Essays discuss the business of professional sports, the coverage of sports journalism, and the interaction between sports and culture

Sports Illusion, Sports Reality: A Reporter's View of Sports, Journalism, and Society

Politics & Social Sciences

KOPPETT, LEONARD

Social Sciences

University of Illinois Press

A Sports Illustrated book about the game of basketball.

The essence of the game is deception: Thinking about basketball

Sports & Outdoors

Basketball

Little,Brown

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Man in the Dugout

Random House Value Publishing

A veteran sportswriter provides a close-up look at some of the most influential managers of modern baseball, tracing the influence of baseball legends Branch Rickey, Connie Mack, and John McGraw on modern managers, and sharing entertaining anecdotes about the game. 25,000 first printing.

Man In The Dugout, The: Baseball's Top: Managers and How They Got That Way

Baseball

Crown

Explains the ins and outs of baseball, from the game on the field to behind-the-scenes topics such as the media, scouts, and spring training

The New Thinking Fan's Guide to Baseball

Fireside

Baseball's greatest asset is the richness of its lore, and Leonard Koppett has made the entire treasure of the game's history accessible in one enjoyable volume. In his lively narratives on the shape and significance of each season from baseball's nineteenth-century beginnings to the updated and expanded sections on the last decade, Koppett explains the changes in baseball-the-game and baseball-the-business that forged the major leagues we know today. Each chapter recounts trends, players, and events during different eras; offers succinct seasonal recaps, and summarizes how the consequences of that particular baseball era set the stage for the next. On the origins and evolution of on-the-field play—from the 1880s origin of pitching high and tight then low and away, to modern-day use of body armor at bat—plus statistics and record-breaking achievements, Koppett's got it covered. On business and organizational controversies, such as the introduction of night baseball, radio and TV broadcasting, free agency, strike actions, divisional play-offs, and the policies of owners and commissioners, Koppett's got it covered. One-stop reading for the most essential stories, statistics, and opinions on the major leagues, Koppett's Concise History of Major League Baseball is the most original baseball reference available.

Koppett's Concise History of Major League Baseball

Carroll&Graf

"All About Baseball" presents a unique look at the National Pastime, written by the late Leonard Koppett, an acclaimed baseball writer who wrote for New York City newspapers. Koppett discusses the techniques, customs, styles, strategies, finances, working conditions, living habits, personalities, myths and realities of the baseball industry. "All About Baseball" is a revised and updated version of a previous book by Koppett, "A Thinking Man's Guide to Baseball."

All about baseball

Quadrangle

By Leonard Koppett and the Sports Staff of The Peninsula Times Tribune. ISBN 0-86576-044-6. "the complete, miraculous, magical story of the 49ers' championship season and the road to victory in SUPER BOWL XVI.

Forty-niner fever!

Distributed by W. Kaufmann

Traces the history of American professional baseball and discusses factors that have influenced the game, including integration, playoff games, free agency, the designated hitter, expansion, and strikes

Koppetts Concise History of Major League Baseball

Temple University Press

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Sports Illusion, Sports Reality: A Reporter's View of Sports, Journalism, and Society

The essence of the game is deception: Thinking about basketball

Sports Illusion, Sports Reality: A Reporter's View of Sports, Journalism, and Society

Man in the Dugout

Man In The Dugout, The: Baseball's Top: Managers and How They Got That Way

The New Thinking Fan's Guide to Baseball

Koppett's Concise History of Major League Baseball

All about baseball

Forty-niner fever!

Koppetts Concise History of Major League Baseball