Dictionary of Sports and Games Terminology

by Adrian Room

The specialized jargon of some sports can be quite esoteric. Non-Americans, for example, are likely puzzled by baseball terms such as bunt, cut-off man, and safety squeeze, while the non-British may pause over cricket's Chinaman, doosra, golden duck, off-break, popping crease, and yorker.

This new dictionary gives the definitions of more than 8,000 terms used in sports and games from around the world, including mainstream sports like basketball...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786442263
• ISBN13: 9780786442263
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher