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"Professional athletes are often paid millions of dollars. Many sports fans believe athletes deserve to make a lot of money because they have special skills, make money for their teams and for the cities they play in by attracting fans, and often have short careers and deal with serious injuries. Others, however, believe they make too much money for playing a game and workers such as teachers should make more than athletes. Readers are invited to...
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"Describes the pay gap between professional male and female athletes, including the history of the pay gap, reasons it still persists, and steps athletes are taking to reduce the gap. Includes critical "Think About It" questions and "Case Study" special features"--
23) Seattle Seahawks
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Discusses the formation and history, accomplishments, and past and present standout players and coaches of the Seattle Seahawks.
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NFL blitz volume 32
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Explores the history of the Washington Football Team professional football team, important players, uniforms, and other key facts.
28) Stanley Cup
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"Provides information about the Stanley Cup championship, including analysis of the sport, an outline of its rules, and information about the location where the competition takes place. Intended for a fourth to sixth grade audience"--Provided by publisher.
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Covers the essentials of what you need to play professional basketball, from starting early to what pros do once they retire from their careers as athletes. Learn about the drive, dedication, preparation, hard work, skills, sacrifices, choices, and decisions involved in becoming a top athlete.
31) Boston Celtics
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"From humble beginnings to one of the world's most popular sports leagues, the NBA has provided thrills to millions of fans since the 1940s. Inside the NBA tells the story of each NBA team, its origins, its successes and failures, and its all-star players and most popular coaches. This NBA series will get you up to speed on your favorite team with fascinating facts and stats, exciting photographs, and much more"--
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"Part play-by-play, part op-ed, The Game Is Not a Game is an illuminating and unflinching examination of the good and evil in the sports industry. Liberating and provocative, with sharp wit and generous humor, Jackson's essays explore the role that sports plays in American society and the hypocritical standards by which the athletes are often judged. The Game Is Not a Game is distinctly intended to challenge accepted ideology and to push the boundaries...
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Covers the essentials of what you need to play professional football, from starting early to what pros do once they retire from their careers as athletes. Learn about the drive, dedication, preparation, hard work, skills, sacrifices, choices, and decisions involved in becoming a top athlete.
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Witness the zaniest collection of bloopers ever created as hundreds of everyday sports stars show that even the best can have a bad day. Football Follies, Basketball and Baseball Blunders, Soccer Screw-Ups, and many, many more! Laugh out loud as blooper after blooper proves that trying to keep an eye on the ball can have hilarious results. Stars and amateurs flip, trip, slip, and slide through incredible feats and flubs, wounding only their pride...
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In the high energy, multibillion dollar world of professional sports, athletes need someone they can trust. Someone who is more than just an agent - more like a superagent. That someone is Arliss Michaels. Includes 13 of the most popular slam-dunk selections from the popular HBO series about a sports super agent.
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