Reprinted New York Times articles (created from 35mm microfilm).

Included: Bear Bryant, Roberto Clemente, Ty Cobb, Maureen Connolly, Dizzy Dean, Jack Dempsey, Jimmie Foxx, Frankie Frisch, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez, Red Grange, Rocky Graziano, Hank Greenberg, Lefty Grove, Walter Hagen, George Halas, Gil Hodges, Carl Hubbell, Jack Johnson, Walter Johnson, Bobby Jones, Joe Lapchick, Vince Lombardi, Joe Louis, Connie Mack, Pete Maravich, Rocky Marciano, Roger Maris, Christy Mathewson, Johnm McGraw, Bronko Nagurski, Jesse Owens, Satchel Paige, Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, Knute Rockne, Adolph Rupp, Babe Ruth, Secretariat, Red Smith, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Casey Stengel, Jim Thorpe, Bill Tilden, Bill Veeck, Honus Wagner, Cy Young, Babe Didrikson Zaharis.

Provides practical help for the day-to-day concerns that keep managers awake at night. This book aims to fill the gap between the legal and policy issues that are the mainstay of human resources and supervision courses and the real-world needs of managers as they attempt to cope with the human side of their jobs.

According to author Patrick Kelly, Catholics have always engaged in play and sports. During the Middle Ages, games and sports were played on feast days and Sundays, and these activities are shown in prayer books, in woodcuts, and on stained-glass windows in churches and cathedrals. Contrary to the view of some sports historians, pre-Reformation Christians did not "loathe the flesh" but instead insisted on the unity of body and soul. Book jacket.

"Previously published as The decameron project."

The New York Times bestseller – with a new afterword about early specialization in youth sports – from the author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. The debate is as old as physical competition. Are stars like Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, and Serena Williams genetic freaks put on Earth to dominate their respective sports? Or are they simply normal people who overcame their biological limits through sheer force of will and obsessive training? In this controversial and engaging exploration of athletic success and the so-called 10,000-hour rule, David Epstein tackles the great nature vs. nurture debate and traces how far science has come in solving it. Through on-the-ground reporting from below the equator and above the Arctic Circle, revealing conversations with leading scientists and Olympic champions, and interviews with athletes who have rare genetic mutations or physical traits, Epstein forces us to rethink the very nature of athleticism.