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Sports Journalism Books and eBooks

Field Guide to Covering Sports by Joe Gisondi
Call Number: PN 4784 .S6 G58 2011

ISBN: 9781604265590

Publication Date: 2010-03-02

How best to turn yourself from sports fan to professional sports journalist? Gisondi gives on hands-on, practical advice on covering 20 specific sports from where to stand on the sideline and how to identify a key player to figuring out shot selection in lacrosse . Gisondi includes brief chapters on writing, interviewing, blogging, covering fantasy sports, and radio broadcasting.
The Essentials of Sports Reporting and Writing by Jeff Reinardy; Dave Wanta; Scott Reinardy; Wayne Wanta
Call Number: PN 4784 .S6 R45 2008

ISBN: 0805864474

Publication Date: 2008

This book covers the full experience of sports writing, including the stages of article writing and stylistic ande thical issues in other types of sports stories, such as columns, profiles, and news. The authors also offer insights as to what to expect as a sports reporter.
The Business of Sports by Mark Conrad
Call Number: GV 716 .C665 2011

ISBN: 9780415876520

Publication Date: 2010

This book explores professional, college, and international sports organizations structure, governance, labor issues, and other business factors. It includes historical, current, and hypothetical cases to illustrate how business concerns play a role in the reporting of sports. New features include disciplinary policies in the major sports leagues, discussion of intellectual property issues and merchandising, and new sections on ethical issues in sports.
A Sportswriter's Life by Gerald Eskenazi
ISBN: 9780826215109

Publication Date: 2004

"A Sportswriter s Life "is a revealing look at the people and events that were part of the history of sports from a perspective of a veteran NYT sports reporter. Eskenazi reveals how he dealt with many larger-than-life sports personalities and uncovers many intriguing and amusing stories.
Over Time by Frank Deford
Call Number: GV 742.42 .D44 A3 2012

ISBN: 9780802120151

Publication Date: 2012

Since he first joined Sports Illustrated in 1962, Frank Deford has chronicled the heroes and the characters of just about every sport in nearly every medium. Interwoven through his personal history, Deford traces American sportswriting from the early years of the NBA up to the 24-hour sports world of ESPN.
Conspiracy of Silence by Chris Lamb
ISBN: 9780803210769

Publication Date: 2012

The campaign to desegregate baseball was one of the most important civil rights stories of the 1930s and 1940s. But most of white America knew nothing about this story because mainstream newspapers said little about the color line and less about the efforts to end it. Chris Lamb reveals how differently black and white newspapers, and black and white America, viewed racial equality. He shows how white mainstream sportswriters perpetuated the color line by participating in what their black counterparts called a “conspiracy of silence.” Between 1933 and 1945, black newspapers and the Communist Daily Worker published hundreds of articles and editorials calling for an end to baseball’s color line. The efforts of the alternative presses to end baseball’s color line, chronicled for the first time in Conspiracy of Silence, constitute one of baseball’s—and the civil rights movement’s—great untold stories.
Sports Journalism: A History of Glory, Fame, and Technology by Patrick S. Washburn; Chris Lamb
ISBN: 9781496220233

Publication Date: 2020

Sports Journalism chronicles how and why technology, religion, social movements, immigration, racism, sexism, social media, athletes, and sportswriters and broadcasters changed sports as well as how sports are covered and how news about sports are presented and disseminated. Sports Journalism also examines the ethics of sports journalism, how sports coverage frequently has differed from that of non-sports news, and how the internet has spawned a set of new ethical issues. &

Basketball eBooks

Cover Story by Alex Wong
A nostalgic romp through modern NBA history as documented by basketball's most iconic and innovative magazine covers. Every magazine cover is the result of a series of intentional decisions. Through 100-plus interviews conducted with writers, editors, publishers, photographers, creative directors, and the players themselves, Cover Story shares the behind-the-scenes stories of the most iconic basketball-related magazine covers during a period from 1984 to 2003.
Breaking Barriers by Douglas Stark
Douglas Stark details the major moments that led to the professional basketball to open its doors to black players, from Bucky Lew--the first black professional basketball player in 1902--to the modern game played by athletes like Stephen Curry and LeBron James who have influenced the game’s style, social progress, and marketability. Stark places the history of basketball within the larger context of American history, making this book an essential addition to the literature on sports and race in America.
Unrivaled by Jeff Goldberg
For twelve years the women's basketball rivalry between UConn and Tennessee was the most iconic matchup in women's sports. Unrivaled uncovers the on-court and behind-the-scenes story of this intensely personal rivalry between coaches, players, and the two most passionate fan bases women's sports has ever known.
Before March Madness by Kurt Edward Kemper
Kemper tells the dramatic story of the clashes that shook college basketball at mid-century--and how the repercussions continue to influence college sports to the present day. He details how large colleges that embraced a commercialized game that focused on wins and losses co-opted liberal arts colleges, historically black colleges, and regional state universities, and the competing interests of the NAIA, each with distinct interests of their own.
Numbers Don't Lie by Yago ás
A typical NBA game can yield approximately 2,800 statistical events in thirty-two different categories. . As advanced statistical methods and big-data technologies transform sports, we now have the power to count more things in greater detail than ever before. These numbers tell us about the past, present, and future that shape how basketball is played on the floor, decisions are made in front offices, and the sport is marketed and consumed. But what is the relationship between counting and what counts? Colas situates big data within the deeper social, cultural, and conceptual history of counting in basketball and proposes alternative frameworks of value.
Sports Analytics by Benjamin Alamar
A practical, nontechnical guide to incorporating sports data into decision making, giving leaders the knowledge they need to maximize their organization's investment in analytics. Sports Analytics offers a clear, easily digestible overview of data management, statistical models, and information systems and a detailed understanding of their vast possibilities. It walks readers through the essentials of understanding the value of different types of data and strategies for building and managing an analytics team. Throughout, Alamar illustrates the value of analytics with real-world examples and case studies from both the sports and business sides.
Unrivaled by Jeff Goldberg
For 12 years the women's basketball rivalry between UConn and Tennessee was the most iconic matchup in women's sports. Led by Hall of Fame coaches Geno Auriemma and Pat Summitt, UConn and Tennessee combined for nine national championships, with the UConn Huskies winning five--including four against the Tennessee Lady Vols. In all, UConn won thirteen of twenty-two matchups during the rivalry, and along the way the two coaches--with distinctive and brash personalities and a shared determination to rule their sport--clashed privately and publicly, generating enough heat to make women's basketball relevant in the national sports landscape as never before.
The Whistleblower by Bob Katz
During a season on the road with college basketball referees, Bob Katz watched the games they officiated, listened in on their candid conversations in locker rooms and hotel lobbies, and explored the intense challenges they regularly confront. In this vivid portrait of one consummate professional at the top of his game, Katz pulls off an unbelievable feat in The Whistleblower--readers actually come to root for the ref. In a new afterword Katz reflects on the misunderstood and often denigrated role of the referee in sports and the looming implications for our increasingly partisan society.
The Road to Madness by J. Samuel Walker; Randy Roberts
The NCAA men's basketball tournament is one of the iconic events in American sports. In this fast-paced, in-depth account, J. Samuel Walker and Randy Roberts identify the 1973-74 season as pivotal in the making of this now legendary postseason tournament. In an era when only one team per conference could compete, the dramatic defeat of coach John Wooden's UCLA Bruins by the North Carolina State Wolfpack ended a decade of the Bruins' dominance, fueled unprecedented national attention, and prompted the NCAA to expand the tournament field to a wider range of teams.

Communication Studies: College Basketball

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