Combining social and institutional history and incorporating the recollections of the athletes and meet directors on the front lines, The End of Amateurism in T

In this in-depth look at the heated debates over paying college athletes, Ronald A. Smith starts at the beginning: the first intercollegiate athletics competiti

This book provides the first detailed history of one of the most powerful international sport organisations, the International Association of Athletics Federati

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David W. Zang played junior high school basketball in a drained swimming pool. He wore a rubber suit to bed to make weight for a wrestling meet. He kept a log a