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Long considered the standard work in the field of world sports, this third iteration enhances and improves upon the first two editions. It includes 300 new and updated articles, a guide to unfamiliar sports, and an index to 2014 winter and 2016 summer Olympics events. As in the earlier editions, articles focus on the history, evolution, and future of sports around the world, not just in the United States, and give readers a thorough understanding of why sports are played and what they mean to society. Levinson (Encyclopedia of World Cultures) and Pfister (nut...Log In or Sign Up to Read More