Sports Law

This audiobook is designed as a textbook on sports law that can be enjoyed as an audiobook by an audience larger than just students.

In The Business of Sports Agents, Kenneth L. Shropshire, Timothy Davis, and N. Jeremi Duru, experts in the fields of sports business and law, examine the history of the sports agent business and the rules and laws developed to regulate the profession. They also consider recommendations for reform, including uniform laws that would apply to all agents, redefining amateurism in college sports, and stiffening requirements for licensing agents.

Deadly Force, 2nd Edition is a continuation of Ayoob’s mission to educate gun owners on all aspects of lethal force laws. Drawing on more than four decades of experience as an expert witness for the courts in weapons and shooting cases and serving as a fully sworn and empowered part-time police officer for 43 years, Ayoob also educates through his Massad Ayoob Group classes such as the Armed Citizen’s Rules of Engagement.

Ready to be blown away? Welcome to a book full of fun facts, incredible anecdotes, and things so strange you'll wonder if they're real (but they are!). There’s no boring theory or tests here—just a collection of fascinating facts that will make you laugh, marvel, and want to share them with everyone. Did you know that the human body glows in the dark, even if we can’t see it? Or that octopuses have 3 hearts and 9 brains? Or that in some cities it’s actually illegal to die? And that there are countries where you can be fined for carrying chickens in your pockets? Yes, you read that ...

Brian Burke is one of the biggest hockey personalities - no, personalities full-stop - in the hockey media landscape. His brashness makes him a magnet for attention, and he does nothing to shy away from it. Most famous for advocating "pugnacity, truculence, testosterone, and belligerence" during his tenure at the helm of the Maple Leafs, Burke has lived and breathed hockey his whole life.

Predictably Irrational meets Moneyball in ESPN veteran writer and statistical analyst Keith Law's iconoclastic look at the numbers game of baseball, proving why some of the most trusted stats are surprisingly wrong, explaining what numbers actually work, and exploring what the rise of Big Data means for the future of the sport.

Soccer Laws of the Game offers an in-depth exploration into the heart of soccer, the world's most popular sport, by decoding its seventeen laws. This comprehensive guide unravels the complexities of the rules that shape the game, providing a blend of factual knowledge, historical context, and tactical insights. From basic principles such as the dimensions of the field to the intriguing possibilities of corner kicks, each chapter delves into a specific law, illuminating the strategic decisions that dictate every match. The book goes beyond merely explaining the rules, demonstrating how each ...

In this groundbreaking book, Keith Law, the ESPN baseball writer and author of the acclaimed Smart Baseball, offers an era-spanning dissection of some of the best and worst decisions in modern baseball, explaining what motivated them, what can be learned from them, and how their legacy has shaped the game....

For the modern major-league team, player evaluation is a complex, multipronged, high-tech pursuit. But far from becoming obsolete in this environment - as Michael Lewis' Moneyball once forecast - the role of the scout in today's game has evolved and even expanded. Rather than being the antithesis of a data-driven approach, scouting now represents an essential analytical component in a team's arsenal. Future Value is a thorough dive into the world of the contemporary scout - a world with its own language, methods, metrics, and madness.

One closet. One night. Now I’m risking my badge—and maybe my heart—for a woman I barely know. I didn’t know her name when we got shoved into that closet. Just that she was curvy, gorgeous, and clutching my arm like she trusted me. We were hiding. Breathing each other in. Adrenaline made everything feel sharp. Urgent. Inevitable. We left that closet and fell into bed like gravity made the decision for us. One night. No names. No reason to ever see her again. But fate has other plans. Because she’s somehow tied to the symbol in my missing person case. And I’m forced to keep her ...

"Poignant, philosophical, humorous, and wise. A part handbook on hockey and a part political satire, Charns’s latest book is both wholly hilarious and deeply reflecting. The narrative straightaway delves into prejudice based on gender, especially in the field of ice hockey, and the story that follows is periodically interrupted by Charns’s hilarious tips on the vigorous sport as he narrates his family story, including his son and daughter’s passion for the sport and his missteps as a hockey dad and husband." The Prairies Book Review. The excitement started when a hockey playing ...

A virgin librarian with hot-chick potential, the conflicts in her story won’t let you put the book down. Be prepared for an all-nighter… Cassi watches the mob kill her twin and is too frozen with fear to stop them. How can she live with that cowardice eating away at her self-respect? Revenge claws at her sheltered existence until she can’t breathe. Though she’s naïve, she isn’t stupid. When she finds a stash of loot in her brother’s gym locker, she has the means. Now all she needs is the guts to make every one of those low-life gang members pay. People might think detectives ...

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, and it is fun. There is only one problem. It is not entertaining enough for the world audience, and it could be so much more. In this book, Alan Philowitz has altered the rules of soccer to make it more competitive, athletic, and entertaining for audiences worldwide. This version of soccer permits 14 men on the field per team for 50% of the match, two goalies at times, alternative scoring, and options to field up to 12 men with no designated goalie. Once played, this version of soccer will be adopted and loved by football fans worldwide because...

From her first strokes as a novice, Ginny Gilder found herself in a new world, training with Olympic rowers and participating in the famous Title IX naked protest, which helped define the movement for equality in college sports. Short, asthmatic, and stubborn, Gilder made the team against all odds and for the next 10 years devoted herself to answering a seemingly simple question: how badly do you want to go fast?

Driven by revenge, she'll do whatever it takes! Cassidy Santino is closing in on the mobsters who murdered her brother and there’s no way she’s giving up her quest for revenge. Working at a seedy bar where the gang members hang out, she digs up information that might lead to finding his killers. When jealous hookers and sleazy barmaids try forcing her to leave, she fights back. For the love of an old rascal who owns the neighborhood gym, she helps train his protégé in the boxing ring. For her sanity, she clings to her relationship with the one man who makes her feel like a woman. ...

Cass is determined to find the female who was there the night the gang murdered her brother. If the missing woman turns out to be the killer, then she has to pay. Walking the nightly tightrope at the bar where she’s employed, staying out of the clutches of the she-devil boss who wants her, and dealing with the L.A. scumbag who’s taken a dislike to her, the battles are constant. One thing she can’t bear to lose - the affections of the detective whose patience with her stubbornness is fragile. When he’s taken hostage, life goes into an even deeper spiral of conflicts and tension. ...

Captain, father, leader, a fearless ambassador for the causes he believes in and a world-class midfielder, Jordan Henderson is all of these things—and it is why he is one of the most widely respected players of his generation. His story will go down in legend but his story also carries an inspirational message for anyone, showing hurdles and barriers won't stop you reaching your goals. In this, his first autobiography, Jordan reveals how an early love for the game as a kid became an all-consuming passion.

***IMPORTANT!! Her Sweet Revenge Series – must start from Book #1 called Retaliation, (which is FREE) The challenges that Cassi faces in this last book are enormous. Trace has been kidnapped, and every passing day destroys her hope that he’s alive. The US Featherweight Champion seeks revenge in a rematch that Cassi refuses to even talk about. But she worries about how her rejection will affect Arlene and Rusty. The female witness of her brother’s murder is still at large. Always in the back of Cassi’s mind is the craving to learn the truth and finally get her revenge. The Vegas mob ...

In a mere twelve months, between May 2020 and May 2021, horse racing's most recognizable face—Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert—had five horses that failed postrace drug tests. Among those was the 2021 Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit. While the incident was a major scandal in the Thoroughbred racing world, it was only the latest in a series of drug-related infractions among elite athletes. Milton C. Toby addresses the historical and contemporary context of the Thoroughbred industry's most pressing issue.

If a Neanderthal baby boy were to be brought up from infancy in a modern American home, how would he fare? What if he has abilities that make him exceptional? Would he fit in? Be ridiculed? Celebrated? Become the victim of discrimination? If he is an exceptional athlete, will he be envied? Disdained? Some possible answers to these questions are explored in this novel. Doug Martin is the clone of a 50,000 year-old man born of Neanderthal and modern human parents, reared as the only child of Darren and Lara Martin. Now 18 years old, he is a standout high school athlete, who has, in addition ...