Recreation and Sports
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Books

• The Second Cooperative Sports & Games Book, by Terry Orlick
• Deep Play, by Diane Ackerman
• Junkyard Sports -- "Junkˇyard Sports n. 1) Sports that are played with recycled materials. 2) Sports that focus on participation rather than competition. 3) Sports that can bring more fun to: Health and fitness education; Special education; Adaptive recreation; After school programs; Youth services; Community services; Anti-obesity programs; Retirement programs; Camps; Peace initiatives; Recycling and conservation services."
• What's My Name, Fool!: Sports and Resistance in the United States, by Dave Zirin -- "Here Edgeofsports.com sportswriter Dave Zirin shows how sports express the worst, as well as the most creative and exciting, features of American society. Zirin explores how Janet Jackson's Super Bowl flash-time show exposed more than a breast, why the labor movement has everything to learn from sports unions and why a new generation of athletes is no longer content to play one game at a time and is starting to get political. What's My Name, Fool! draws on original interviews with former heavyweight champ George Foreman, Olympian and black power saluter John Carlos, NBA basketball player and anti-death penalty activist Etan Thomas, antiwar women's college hoopster Toni Smith, Olympic Project for Human Rights leader Lee Evans and many others. Popular sportswriter and commentator Dave Zirin is editor of The Prince George's Post (Maryland) and writes the weekly column Edge of Sports."

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