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Sports
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Todd Cleveland, "Africa and the Olympics: Winni...
33 min
27
Thomas Aiello, "Return of the King: The Rebirth...
45 min
28
Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff, "Basketball Empire: Fra...
An interview with Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff
64 min
29
Sara Petrosillo, "Hawking Women: Falconry, Gend...
An interview with Sara Petrosillo
47 min
30
Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui, "The Making of Globa...
71 min
31
Chris Boucher, "Harry "Bucky" Lew: A Biography ...
44 min
32
Bruce Berglund, "The Moscow Playbook: How Russi...
59 min
33
Ashley Brown, "Serving Herself: The Life and Ti...
An interview with Ashley Brown
45 min
34
How to Fix Baseball with author Jane Leavy
54 min
35
David Fleming, "A Big Mess in Texas: The Miracu...
49 min
36
Dylan Taylor-Lehman, "Going Rackless: Chicago’s...
33 min
37
Natalie Porter, "Girl Gangs, Zines, and Powersl...
42 min
38
John A. Camacho and Zack Hamilton, "Sports Chao...
55 min
39
Anastasija Ropa, "The Medieval Horse" (Reaktion...
37 min
40
Javier Wallace, "Basketball Trafficking: Stolen...
62 min
41
Scott Beekman, "The Last Gladiator: William Mul...
38 min
42
Aaron L. Miller, "Basketball in Japan: Shooting...
59 min
43
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
44
Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-T...
54 min
45
Doug Levy, "Hero Redefined: Profiles of Olympic...
52 min
46
Matthew Goodman, "The City Game: Triumph, Scand...
46 min
47
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
48
Brendan O'Meara, "The Front Runner: The Life of...
50 min
49
Joseph Darda, "Gift and Grit: Race, Sports, and...
65 min
50
Julia Brock, "Closed Seasons: The Transformatio...
47 min