"With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst Tom Verducci reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest championship drought in sports, chronicling their epic journey to become World Series champions"--

The longtime Commissioner of Major League Baseball provides an unprecedented look inside professional baseball today, focusing on how he helped bring the game into the modern age and revealing his interactions with players, managers, fellow owners, and fans nationwide. More than a century old, the game of baseball is resistant to change--owners, managers, players, and fans all hate it. Yet, now more than ever, baseball needs to evolve -- to compete...

Whether you're an athlete, an employee, a parent or a spouse, the author's approach helps you to gain mental control by replacing hardwired negativity with what he calls "neutral thinking," a nonjudgmental, nonreactive way of coolly assessing problems and analyzing crises, leading to clarity and calm in the critical moments before taking decisive action.

"Oscar Robertson is known as one of the best players in NBA history, a triple-double machine who set the stage for the versatility of today's NBA superstars like LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, and Draymond Green. But The Big O's larger legacy may lie in spearheading the fight for his fellow players' financial equity and free agency, joined by fellow stars John Havlicek, Bill Bradley, Wes Unseld, and more. In Hard Labor, Sam Smith, best-selling basketball...

"Leigh Steinberg is renowned as one of the greatest sports agents in history, representing such All-Pro clients as Troy Aikman, Bruce Smith, and Ben Roethlisberger. Over one particular seven-year stretch, Steinberg represented the top NFL Draft pick an unheard of six times. Director Cameron Crowe credits Steinberg as a primary inspiration for the titular character in Jerry Maguire, even hiring Steinberg as a consultant on the film. Lightyears ahead...

In the 1980s and 1990s, Serie A was known as 'Il campionato pi bello del mondo'-the most beautiful championship in the world-and had the highest match attendances in Europe. The stadiums were not only full of people, but full of colour, flags, songs and rituals. Italy hosted World Cup 1990 and the stadia and stars on show in Serie A became iconic. Across a ten year period from 1989 to 1999 a remarkable 10 different Serie A clubs occupied nearly half...

How To Become A NFL Sports Agent - Offers a basic overview of an NFL agent's responsibilities, as well as step-by-step instructions on how to be a NFL sports agent including potential monetary rewards and perks. Additionally, we cover the educational and certification requirements, along with other procedures you will need to know. We outline the process on what you need to get started as a NFL sports agent. We include what you should research and...

How To Become a Sports Agent - Offers an overview of an agent's responsibilities, as well as step-by-step instructions on how to be a sports agent including potential monetary rewards and perks. Additionally, we cover the educational and certification requirements, along with other procedures you will need to know. We outline the process on what you need to get started as a sports agent. We include what you should research and learn and how to develop...

Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.

Major Tom takes on Finebaum who has been given a pass by the local media, and that is just the vehicle to drive home his proposals to improve sports and society. Major Tom offers the solution for cleaning up college sports without paying or unionizing athletes, while giving al the power to the athlete by giving him a choice he has never had before.