Sports: An Illustrated History

by David G. McComb

Sports are such an integral part of human culture that it is hard to imagine a newspaper without a sports section or a television news program without a sports commentator. Sports have become a multinational megabusiness. Professional athletes are paid enormous sums of money and fans proudly wear the jerseys of their heroes. Cities risk bankruptcy to construct stadiums and nations subsidize athletes to carry their colors in international competition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195100972
• ISBN13: 9780195100976
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.9" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 11 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 9