Athletics, Sports and Recreation Resources

Recreation, Sports and Athletics Resources

The official Web Site of the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF), the world governing body for the sport of athletics. Check here for news, records, results and other information on world wide amateur sports and athletes.

The story of how women came to have athletic programs supported and funded on an equal basis as men. Title IX is a section of the 1972 Federal Education Amendments that requires that "no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex... be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

The official International Olympic Committee Web Site with information about the Olympic Movement.

The official XVIII Olympic Winter Games Site that looks forward in festive anticipation of the Olympic events at Nagano, Japan in 1998.

Another official site of the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, sponsored by the International Olympic Committee. Includes nice overview of the events for men and women, as well as news updates on them as the games progress.

The Olympic Games from the view of the United States teams. Plenty of pictures and backgroundinformation on the American athletes and the Olympic sports is included.

A feminist collection of information about women in the Olympics.

"Compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour the site of Olympia as it looks today, learn about the context of the Games and the Olympic spirit, or read about the Olympic athletes who were famous in ancient times. "

Explores the three periods of prehistory, antiquity and modern revival of the Olympic Games. Extensive information, but may run a bit slowly..

News stories on the Nagano Olympics prepared by two major news sources: CNN & Sports Illustrated. Check here for daily updates on the athletes and events.

Links to sports federations and other information providers related to the Olympics. Many of the sports have their own pages where you can find out about them and their events. (e.g., baseball. basketball, skating, badminton, etc.)

The Official Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Site with information and updates on the plans for the Summer Games of the next millenium.

ESPN on the Web, with their unique approach to sports information (lots available.)

A large collection (850 kilobytes) of athletics statistics! From Finland! Find out who is or was the fastest, best, etc.

Lots of links to sports information, mostly professional, but also to college and recreational sports.

At one time, the baseball leagues were separated by race. This page is dedicated to the Negro Baseball Leagues.

Online version of a popular magazine of golfing.

If golf is your game, this is the Web Home Page for you. Lots and lots of information about golf!

This Web page will answer many of your questions about the sport of tennis, with recent news on events, tournaments, and the game.

From the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, find out about sporting or athletic records, as well as information about athletes of the Olympics, past and present. Search by event, atllete, country, or browse by category.

This page contains links to World Wide Web pages and other information concerning the statistics of the sport of Athletics (also known, in the United States, as Track and Field).

From Finland comes a site that has records of athletic performance.

Records and rankings of athletes and sporting events are found here. Includes Top 100 Female and Top 100 Male Athletes list.

Recreation, Sports and Athletics Resources

`Sports and Athletics`

`The Olympics`

`Other Sports Sites`