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• Title IX Athletics Investigator's Manual (Washington: Office for Civil Rights, Dept. of Education, 1990), by Valerie McMurtie Bonnette and Lamar Daniel
  • PDF at ed.gov
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Serious Fun: A History of Spectator Sports in the USSR (c1993), by Robert Edelman (PDF at la84.org)

• The Negro in Sports (revised edition; Washington: Associated Publishers, 1949), by Edwin Bancroft Henderson (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Negro in Sports (San Francisco: Daily People's World, ca. 1947), by Nat Low, illust. by Pele Edises (page images at HathiTrust)

• Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives (ca. 2013), by United States National Archives and Records Administration
  • PDF at archives.gov
  • Epub at archives.gov
• The Book of Baseball: The National Game From the Earliest Days to the Present Season (New York: P.F. Collier and Son, c1911), by William Patten and J. Walker McSpadden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pitching in a Pinch; or, Baseball from the Inside (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1912), by Christy Mathewson, contrib. by John N. Wheeler (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives (ca. 2013), by United States National Archives and Records Administration
  • PDF at archives.gov
  • Epub at archives.gov

• The National Game (St. Louis: National Game Pub. Co., 1910), by Alfred H. Spink (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Baltimore Elite Giants: Sport and Society in the Age of Negro League Baseball (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009), by Bob Luke (PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)

• Foxy Grandpa Playing Ball (Chicago: M. A. Donohue, ca. 1908), illust. by Bunny (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Battle of Base-Ball (including Mathewson's "How I Became a Big-League Pitcher"; New York: The Century Co., 1912), by C. H. Claudy, contrib. by Christy Mathewson
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Spalding's Official Base Ball Record (partial serial archives)

• Spalding's Official Base Ball Record (partial serial archives)

• The Baltimore Elite Giants: Sport and Society in the Age of Negro League Baseball (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009), by Bob Luke (PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)

• Baseball Cyclopedia (New York: Baseball Magazine Co., c1922), by Ernest J. Lanigan (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Introduction to NFL Analytics with R (free online edition, ca. 2023), by Bradley J. Congelio (illustrated HTML at bradcongelio.com)

• You're Not Lifting Your Head (c2000), by Charlie King (PDF with commentary at reynoldsgolfacademy.com)

• The Cavalry Journal (US, 1920-1946) (full serial archives)

• Life and Sport in Aiken, and Those Who Made It (New York: Derrydale Press, c1935), by Harry Worcester Smith (page images at HathiTrust)

• University Presidents and the Spirit of Militarism in the United States (New York: American Association for International Conciliation, 1915), by John Lovejoy Elliott, contrib. by R. Tait McKenzie
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images here at Penn
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Sokol Times (issues online 2006-), by Sokol U.S.A. (partial serial archives)

• Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports (2010), by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (PDF and Javascript-dependent HTML at knightcommission.org)
• Reports of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (includes Keeping Faith with the Student-Athlete (1991); A Solid Start (1991); A New Beginning for a New Century (1993); combined online edition with updates issued 1999), by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (PDF at knightcommission.org)

• Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports (2010), by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (PDF and Javascript-dependent HTML at knightcommission.org)

• Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1911), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Eight-Oared Victors: A Story of College Water Sports (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1913), by Lester Chadwick
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• For the Honor of Randall: A Story of College Athletics (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1912), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Rival Pitchers: A Story of College Baseball (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1910), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• A Quarter-Back's Pluck: A Story of College Football (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1910), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Winning Touchdown: A Story of College Football (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1911), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• A Call to Action: Reconnecting College Sports and Higher Education (2001), by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (PDF at knightcommission.org)
• Reports of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (includes Keeping Faith with the Student-Athlete (1991); A Solid Start (1991); A New Beginning for a New Century (1993); combined online edition with updates issued 1999), by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (PDF at knightcommission.org)
• Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports (2010), by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (PDF and Javascript-dependent HTML at knightcommission.org)

• Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports (2010), by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (PDF and Javascript-dependent HTML at knightcommission.org)
• A Call to Action: Reconnecting College Sports and Higher Education (2001), by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (PDF at knightcommission.org)

• A Call to Action: Reconnecting College Sports and Higher Education (2001), by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (PDF at knightcommission.org)
• Reports of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (includes Keeping Faith with the Student-Athlete (1991); A Solid Start (1991); A New Beginning for a New Century (1993); combined online edition with updates issued 1999), by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (PDF at knightcommission.org)
• Restoring the Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports (2010), by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (PDF and Javascript-dependent HTML at knightcommission.org)

• Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (1996), by United States Department of Health and Human Services (PDF files at cdc.gov)

• Physical Education Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (prepublication version, 2008), by California Department of Education (MS Word files at ca.gov)

• Title IX Athletics Investigator's Manual (Washington: Office for Civil Rights, Dept. of Education, 1990), by Valerie McMurtie Bonnette and Lamar Daniel
  • PDF at ed.gov
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Shooting Sports USA (National Rifle Association publication begun in late 1980s; online from mid-2009) (partial serial archives)

• Life and Sport in Aiken, and Those Who Made It (New York: Derrydale Press, c1935), by Harry Worcester Smith (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Comprehensive View of our Country and Its Resources (1876), by James D. McCabe (page images at MOA)

• River Basin Surveys Papers (partial serial archives)
• Prehistoric Pottery of the Eastern United States (looseleaf series from the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1950s), ed. by James B. Griffin (page images at HathiTrust)

• Tax Expenditures: The Hidden Entitlements (second edition; Washington: Citizens for Tax Justice, 1996), by Robert S. McIntyre (HTML and PDF at ctj.org)
• Financing of Aswan High Dam in Egypt: Hearing Before the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session. January 26, 1956 (Washington: GPO, 1956), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations (page images at HathiTrust)

• America the Vulnerable: Our Military Problems and How to Fix Them (Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute, ca. 2002), ed. by John F. Lehman and Harvey Sicherman (PDF with commentary at fpri.org)
• Conventional Coercion Across the Spectrum of Operations: The Utility of U.S. Military Forces in the Emerging Security Environment (Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 2002), by David E. Johnson, Karl P. Mueller, and William H. Taft (PDF files at rand.org)
• Hearings, Relating to H.R. 959, Amending the Internal Security Act of 1950 (Obstruction of Armed Forces) (Washington: GPO, 1969), by United States House Committee on Internal Security (page images at HathiTrust)

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