New Books in Sports
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Bradford Pearson, "The Eagles of Heart Mountain...
An interview with Bradford Pearson
44 min
252
R. Roberts and J. Smith, "War Fever: Boston, Ba...
Interview with Randy Roberts
24 min
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Joshua Mendelsohn, "The Cap: How Larry Fleisher...
Interview with Joshua Mendelsohn
62 min
254
David Trouille, "Fútbol in the Park: Immigrants...
An interview with David Trouille
50 min
255
Ed Caesar, "The Moth and the Mountain: A True S...
An interview with Ed Caesar
31 min
256
Mike Miley, "Truth and Consequences: Game Shows...
An interview with Mike Miley
63 min
257
William W. Kelly, "The Sportsworld of the Hansh...
An interview with William K. Kelly
82 min
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Daniel Lieberman, "Exercised: How We Did Not Ev...
An interview with Daniel Lieberman
29 min
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Ronald Hutton, "The Triumph of the Moon: A Hist...
An interview with Ronald Hutton
26 min
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Melissa Harper, "The Ways of the Bushwalker: On...
An interview with Melissa Harper
57 min
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Pete Croatto, "From Hang Time to Prime Time: Bu...
An interview with Pete Croatto
55 min
262
Heather L. Dichter, "Soccer Diplomacy: Internat...
In our conversation, we discussed the origins of soccer diplomacy, the diplomatic role of different actors, and whether winning matters for sports diplomats....
50 min
263
Paul Knepper, "The Knicks of the Nineties: Ewin...
Knepper takes a look at a talented, tough New York Knicks squad that was always in contention to win an NBA title but never reached the pinnacle...
66 min
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Harvey Araton, "Our Last Season: A Writer, a Fa...
Araton's book reads like a mix between Tuesdays with Morrie and a sequel to his book When the Garden was Eden (which chronicled the New York Knicks’ early-70s title teams). It’s a book about friendship, aging and of course, basketball....
47 min
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Travis Vogan, "ABC Sports: The Rise and Fall of...
Vogan traces the cultural impact of ABC Sports rise in the 1950s until its demise in the 1990s....
54 min
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Kat D. Williams, "Isabel 'Lefty' Alvarez: The I...
For many of its participants, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) offered them an opportunity to change their lives, yet few were as transformed as that of Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez...
42 min
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Steven M. Ortiz, "The Sport Marriage: Women Who...
Ortiz offers an in-depth analysis of and perceive insight into what is means to be an athlete’s wife in a male-dominated institution of professional sports...
54 min
268
Chas Smith, "Cocaine and Surfing: A Sordid Hist...
Irreverent, cynical, and surprisingly erudite, Chas Smith tells us time and time again that he hates being a surf journalist and despise the surfing industry....
63 min
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Grégory Quin, "Des Réseaux et des Hommes: Parti...
Quin joins nine other scholars in a critical examination of Switzerland’s sports history...
54 min
270
David Davis, "Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed ...
Out of the carnage of World War II comes an unforgettable tale about defying the odds and finding hope in the most harrowing of circumstances...
45 min
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Joel S. Franks, "Asian American Basketball: A C...
What roles has the game played in the lives of individuals and communities of Asian Americans in the United States?
37 min
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Barbara Keys, "The Ideals of Global Sport: From...
In our conversation, we discussed the origins of Olympism’s moral claims, the nexus between sport and human rights, and why it can be hard to understand the human costs of contemporary mega-events....
50 min
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Corey Sobel, "The Red Shirt" (UP of Kentucky, 2...
At first, Miles Furling plays football to fit in. By eighth grade he realizes that he is both gay and a football player...
39 min
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Ralph Carhart, "The Hall Ball" (McFarland, 2020)
For eight years, "The Hall Ball" went on a journey to have its picture taken with every member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, both living and deceased...
40 min
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Ron Snyder, "The Baltimore Stallions: The Brief...
The Baltimore Stallions. Fans loved them. Then they were no more...
44 min