ESPN Sports Almanac 2000


Book Description

North America's most popular sports almanac returns with new facts, new records, and more fun than ever before. Like its hugely successful predecessors, this new volume combines essays from great sportswriters and top ESPN personalities, easily accessed facts, in-depth statistics from ESPN's Inside the Numbers team, hundreds of photographs, and thousands of charts and tables. It reviews the year's top ten highlights of each sport, reflects every notable change in the sports world over the past year, and gives a full recap of the World Series and major competitions for professional and amateur alike. With more than 950 fact-filled pages, this extraordinary fusion between two trusted sports resources is as entertaining as it is informative. It's the perfect gift for the sports fan who always knows the latest scores and can never have enough information.




The Information Please Sports Almanac, 1990


Book Description

All major U.S. sports are covered year by year, team by team. Special sections cover professional and college football and basketball, baseball, hockey, horse racing, auto racing, tennis, golf, soccer, boxing, bowling, track and field, winter sports, water sports, and international competitions. 40 photographs.




The 1992 Information Please Sports Almanac


Book Description

In just two short years, this sports almanac has broken onto bestseller lists all over the country. This comes as no surprise to sportswriters and fans, who recognize it as the most complete annual sports record ever assembled. Includes comprehensive sections on the 18 major sports, complete statistics team by team, year by year, and more than 200 prize-winning photographs.




The 1996 Information Please Sports Almanac


Book Description

Profiles the record breakers and record makers, statistics and facts for professional and amateur sports, as well as highlighting both summer and winter olympics.







1997 Information Please Sports Almanac


Book Description

Fast access to the facts--the 1997 Information Please Sports Almanac showcases all the winners and losers, year by year, sport by sport, like no other almanac. With more than 950 fact-filled pages, the IPSA has been revised and updated to reflect every change in the universe of sports during the past year, including the newly created Pro Soccer and Indy Racing leagues, a greatly expanded Olympics section, and complete coverage of the World Series.




1997 Information Please Almanac


Book Description

Provides facts and background information on a great variety of topics, including income tax, world travel, the American economy, the media, health and nutrition, and more.




ESPN Sports Almanac 1998


Book Description

ESPN has taken the original Information Please Sports Almanac, known for its thorough stats, compelling facts, and commentary, and added ESPN's unique voice, point of view, and contributions of network personalities. Taking on the witty "quick-hits" tone ESPN is famous for, the new ESPN almanac includes "Inside the Numbers" statistics, expanded quotes, rule changes, ESPN coverage of the top 40 stories and personalities of the year--with continued annual coverage of college, pro, international and Olympic Sports, bizarre sports occurrences, Hall of Fame awards, Who's Who, parks and arenas, business and media, plus much, much more.




Grays Sports Almanac


Book Description

This book is an exact replica of the original Grays Sports Almanac as seen in the 1989 film 'Back to the Future Part II' and contains 155 pages of sports statistics spanning 50 years. The cover has been painstakingly created in high-quality crisp graphics using a genuine prop which was used for filming as a reference to make this an exact replica. With 155 pages containing 50 years of sports statistics from 1950 to the year 2000, including American Football, Basketball, Horse Racing, Ice Hockey, Major League Baseball and others. This is the perfect book for anyone who appreciates the Back to the Future franchise, movie props, 80's movies or just sport in general.




Sports Illustrated Almanac 2012


Book Description

America's favorite sports almanac since its introduction 21 years ago, the Sports Illustrated Almanac now has 2011 covered, from football to fencing, hockey to handball, and everything in between. The Sports Illustrated Almanac features essays by top Sports Illustrated writers; all-time stats and records; and ticketing and venue information for pro baseball, basketball, football and hockey. It's the ultimate argument-ender.