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Are you ready for the smackdown? Growing listeners can learn about professional wrestling superstars, their moves, and their victories in this low-level series. From signature moves to final pins, the action in this series is sure to keep listeners on the edge of their seats!

Are you ready for the smackdown? Growing listeners can learn about professional wrestling superstars, their moves, and their victories in this low-level series. From signature moves to final pins, the action in this series is sure to keep listeners on the edge of their seats! This volume includes Zack Ryder, Alberto Del Rio, and John Cena.

Athletes perform spectacular feats of strength and speed, but sometimes, a player or team rises above the rest to become a legend. From Michael Phelps’ gold medals to Tim Howard’s saves in the 2014 World Cup, this series presents the most exciting records in sports history. This volume includes Olympic Records and Soccer Records.

Billie Jean King grew up in a family of athletes. It was no surprise when she quickly began to excel at tennis. She became the top female singles player in the world and won 129 career singles titles, including Wimbledon and the US Open. Beyond being an excellent athlete, Billie Jean King used her voice to stand up for other women playing tennis who were not paid nearly as much as male players. In 1973, Billie Jean captured the world's attention when she beat Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes," proving women were just as good at tennis as men.

Playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Glenn Burke could do it all—hit, throw, run, field. He was the heart of the clubhouse who energized his teammates with his enthusiasm and love for the game. It was that energy that led Glenn to invent the high five one October day back in 1977—a spontaneous gesture after a home run that has since evolved into our universal celebratory greeting. But despite creating this joyful symbol, Glenn Burke, a gay Black man, wasn’t always given support and shown acceptance in return.

Wenn Sie Ihrem Kind vor dem zu Bett bringen, noch etwas Gutes tun möchten, dann sind Sie hier genau richtig! Als Mutter oder Vater kennen Sie sicherlich die Situation, dass Ihr Kind abends noch hellwach und voller Tatendrang ist, obwohl es eigentlich schon längst im Bett sein sollte. Oft liegt dies daran, dass Kinder durch mangelnde Bewegung nicht richtig ausgelastet sind. Allerdings kann es auch sein, dass Ihr Kind abends noch etwas für die Schule vorbereitet und danach einfach nicht abschalten kann.

Fußball ist eine der beliebtesten Sportarten weltweit. Doch in welchem Land wurde der Fußball eigentlich erfunden? Wie werden die vielen Fußballvereine in Deutschland organisiert? Welche sind die berühmtesten Stadien? Und wer sind die größten Fußballstars? Finde Antworten auf diese und viele weitere spannende Fragen. Erfahre außerdem alles Wissenswerte rund um die Europameisterschaft, die Weltmeisterschaft und die erfolgreichsten Fußballmannschaften.

Are you a good teammate? Do you try your best? Do you follow rules and play fair? We don't have to be the best at every sport to have a good time. Trying our best will make the game way more fun! Pairs with the fiction title Dev Tries His Best. Explore these and other ways to be a good sport with these fun books!

When they piled into cars and drove through Durham, North Carolina, the members of the Duke University Medical School basketball team only knew that they were going somewhere to play basketball. They didn't know whom they would play against. But when they came face-to-face with their opponents, they quickly realized this secret game was going to make history. Discover the true story of how in 1944, Coach John McLendon orchestrated a secret game between the best players from a white college and his team from the North Carolina College of Negroes at a time of segregation and racism.

Taking over a rowdy gym class right before winter vacation is not something James Naismith wants to do at all. The last two teachers of this class quit in frustration. The students—a bunch of energetic young men—are bored with all the regular games and activities. Naismith needs something new, exciting, and fast to keep the class happy—or someone's going to get hurt. Saving this class is going to take a genius. Discover the true story of how Naismith invented basketball in 1891 at a school in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Lena Blackburne loved baseball. He watched it, he played it, he coached it. But he didn't love the ways players broke in new baseballs. Tired of soggy, blackened, stinky baseballs, he found a better way. Thanks to a well-timed fishing trip and a top-secret mud recipe, Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud was born. For seventy-five years, baseball teams have used Lena's magic mud to prepare baseballs before every game. Listen to the story of how Lena's mud went from a riverbank to the major leagues and all the way to the Hall of Fame.

See what it means to play on a team. Practice, play, win, and lose with your teammates.

Get outside with this audiobook that shows how explorers have found their way around the planet for thousands of years. Hear about the ancient Polynesians who tracked the stars and waves to sail precise paths through the ocean. Or the Age of European Exploration navigators who used compasses and dead reckoning to reach the New World. And learn the science behind radar and modern-day GPS satellites. Then discover how to do it yourself! Up your adventure game and learn to find north and south by reading the trees, make a simple compass, use the stars to tell time, and more.

Obstáculos y prejuicios son una constante en la historia del fútbol femenino. A ellos han tenido que hacer frente las mujeres que han querido convertir el deporte rey en su profesión. En este volumen Mayca Jiménez recoge las historias de cuarenta pioneras que no se conformaron cuando les prohibieron jugar, que no se achicaron cuando les cuestionaron su valía, que no dudaron en perseguir su futuro con el balón a los pies.

Fodboldverdenen er fuld af eventyr – af den virkelige slags vel at mærke! I Loppen, Elefantkongen og de andre fodboldhelte fortæller Sebastian Stanbury blandt andet om Lionel Messi, der nåede at blive nærmest synonym med FC Barcelona, men til trods for sin store succes i Europa aldrig har vundet et mesterskab med sit hjemland, Argentina.

Denne bog handler om de største fodboldhelte. Både dem, du ser på tv i dag, men også nogle af dem, der ikke spiller mere. Vidste du, at Messi har scoret 50 mål i én sæson, at Ronaldo kan løbe 33 km/t i fodboldstøvler, og at Zlatan har scoret på sakse-spark fra 28 meter? Alt det og meget mere kan du høre om her! Daniel Zimakoff (f. 1965) er en dansk forfatter og bibliotekar. Han har blandt andet skrevet spændende science fiction-romaner til unge og står bag fodboldserien "FC Mezzi".

Fußball begeistert nicht nur im Fernsehen, sondern auch in der Freizeit - egal ob im Verein oder auf der Wiese. Welche Schusstechnik ist die beste? Wie werde ich zum Fußballstar? Welche ist die beste Mannschaft der Welt? Es gibt viel zu entdecken über den Laien- und Profisport. Dank der abwechslungsreichen Themenaspekte können Kinder viel Neues erfahren und sich zu wahren Fußball-Expert*innen entwickeln.

As a boy, Kenichi “Zeni” Zenimura dreams of playing professional baseball, but everyone tells him he is too small. Yet he grows up to be a successful player, playing with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig! When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in 1941, Zeni and his family are sent to one of ten internment camps where more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry are imprisoned without trials. Zeni brings the game of baseball to the camp, along with a sense of hope. This true story, set in a Japanese internment camp, introduces children to a little-discussed part of American history.

Get ready to amaze with these cheerleading skills and stunts. Learn basic arm positions, jumps, and tumbling moves. The tips throughout will give you all the information you need to put together a routine that will leave crowds amazed.

Provides a brief introduction to the game of softball as intended to be played by children.