Good sports fair play and foul. - 1st ed. - New York Rosen Pub. Group 1992. - v, 170 p. ill., maps 22 cm. - Icarus world issues series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-168) and index.

The Sunday races / by Michael Collins -- The boys of sumo / by Julie Scherer -- Illogical loyalties / by Filip Bondy -- the ritual life of sports / by Jamake Highwater -- Running backs and running dogs / by John Krich -- Lice racing / by Aziz Nesin -- In the Plaza de Toro / by Peter Müller Peter -- The socialist sports program / by Brigitte Berendonk -- Playing the rain gods / by Miguel León Portilla -- La máscara! la máscara! / by Andrew Coe.

Eight nonfiction and two fiction pieces discuss football in China, the ballgame in ancient Mexico, lice racing in Turkey, sumo in Japan, and other sports.

0823913783 16.95 0823913791 (pbk.) 8.95

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Sports--Juvenile literature.
Sportsmanship--Juvenile fiction.
Sports--Juvenile fiction.
Sportsmanship--Juvenile literature.

GV707 / .G55 1992

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