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Thomas Aiello, "Return of the King: The Rebirth...
45 min
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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff, "Basketball Empire: Fra...
An interview with Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff
64 min
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Sara Petrosillo, "Hawking Women: Falconry, Gend...
An interview with Sara Petrosillo
47 min
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Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui, "The Making of Globa...
71 min
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Chris Boucher, "Harry "Bucky" Lew: A Biography ...
44 min
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Bruce Berglund, "The Moscow Playbook: How Russi...
59 min
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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
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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
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Joseph Darda, "Gift and Grit: Race, Sports, and...
65 min
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Julia Brock, "Closed Seasons: The Transformatio...
47 min
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Christopher Clarey, "The Warrior: Rafael Nadal ...
67 min