Sports in the Western WorldRowman and Littlefield, 1982 - 360 sider Traces the history of sports from the original Greek Olympics to the development of professional team sports and considers the business and political aspects of sports. |
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Side 69
... allowed to hit the ball only with their hips and thighs , not with hands or feet . Padded on their thighs and knees with leather aprons , the contestants threw themselves madly at the ball and onto the stone surface . Serious injuries ...
... allowed to hit the ball only with their hips and thighs , not with hands or feet . Padded on their thighs and knees with leather aprons , the contestants threw themselves madly at the ball and onto the stone surface . Serious injuries ...
Side 97
... allowed outdoor sports the year round . As one Virginian noted in 1724 , " The Common planters leading easy lives don't much admire labor , or any manly exercise , except horse racing , nor diver- sion , except cockfighting , in which ...
... allowed outdoor sports the year round . As one Virginian noted in 1724 , " The Common planters leading easy lives don't much admire labor , or any manly exercise , except horse racing , nor diver- sion , except cockfighting , in which ...
Side 279
... allowed to interrupt play . " The Olympic Games of 1972 inevitably left bad memories all around , convincing many that the idealistic brainchild of Pierre de Coubertin had turned out to be a monster - too big , too commercial , and too ...
... allowed to interrupt play . " The Olympic Games of 1972 inevitably left bad memories all around , convincing many that the idealistic brainchild of Pierre de Coubertin had turned out to be a monster - too big , too commercial , and too ...
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Medieval People at Play | 42 |
New Standards for Old Sports | 85 |
The Birth of Mass Leisure | 99 |
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