Spectator Sports Made Simple: How to Watch, Understand, and Enjoy Baseball, Football, Basketball, Golf, Tennis, Soccer, Bowling, and Ice Hockey

If you've always wanted a better understanding of a major sport, this definitive viewer's guide is the key to becoming spectator literate. Dan Bartges, author of the acclaimed Winter Olympics Made Simple, focuses on mainstream competition, providing a concise overview of rules and game drama, insight into competitive strategy, and a historical account of the origins of:

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Football
• Ice hockey
• Soccer
• Bowling
• Golf
• Tennis

Easy-to-read descriptions are enhanced by detailed illustrations and informative diagrams. Whether at home or the arena, in front of the television or in stadium seats, Spectator Sports Made Simple will make watching sports with your family, friends, and colleagues much more enjoyable. Dan Bartges began his career in 1972 as the editorial writer and cartoonist for the Alexandria (VA) Gazette and later became a freelance writer and photographer for The Washington Post, New York Post, and other newspapers. Newsweek deemed his last book, Winter Olympics Made Simple, "indispensable." A graduate of Hampden-Sydney College and the University of Richmond, Bartges resides in Richmond, Virginia, with his wife, daughter, and passel of pets.