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13 produkter

1. 

   Historical Dictionary of Basketball

   Av John Grasso

   Inbunden, 2010

   1662 kr

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   In less than 120 years an activity invented by one man to alleviate winter boredom for a college gym class has evolved into a worldwide multi-billion dollar enterprise. It is impossible for Dr. James Naismith, basketball's inventor, to have envisioned the extent to which his simple game would …

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   Historical Dictionary of Boxing

   Av John Grasso

   Inbunden, 2013

   2414 kr

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   Boxing is one of the oldest sports in the world, reaching back to the Ancient Greeks, although it has become popular only in the past century or so. But, in some ways, it is a rather complicated sport since – to avoid unnecessary harm – it has been endowed with rules to keep it clean, referees to …

3. 

   Historical Dictionary of Tennis

   Av John Grasso

   E-bok, 2011

   1415 kr

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   The sport of tennis has been played in one form or another for more than 800 years. It can trace its roots to games played by monks in the 12th century. Through the years the game has evolved from one in which the ball was struck with the hands to the modern game in which rackets are used to propel …

4. 

   Historical Dictionary of Basketball

   Av John Grasso

   E-bok, 2010

   695 kr

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   In less than 120 years an activity invented by one man to alleviate winter boredom for a college gym class has evolved into a worldwide multi-billion dollar enterprise. It is impossible for Dr. James Naismith, basketball''s inventor, to have envisioned the extent to which his simple game would …

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   Historical Dictionary of Football

   Av John Grasso

   Inbunden, 2013

   2414 kr

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   Gridiron football or American football or just plain football is the most popular sport in the United States in the 21st century. Although attempts have been made to develop the sport outside North America, it is still predominantly a North American sport with similar games (but significant rules …

6. 

   Historical Dictionary of Football

   Av John Grasso

   E-bok, 2013

   674 kr

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   Gridiron football or American football or just plain football is the most popular sport in the United States in the 21st century. Although attempts have been made to develop the sport outside North America, it is still predominantly a North American sport with similar games (but significant rules …

7. 

   Historical Dictionary of Boxing

   Av John Grasso

   E-bok, 2013

   2568 kr

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   Boxing is one of the oldest sports in the world, reaching back to the Ancient Greeks, although it has become popular only in the past century or so. But, in some ways, it is a rather complicated sport since – to avoid unnecessary harm – it has been endowed with rules to keep it clean, referees to …

8. 

   Historical Dictionary of Wrestling

   Av John Grasso

   Inbunden, 2014

   2414 kr

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   Wrestling as a legitimate contest is one of the oldest, if not the oldest form of sport. There are cave drawings in France that depict memorable matches, which are over 15,000 years old. Egyptian and Babylonian reliefs depict wrestling bouts where wrestlers are using most of the holds known to the …

9. 

   Historical Dictionary of Wrestling

   Av John Grasso

   E-bok, 2014

   2568 kr

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   Wrestling as a legitimate contest is one of the oldest, if not the oldest form of sport. There are cave drawings in France that depict memorable matches, which are over 15,000 years old. Egyptian and Babylonian reliefs depict wrestling bouts where wrestlers are using most of the holds known to the …

10. 

    Historical Dictionary of Bowling

    Av John Grasso, Eric R. Hartman

    Inbunden, 2014

    2263 kr

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    Loggats, kayles, quilles, skittles, half-bowl and ninepins were all early forms of games in which the goal was to knock down small standing objects from a distance by rolling or throwing another object at them. Archaeologists have found items from Egypt around 5200 B.C. that included small stone …

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    Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement

    Av John Grasso, Bill Mallon m. fl.

    Inbunden, 2015

    3383 kr

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    The Olympic Movement began with the Ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Greece on the Peloponnesus peninsula at Olympia, Greece. It is not clear why the Greeks instituted this quadrennial celebration in the form of an athletic festival. The recorded history of the Ancient Olympic Games begins …

12. 

    Historical Dictionary of Basketball

    Av John Grasso

    Häftad, 2015

    618 kr

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    In less than 120 years an activity invented by one man to alleviate winter boredom for a college gym class has evolved into a worldwide multi-billion dollar enterprise. It is impossible for Dr. James Naismith, basketball's inventor, to have envisioned the extent to which his simple game would …

13. 

    Historical Dictionary of Football

    Av John Grasso

    Häftad, 2015

    618 kr

    Lägg i varukorg

    Gridiron football or American football or just plain football is the most popular sport in the United States in the 21st century. Although attempts have been made to develop the sport outside North America, it is still predominantly a North American sport with similar games (but significant rules …