This volume covers the running boom of the early 1900s and the formation of the Irish, Italian and German running clubs in New York City, where for many the race served as a metaphor for their journeys to the US. It also looks at the contemporary role of corporate sponsorship.
This volume covers the running boom of the early 1900s and the formation of the Irish, Italian and German running clubs in New York City, where for ma...
The essays comprising this text aim to shed new light on the interaction of labour, management, and government in contemporary major league baseball.
The essays comprising this text aim to shed new light on the interaction of labour, management, and government in contemporary major league baseball.
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An account of the birth of black baseball and its dramatic passage from grass-roots venture to commercial enterprise. It assesses the impact of urbanization and migration, and applauds those innovators who forged black baseball into a parallel club that also appealed to whites.
An account of the birth of black baseball and its dramatic passage from grass-roots venture to commercial enterprise. It assesses the impact of urbani...
"Fred Lebow was a dreamer, the kind of dreamer who pursued his dream and made it a reality. And the world is still reaping the rewards." So begins this uplifting chronicle of a humbly born Holocaust survivor who parlayed natural marketing smarts--and a vision--into a major position in recent American sports. He started the New York City Marathon, an event that transformed footracing from an elite, austere sport into a wildly applauded, attainable pursuit. Forging a path across the city's five boroughs, the Marathon covers a daunting 26.2-mile course. Ron Rubin's fascinating book tells how...
"Fred Lebow was a dreamer, the kind of dreamer who pursued his dream and made it a reality. And the world is still reaping the rewards." So begins thi...
The Hilldale Club of Darby, Pennsylvania, was the dominant team in black baseball during the 1920s. Their success came about largely through the efforts of Hilldale president and manager Edward Bolden. Bolden's professionalism and reputation for fair play were instrumental in his forming the Eastern Colored (EC) League in 1922. This absorbing story, highlighted with vivid photographs, chronicles the origins and development of black baseball.
The Hilldale Club of Darby, Pennsylvania, was the dominant team in black baseball during the 1920s. Their success came about largely through the effor...
African-American athletes have experienced a tumultuous relationship with mainstream white America. Glory Bound brings together 11 essays that explore this complex topic by sports studies scholar David K. Wiggins. In his writings, Wiggins recounts the struggle of black athletes to climb their own racial mountain - their struggle to fully participate in sport while maintaining their own cultural identity and pride.
African-American athletes have experienced a tumultuous relationship with mainstream white America. Glory Bound brings together 11 essays that explore...
A collection of nine essays that delve into the relationship between Jewish Americans and the culture of sports. The book analyzes assimilation and acculturation, discrimination, gender, social class, and the building of a Jewish American community.
A collection of nine essays that delve into the relationship between Jewish Americans and the culture of sports. The book analyzes assimilation and ac...
In 1979, a group of women athletes at Michigan State University, their civil rights attorney, the institution s Title IX coordinator, and a close circle of college students used the law to confront a powerful institution their own university. By the mid-1970s, opposition from the NCAA had made intercollegiate athletics the most controversial part of Title IX, the 1972 federal law prohibiting discrimi nation in all federally funded education programs and activities. At the same time, some of the most motivated, highly skilled women athletes in colleges and universities could no longer...
In 1979, a group of women athletes at Michigan State University, their civil rights attorney, the institution s Title IX coordinator, and a close c...
With every touchdown, home run, and three-pointer, star athletes represent an American dream that only an elite group blessed with natural talent can achieve. However, Kimball concentrates on what happens once these modern warriors meet their untimely demise. As athletes die, legends rise in their place.
The premature deaths of celebrated players not only capture and immortalize their physical superiority, but also jolt their fans with an unanticipated intensity. These athletes escape the inevitability of aging and decline of skill, with only the prime of their youth left to be...
With every touchdown, home run, and three-pointer, star athletes represent an American dream that only an elite group blessed with natural talent c...
