Author : Thoroughbred Times
Publisher : Thoroughbred Times
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 48,16 MB
Release : 2004-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781931993579
This book is a fan's treasure trove of racing information featuring hundreds of pages of information on racetracks, trainers, owners and a directory on the sport's organizations.
Author : Thoroughbred Times
Publisher : Thoroughbred Times
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 39,58 MB
Release : 2002-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781889540948
This book is the definitive reference on the Sport of Kings.
Author : Editors of Time Magazine
Publisher : Time Almanac
Page : 1046 pages
File Size : 10,89 MB
Release : 2004-12-28
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781932273588
From people of the year-to the perfect games of the year. Information of all the countries of the world. Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, & U.S. Societies and Associations.
Author : The Staff of Thoroughbred Times
Publisher : Thoroughbred Times
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 24,48 MB
Release : 2003-07
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781931993418
This Almanac is the ultimate reference guide to Thoroughbred racing, containing statistics from the early days of the sport through the 2003 Triple Crown races.
Author : Elliott Kalb
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 28,88 MB
Release : 2009-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1602396787
In this book, long-time TV sports statistician and self-professed skeptic Elliot Kalb examines the most notorious conspiracies in sports history-in baseball and football, the NBA and the NHL, the racetrack and the prize ring, and beyond. Separating myth from fact, Kalb attempts to determine which of these long-held conspiracy theories hold water, and which ones fall flat under scrutiny. He thoroughly evaluates conspiracies like the possible fixing of Super Bowl III, Sonny Liston throwing his fights with Muhammad Ali, and why Michael Jordan retired from basketball the first time. In this updated addition, he also includes sections on Spygate, questioning whether or not the Patriots had footage of the Rams walk-through before Super Bowl XXXVI; the 1973 tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King, which Riggs may have thrown; and the controversy surrounding Roger Clemens, who has never failed a drug test, yet seems destined to be hanged with the steroids rope
Author : Bill Christine
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 12,31 MB
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 147662545X
Bill Hartack won the Kentucky Derby five times, and seemed to hate every moment. "If only Bill could have gotten along with people the way he got along with horses," a trainer said. His impoverished upbringing didn't help: his mother was killed in an automobile accident; the family home burned down; his father was murdered by a girlfriend; and he was estranged from his sisters for most of his life. Larry King, his friend, said it was just as well Hartack never married, because it wouldn't have lasted. Hartack was one of racing's most accomplished jockeys. But he was an inveterate grouch and gave the press a hard time. At 26, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Whenever the media tried to bury him, he would win another Derby. At the end of his life, he was found alone in a cabin in the Texas hinterlands. Drawn from dozens of interviews and conversations with family members, friends and enemies, this book provides a full account of Hartack's turbulent life.
Author : Joyce A. Cascio
Publisher :
Page : 1230 pages
File Size : 34,53 MB
Release : 2005-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780976237310
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1142 pages
File Size : 19,59 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Trademarks
ISBN :
Author : Editors of Time Magazine
Publisher : Time Almanac
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 37,37 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781603200912
COMPLETE, COMPREHENSIVE, AUTHORITATIVE Packed with information and completely updated to cover the key events and people of 2009, this handy one-volume almanac is an essential tool for understanding your world. Join students, academics, journalists, and professionals around the globe in making the TIME Almanac an indispensable part of your life ... for work, for school, for reference ... and just for fun. Here's what's inside: THE PEOPLE Brief biographies of the year's most influential figures ... the TIME 100, 2009 ... TIME's complete Person the Year list ... Obituaries, 2009 ... complete Oscar, Nobel, and Pulitzer prizewinners ... Olympic champions ... and more. THE PLACES Countries of the World offers hundreds of pages of international coverage ... extremes of world geography ... a complete World Atlas ... flags of the world's nations in full color ... and more. THE EVENTS The Year in Pictures: 16 full-color pages of photos of the key events of 2009 ... The Year in Review: month-by-month news headlines of 2009 ... plus comprehensive sports records for the year ... and more. THE CONTEXT Articles from TIME and Encyclopedia Britannica explore the key trends of the year, from the new US military commitment in Afghanistan to the effects of the recession on US consumers to the significance of Twitter ... and more. THE BACKGROUND Includes the founding documents of US life and government ... mankind's greatest civilizations ... history's greatest natural disasters ... and more. THE FACTS 2010 calendar and key holidays ... zip-code maps and US telephone area codes ... nutritional value of selected foods ... the world's greatest religions ... and more.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1012 pages
File Size : 47,13 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780886879396
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