Biggest Blunders In Sports

Author : Paul Hoblin
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1617839213
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biggest Blunders in Sports written by Paul Hoblin and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports are unpredictable. They?re wacky. They can be totally off-the-wall! This title highlights some of the most memorable tales and traditions from sports history and is brought to life with exciting detail. Informative sidebars offer even more stories. You can also find a glossary, additional resources, and more! This title is a must-read for any sports fan. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Author : Eldon L. Ham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781570281594
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The 100 Greatest Sports Blunders of All Time written by Eldon L. Ham and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sports blunder is an intentional action with foreseeable consequences, affecting not just one athlete or event, but also with repercussions for a team, league or an entire sport. Can you guess which blunder was the worst? -- The Boston Red Sox selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920? -- The stripping of Muhammad Ali's heavyweight title? -- Portland passing up Michael Jordan in the NBA draft? -- Moving the Oakland Raiders to L.A. -- and back to Oakland again? The 100 Greatest Sports Blunders of All Time exposes some of the most ill-advised moves in the history of American sports. Funny, compelling and often controversial, it explores and ranks these dubious miscues from bottom to top, revealing scores of inside tales about the biggest names in sports history.

Author : Kathryn Petras
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 076118998X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stupidest Sports Book of All Time written by Kathryn Petras and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrill of victory! The agony of a tight jockstrap! It’s a celebration of true sports lunacy from the renowned connoisseurs of stupidity, Kathryn and Ross Petras, authors of the beloved 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said calendar. Here from the wide world of professional and amateur sports are the worst plays, most embarrassing achievements, surliest fans, lamest excuses, and wackiest mascot tricks. Plus history-making blowouts: Georgia Tech trounces Cumberland College 222–0. Freakiest injuries: Pitcher Joel Zamaya plays so much Guitar Hero he goes on the DL with tendonitis. Improbable memorabilia: Andre Agassi’s ponytail, Ty Cobb’s dentures. Looniest promotional giveaways: Win a free vasectomy! Bizarre sports from across the globe: Olympic solo synchronized swimming. And dubious superstitions: Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs eats chicken before every game of his 18-year career. And, of course, quotes. From athletes: “We lost because we didn’t win.” (soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo). Coaches: “We were scoring, they were scoring. Then we stopped scoring and they kept scoring” (Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue). And sportscasters: “Winfield goes back to the wall, he hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It’s rolling all the way back to second base. This is a terrible thing for the Padres!” (announcer Jerry Coleman).

Author : Grace Campbell
Publisher : Millbrook Press
ISBN 13 : 1541594347
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Sports Fails written by Grace Campbell and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports are all about great strategy and overcoming obstacles, right? Not always! Sometimes failures in sports are as exciting as successes. Learn about the biggest fails—from an NFL team blowing a 35–3 lead in a playoff game to the Boston Red Sox selling Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Discover how athletes and teams have dealt with failure and how they've improved after their mistakes.

Author : Kyle Garlett
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061874949
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Were They Thinking? written by Kyle Garlett and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1919, the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees to finance a Broadway show. In 1968, NBC turned off the Jets-Raiders game with only seconds left to show the made-for-TV movie Heidi. In 1994, Tonya Harding decided the best way to win Olympic gold was by taking out Nancy Kerrigan's kneecap. In all of these situations, and many, many more, there is just one question fans can ask: What were they thinking?! In these pages, sportswriter and fellow fan Kyle Garlett recounts the top sports blunders that made you tear out your hair, beat your chest in agony, and yell at the TV until your neighbors called the cops. Whether it's boneheaded coaches, idiotic general managers, or temporarily insane players, every fan has seen his team go from the brink of victory to total defeat for no logical reason. Whether it's baseball, football, golf, hockey, or any other sport, you'll discover what really happened during these painful moments and why they ended up the unbelievable way they did.

Author : Rob Neyer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416592148
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders written by Rob Neyer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BLOOPER: BALL SQUIRTS THROUGH BILLY BUCKNER'S LEGS. BLUNDER: BILLY BUCKNER'S MANAGER LEFT HIM IN THE GAME. Baseball bloopers are fun; they're funny, even. A pitcher slips on the mound and his pitch sails over the backstop. An infielder camps under a pop-up...and the ball lands ten feet away. An outfielder tosses a souvenir to a fan...but that was just the second out, and runners are circling the bases (and laughing). Without these moments, the highlight reels wouldn't be nearly as entertaining. Baseball blunders, however, can be tragic, and they will leave diehard fans asking why...why...why? Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders does its best to answer all those whys, exploring the worst decisions and stupidest moments of managers, general managers, owners, and even commissioners. As he did in his Big Book of Baseball Lineups, Rob Neyer provides readers with a fascinating examination of baseball's rich history, this time through the lens of the game's sometimes hilarious, often depressing, and always perplexing blunders. · Which ill-fated move cost the Chicago White Sox a great hitter and the 1919 World Series? · What was Babe Ruth thinking when he became the first (and still the only) player to end a World Series by getting caught trying to steal? · Did playing one-armed Pete Gray in 1945 cost the Browns a pennant? · How did winning a coin toss lead to the Dodgers losing the National League pennant on Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'round the World"? · How damaging was the Frank Robinson-for-Milt Pappas deal, really? · Which of Red Sox manager Don Zimmer's mistakes in 1978 was the worst? · Which Yankees trade was even worse than swapping Jay Buhner for Ken Phelps? · What non-move cost Buck Showalter a job and gave Joe Torre the opportunity of a lifetime? · Game 7, 2003 ALCS: Pedro winds up to throw his 123rd pitch...what were you thinking? These are just a few of the legendary (and not-so-legendary) blunders that Neyer analyzes, always with an eye on what happened, why it happened, and how it changed the fickle course of history. And in separate chapters, Neyer also reviews some of the game's worst trades and draft picks and closely examines all the teams that fell just short of first place. Another in the series of Neyer's Big Books of baseball history, Baseball Blunders should win a place in every devoted fan's library.

Author : Daniel B. Kline
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1616082623
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Worst Ideas Ever written by Daniel B. Kline and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-07-08 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mistakes so big they seem like fodder for The Onion but they really...

Author : Max Dohle
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476673780
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "They say I'm not a girl" written by Max Dohle and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1950, a young Dutch intersex woman was expelled from elite competition by the International Amateur Athletic Federation. It turned out to be the beginning of a dark era in the history of women in sport. Young women were subjected to humiliating examinations and dozens of intersex athletes were suspended, although no fraud was ever uncovered. This book presents a compelling argument against gender verification, showing the pernicious effects that suspension inflicted on the lives of young athletes. Some withdrew from the public eye, lived in solitude, or even committed suicide. Compassionate profiles of these banned athletes highlight the unfair play of gender verification and of their exclusion from competition.

Author : Laura Amato
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1612439195
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rising Above the Madness written by Laura Amato and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MEN WHO MADE MARCH From its humble beginnings in 1895 to its modern-day dominance over American culture for the entire month of March, college basketball is often called madness and is well-deserving of the title. Most NCAA basketball coaches fail; however, the special few profiled in this book didn’t just succeed where others failed, they influenced the game; changed it; and altered its very course. The ten men featured in this anthology went about coaching differently, each bringing their own approach and mindset to the hardwood, and their success is unprecedented: John Wooden (UCLA) Bobby Knight (Indiana University) Adolph Rupp (University of Kentucky) Dean Smith (University of North Carolina) Phog Allen (University of Kansas) Mike Krzyzewski (Duke University) Jerry Tarkanian (UNLV) Jim Boeheim (Syracuse University) Lou Carnesecca (St. John’s University) Jim Calhoun (University of Connecticut)

Author : Brad Herzog
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781930623170
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tons of Top 10 Sports Lists written by Brad Herzog and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains top 10 lists of sports records and amusing facts.