The Olympic Games are unique. Nothing in world society, culture and sport matches the magnificent spectacle every four years of more than 10,500 sportsmen and woman pursuing the dream of gold medal glory. The original Olympics, more than 2,000 years ago, were confined to ancient Greece. Today's stars compete in front of a worldwide audience ......
The Olympic Games are unique. Nothing in world society, culture and sport matches the magnificent spectacle every four years of more than 10,500 athletes pursuing the dream of gold medal glory. The original Olympics, more than 2,000 years ago, were confined to ancient Greece. Today's stars compete in front of a worldwide audience measured in ......
Sport has historically been part of a broader quest of regimes for power and prestige on the world stage, and that success in global sport was a function of a country's projection of hegemony and place in an anarchic international system. While such historical trends of politicization of sport continue--witness the nationalism on display at each ......
This book explores the complex linkages between power politics of the international arena, the profit-seeking, often elitist and at-times corrupt world of professional international sport, and the promise for harnessing sport to promote human rights, inclusive development, and sustainable peace in a violent world.
How a Team of Mavericks Came Together for Olympic Glory
The true story of how a group of talented volleyball players learned to put their egos aside, became a team, and changed the sport of volleyball forever.
In the early 1980s, a golden generation of volleyball players joined the U.S. men’s national team. With the Olympics coming to Los Angeles in 1984, the pressure was ......
A Journey in Running, Courage, and the Search for the American Dream
The inspiring stories of Kenyan-born distance runners Shadrack Kipchirchir and Elvin Kibet and their determination to build meaningful lives as American citizens. Professional distance runners Shadrack Kipchirchir and Elvin Kibet grew up in rural Kenyan villages. Though their lives began in poverty, both were driven to reach their full potential, ......
African American Athletes, Race, and the Modern Olympic Games
This book chronicles the struggles and triumphs of African American athletes in the Modern Olympic Games, from 1896 through the 2020 Tokyo Games. It explores the lives and careers of both legendary and little-known Black Olympians as they sought to honor themselves, their race, and their nation on the world stage.
Hockey's Hidden Gods is the incredible true story of the U.S. Paralympic sled hockey team that overcame personal hardships to win gold. The moving stories of the individual players, told through original interviews with the author, bring to life this uplifting and little-known piece of sports history.
How a Team of Mavericks Came Together for Olympic Glory
This book tells the inspiring story of the 1984 U.S. men's Olympic volleyball team. After many years playing as underdogs, a maverick coach would take over and push the players to their physical and emotional limits. Their journey to the Olympics reveals the value of teamwork, never giving up, and trusting in an innovative style of leadership.