Sport / Nancy Dickmann.
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- 9781445156996
- 1445156997
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 796 D553 | Available | 33111009376001 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 796 D553 | Available | 33111009695624 | ||||
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Northport Library | Children's NonFiction | 796 D553 | Available | 33111008240976 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Discover sport's most brilliant and bizarre true stories
Sport can bring moments of joy and huge emotion. It can also bring moments of supreme weirdness! Some of sport's oddest stories are almost too strange to be believed. From lucky socks and alligators on the golf course to marathon runners who let the train take the strain, this book uncovers some of the strangest true stories in the history of sport. It's a great fun read for any sports fan aged 8+.
If you enjoyed this book, why not look out for Strange but True: Football .
Includes index.
The weird side of sport -- Ancient sport -- Wacky races -- Marathon matches -- Nature stops play -- Sporting superstitions -- Creative cheating -- Going to extremes -- Troublesome tech -- Unlikely competitors -- Mistaken identity? -- Sports you've never heard of -- Stranger than fiction.
Sport can bring moments of joy and huge emotion. It can also bring moments of supreme weirdness! Some of sport's oddest stories are almost too strange to be believed. From lucky socks and alligators on the golf course to marathon runners who let the train take the strain, this book uncovers some of the strangest true stories in the history of sport. It's a great fun read for any sports fan aged 8+.