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Sports
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Elyssa Ford, "Rodeo as Refuge, Rodeo as Rebelli...
An interview with Elyssa Ford
72 min
252
David Ostrowsky, "Pro Sports in 1993: A Signatu...
An interview with David Ostrowsky
47 min
253
Dennis J. Frost, "More Than Medals: A History o...
An interview with Dennis J. Frost
104 min
254
Alisha Rankin, "The Poison Trials: Wonder Drugs...
An Interview with Alisha Rankin
65 min
255
Bradford Pearson, "The Eagles of Heart Mountain...
An interview with Bradford Pearson
44 min
256
R. Roberts and J. Smith, "War Fever: Boston, Ba...
Interview with Randy Roberts
24 min
257
Joshua Mendelsohn, "The Cap: How Larry Fleisher...
Interview with Joshua Mendelsohn
62 min
258
David Trouille, "Fútbol in the Park: Immigrants...
An interview with David Trouille
50 min
259
Ed Caesar, "The Moth and the Mountain: A True S...
An interview with Ed Caesar
31 min
260
Mike Miley, "Truth and Consequences: Game Shows...
An interview with Mike Miley
63 min
261
William W. Kelly, "The Sportsworld of the Hansh...
An interview with William K. Kelly
82 min
262
Daniel Lieberman, "Exercised: How We Did Not Ev...
An interview with Daniel Lieberman
29 min
263
Ronald Hutton, "The Triumph of the Moon: A Hist...
An interview with Ronald Hutton
26 min
264
Melissa Harper, "The Ways of the Bushwalker: On...
An interview with Melissa Harper
57 min
265
Pete Croatto, "From Hang Time to Prime Time: Bu...
An interview with Pete Croatto
55 min
266
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
267
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
268
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
269
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
270
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
271
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
272
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
273
Grégory Quin, "Des Réseaux et des Hommes: Parti...
Quin joins nine other scholars in a critical examination of Switzerland’s sports history...
54 min
274
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
275
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