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Ashley Brown, "Serving Herself: The Life and Ti...
An interview with Ashley Brown
45 min
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How to Fix Baseball with author Jane Leavy
54 min
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David Fleming, "A Big Mess in Texas: The Miracu...
49 min
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Dylan Taylor-Lehman, "Going Rackless: Chicago’s...
33 min
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Natalie Porter, "Girl Gangs, Zines, and Powersl...
42 min
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John A. Camacho and Zack Hamilton, "Sports Chao...
55 min
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Anastasija Ropa, "The Medieval Horse" (Reaktion...
37 min
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Javier Wallace, "Basketball Trafficking: Stolen...
62 min
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Scott Beekman, "The Last Gladiator: William Mul...
38 min
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Aaron L. Miller, "Basketball in Japan: Shooting...
59 min
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Wade Davies, "Native Hoops: The Rise of America...
The game, as Davies notes, was not just something imposed upon Natives in locales such as the Indian Industrial Training School in Haskell, Kansas (and elsewhere). The game provided linkages to the Native past...
51 min
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Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-T...
54 min
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Doug Levy, "Hero Redefined: Profiles of Olympic...
52 min
39
Matthew Goodman, "The City Game: Triumph, Scand...
46 min
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César Brioso, "Last Seasons in Havana: The Cast...
Blending the love for baseball fans in Cuba had during the 1950s with the political upheaval that led to Fidel Castro’s rise to power in 1959, Brioso weaves a fascinating tale...
40 min
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Brendan O'Meara, "The Front Runner: The Life of...
50 min
42
Joseph Darda, "Gift and Grit: Race, Sports, and...
65 min
43
Julia Brock, "Closed Seasons: The Transformatio...
47 min
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Christopher Clarey, "The Warrior: Rafael Nadal ...
67 min
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Jack Black and Joseph S Reynoso eds., "Sport an...
59 min
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Harrison Browne and Rachel Browne, "Let Us Play...
38 min
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Joshua K. Wright, "The NBA's Global Empire: Ho...
64 min
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Andrew Forbes, "McCurdle's Arm: A Fiction" (Inv...
54 min
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Gennifer Weisenfeld, "The Fine Art of Persuasio...
39 min
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Dionne Koller, "More Than Play: How Law, Policy...
An interview with Dionne Koller
29 min