American Sports Idols
From Early Physical Culture to the Super Bowl
HS Brandt – University of Siegen
(Winter term 2007/08)
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Relevant Internet Sites
America's Sports Illustrated: 50 Years, 50 States, 50 Sports
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/
CBS Sportsline.com
http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/
Center for the Study of Sport in Society. Northeastern University
http://www.sportinsociety.org/
Disability Awareness in the United States
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/able/
General site on disability from the International Information Programs Bureau of the U.S.
Department of State.
Disabled Sports USA
http://www.dsusa.org/
ESPN.com
http://espn.go.com/
Hickok's Sports History
http://www.hickoksports.com/history.shtml
Covers major events, awards, and statistics as well as links to biographies, books, software,
trivia, quotes, and game rules.
Information Please Almanac - Sports Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/sports.html
Institute for International Sport
http://www.internationalsport.com/index.html
International Games Archive
http://www.internationalgames.net/
Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
http://www.ighsau.org/
Major League Baseball (MLB)
http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com/
Major League Soccer (MLS)
http://www.mlsnet.com/
National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS)
http://www.aahperd.org/nagws/template.cfm?template=main.html
National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)
http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/
National Basketball Association (NBA)
http://www.nba.com/
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
http://www.ncaa.org/
National Hockey League (NHL)
http://www.nhl.com/
National Football League (NFL)
http://www.nfl.com/
NFL Europe
http://www.nfleurope.com/
SIRC - A World of Sport Information
http://www.sportquest.com/resources/index.html
This sports "encyclopedia" covers all sports and includes special interests and topics, such
as women, the disabled, statistics, and associations.
Sport Science
http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/index.html
Answers to sport science questions from the Exploratorium in San Francisco, California
Sports Illustrated/CNN
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/
The Sports Network
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/
Street Basketball Association
http://www.streetbasketballassociation.net/
U.S. Dept. of Education. Secretary's Commission on Opportunity in Athletics
http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/athletics/index.html?exp=0
U.S. Olympic Committee
http://www.olympic-usa.org/
U.S. Paralympics
http://www.usparalympics.org/
U.S. Special Olympics
http://www.specialolympics.org
USA Triathlons
http://www.usatriathlons.com/
Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
http://www.wnba.com/
Women's Sports Foundation
http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html
Yahoo! Sports
http://sports.yahoo.com/
Source for news, scoreboards, and statistics.