This fascinating biography details Rizzuto's rise to baseball stardom, including his years in the minors, four All-Star appearances, and his MVP performance in 1950. Rizzuto played with some of baseball's greatest -- Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Casey Stengel, Billy Martin -- and was an integral part of some of baseball's finest teams.
Following his career on the field, Rizzuto moved into the Yankees broadcast booth, where he continues to announce games today.

Phil Rizzuto: A Yankee Tradition

Dan Hirshberg

Daniel Hirshberg

Biographies & Memoirs

Sagamore Publishing

Since the day she became the principal owner of the Cincinnati Reds, Marge Schott has been a woman surrounded by controversy. Allegations of her racist and anti-Semitic remarks made front-page headlines across the country. Mike Bass, the winner of the Associated Press Sports Editors Award for his series of articles on racism in sports, looks at the woman behind the Reds.

Marge Schott Unleashed

Bass, Mike

Providing high-quality, high-impact services for youth is the focus of Youth Programs: Promoting Quality Services. Combining both theoretical and practical information, this text presents current issues, trends, and practices related to services for youth. Youth Programs: Promoting Quality Services revolutionizes leisure programming concepts for youth by integrating principles of Total Quality Program Planning with youth development Program planning steps discussed in the text include preparation, needs assessment, setting program goals and objectives, promotion, program design, supervision, behavior management, and evaluation.

Youth Programs: Promoting Quality Service

Parenting & Relationships

Susan R. Edginton

Parenting

Management of Park and Recreation Agencies is sponsored by the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) in order to share with professionals?now and in the future?the desirable practices of the profession embodiedin the National Accreditation Standards for park and recreationagencies. These standards are used as the guideline for whatshould be included in the book. Each chapter addresses specificstandards needed for accreditation.The purpose of the book is to help administrators of every area of parks and recreation, including those in for-profit, nonprofit, commercial, and public operations. The emphasis is on public park and recreation agencies because those are the agencies for which the standards were written. However, each standard can be used by any agency that provides park and recreation facilities, programs, or services. It is geared to managers and what they need to know, not to the program or maintenance supervisors.

Management of Park and Recreation Agencies

Hail to the Chiefs is a behind-the-scenes look at the Chiefs' 1993 season and the changes made by the team in hopes of reaching championship glory. Included is the biggest NFL story of '93 -- the trade with San Francisco that brought Joe Montana to Kansas City. Also discussed is the Chiefs' pursuit of Marcus Allen and his feud with Raiders' owner Al Davis, which forced him out of Los Angeles.

Hail to the Chiefs

Sports & Outdoors

Bob Gretz

Football (American)

Ray Eliot spent 18 years as head coach of the Fighting Illini. Eliot led Illinois to three Big Ten titles and two Rose Bowl championships in eight years. He was voted National Coach of the Year by the Los Angeles Times in 1951. Eliot's devotion to young men and old-fashioned loyalty to the University of Illinois set him apart and created the legendary mystique of "Mr. Illini."

Ray Eliot: The Spirit and Legend of Mr. Illini

Doug Cartland

By all accounts, the perfect game pitched by New York Yankee right-hander Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series qualifies as a true miracle. No one knows why it happened, or why an unlikely baseball player such as Don Larsen was the one who tossed it. In The Perfect Yankee, Larsen and co-author Mark Shaw describe for the first time the facts surrounding one of the most famous games in baseball history.

The Perfect Yankee: The Incredible Story of the Greatest Miracle in Baseball History

Larsen, Don

Baseball

101 Linebacker Drills (Coaches Choice) [Paperback] Jerry Sandusky (Author), Cedric X. Bryant (Author) Publisher: Sagamore Publishing (June 1, 1997) Language: English ISBN-10: 1571670874 ISBN-13: 978-1571670878

101 Linebacker Drills (Coaches Choice)

Cedric X. Bryant

Jerry Sandusky

Although certainly not ignored, his beginnings in major league baseball -- five plus seasons with the Boston Red Sox -- tend to be somewhat glossed over. The extent of Ruth's accomplishments on the field with Boston, as well as his enormous popularity of that period, have never been fully appreciated. In addition, there are dozens of interesting incidents and anecdotes still left to be told.

The Babe in Red Stockings: An in Depth Chronicle of Babe Ruth with the Boston Red Sox, 1914-1919

Keene, Kerry

History

Migdol has included easy-to-read stories about legendary football coaches Pop Warner and Bill Walsh; the exploits of the Vow Boys, the Thunderchickens, and the Immortal 21; basketball great Hank Luisetti; golfing phenom Tiger Woods; "the world's greatest athlete, " Ernie Nevers; Heisman Trophy winner Jim Plunkett; the thrills generated by such Olympic champions as Bob Mathias, Pablo Morales, and Janet Evans; and the unforgettable moments made possible by such Cardinal greats as John Elway, Jennifer Azzi, Kim Oden, Paul Carey, Frankie Albert, and many more. Also included is a listing of Stanford University letter winners and Olympic champions.

Stanford: Home of Champions

Gary Migdol

Americas

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