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The Name of the Game: How Sports Talk Got That Way

Book Description
Explains the origins and derivations of words and phrases in over twenty-five sports, relating them to the development of the sports themselves.
Book Information
PublisherBetterway Publications
BindingPaperback
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages160
ISBN-101558702342
ISBN-13978-1558702349
Publication Date05/1992
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About Lafe Locke (Author) : Lafe Locke is a published author and an illustrator of young adult books. Published credits of Lafe Locke include Making "Movies" Without a Camera: Inexpensive Fun With Flip Books and Other Animation ... more
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