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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
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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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Andrew Forbes, "McCurdle's Arm: A Fiction" (Inv...
54 min
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Joshua K. Wright, "The NBA's Global Empire: Ho...
64 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
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Elyssa Ford and Rebecca Scofield, "Slapping Lea...
An interview with Elyssa Ford and Rebecca Scofield
72 min
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Courtney M. Cox, "Double Crossover: Gender, Med...
An interview with Courtney Cox
57 min
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Brian M. Ingrassia, "Speed Capital: Indianapoli...
33 min
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Katie Rose Hejtmanek, "The Cult of CrossFit: Ch...
An interview with Katie Rose Hejtmanek
60 min
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Jonathan D. Cohen, "Losing Big: America's Dange...
An interview with Jonathan Cohen
51 min
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Maurice Jackson, "Rhythms of Resistance and Res...
An interview with Maurice Jackson
51 min
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Christian Sheppard, "The Ancient Wisdom of Base...
An interview with Christian Sheppard
53 min