Sports and the American Presidency: From Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump

ISBN-13: 9781399507943 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

BURNS ADAM

Spis treści

Contributors; Introduction; The Sporting Presidency, Rivers Gambrell and Adam Burns; Part I: Presidents and Their Sports; 1. Theodore Roosevelt: Father of a Sporting Nation, Ryan Swanson; 2. Profile in Vigor, John F. Kennedy and the Quest for Athletic Excellence, Hendrik W. Ohnesorge; 3. ‘My Second Vocation’: How Richard Nixon Talked Football, Jesse Berrett; 4. ‘He’d Like to Be Savior of the National Pastime’: Bill Clinton and the 1994–95 Baseball Strike, Christopher Birkett; Part II: Sports and Their Presidents; 5. Fit to Govern? The Presidency, Running and Perceptions of Strength, Elizabeth Rees; 6. The Presidential Golf Paradox, Aaron J. Moore; 7. From Wilson to Dubya: The Curious Case of Presidents and Rugby, Adam Burns; 8. The Sport of Presidents? Horse Racing, Politics and Perception, Michael Hinds and Jonathan Silverman; 9. Emissaries of Toughness: How Coaches Teamed with US Presidents to Politicize College Football during the Cold War, Andrew McGregor; Part III: Athletes and the Presidency; 10. Brown Derby Bambino: Babe Ruth’s Celebrity Endorsement and the 1928; Presidential Campaign, Robert Chiles; 11. Jackie Robinson and His Presidents: Political Endorsements and Civil Rights Advocacy, Dean J. Kotlowski; 12. Sport, Merit, and Respectability Politics in the Election of Barack Obama, Michael L. Butterworth and Shawn N. Smith; 13. Donald Trump versus “Woke” Athletes: Presidential Sport in the Age of Twitter, Russ Crawford; 14. Afterword: The State of Presidential Sport, Heather L. Dichter.