime. In 256 oversized pages, The Football Book commemorates the dynasties and the dominating players, the crucial plays and classic games, the personalities and performances that propelled the NFL during SIs first 50 years of publication, from a marginal, ragtag league to the biggest game in town. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (18)

"Sweet!"
This was the comment of my 7 year old nephew (a Jets fan) when I gave him this book. It has the trademark Sports Illustrated photography, plus lots of old photos showing the infancy of the sport, which are interesting to adults and kids alike. He's a beginning reader, but we enjoyed looking at the pictures, with his guessing which teams were shown based on the uniforms. The Amazon price is a bargain. Highly recommended for boys and fans of all ages!

Great Football Book for the non-diehard fan
I bought this book for my 17-yr old who is a visual thinker, not a strong reader, but I loved it too!There are some amazing photos in the book and lots of history of the game and some players.I got a strong sense of the traditions of the game and the excitement for the sport.I am a stronger football fan because of it!I also recommend the rest of this 'series' by Sports Illustrated, The Baseball Book and The Basketball Book.

Good book for the die-hard footabll fan
I got this book for my Dad for xmas & he loved it.It has a lot of great pictures, great articles and goes into the history of football.This is a great gift for older football fans.

Good Gift
I gave this as a Christmas gift to my son.It scored a "touchdown".

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED-THE FOOTBALL BOOK
I BOUGHT SEVERAL OF THESE BOOKS FOR THE FOOTBALL FANATICS IN MY FAMILY.THEY WENT ABSOLUTELY WILD WILD OVER THEM.THE PICTURES ARE HUGE, SHARP AND COVER A LARGE RANGE OF FOOTBALL MEMORABILIA ALL INSIDE ONE AWESOME BOOK.THERE WAS A TWO-PAGE PICTURE, FOR INSTANCE, OF FOOTBALL PADS LIKE MY DAD WORE WHEN HE PLAYED FOOTBALL IN 1950.HE DOES NOT WANT TO LET THE BOOK OUT OF HIS SIGHT! ... Read more