One year before Jackie Robinson broke the color line in major league baseball in 1947, four black players joined the Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams to become the first professional football players of African-American descent in the modern era.
In November 1905, the peak of foxhunting season across the Midlands of England and up and down the east coast of North America, two towns in Virginia saw the coming of illustrious and wealthy men.
Winner: North American Society for Sport History Book AwardIn the 1970s sitcom The Odd Couple, Felix and Oscar argue over a racing greyhound that Oscar won in a bet.
This in-depth treatment of the organization and operation of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League draws on primary documents from league owner Arthur Meyerhoff and others for a unique perspective inside the AAGPBL.
In the Cold War era, the confrontation between capitalism and communism played out not only in military, diplomatic, and political contexts, but also in the realm of culture-and perhaps nowhere more so than the cultural phenomenon of sports, where the symbolic capital of athletic endeavor held up a mirror to the global contest for the sympathies of citizens worldwide.
Roger Bresnahan began his major league baseball career in 1897 as an 18-year-old pitcher and ended it in 1915 as a catcher, after famously introducing shin guards for the position.
As the New York Mets celebrate their fiftieth anniversary of National League baseball, this rollicking chronicle recounts a half century of the team's ups and downs.
Named a Best Baseball Book of 2020 bySports Collectors DigestIn the early 1970s, the Oakland Athletics became only the second team in major-league baseball history to win three consecutive World Series championships.
**Booklist Starred Review** A fascinating look back on baseballs humble beginnings and its transformation into the national pastime, told through the lives of two men who dominated the game.
Using the history of sport in the small towns and local communities of Poland, this book shines new light on the everyday reality of life under a communist regime in Eastern Europe in the 20th century.
The 1972 Munich Olympics-remembered almost exclusively for the devastating terrorist attack on the Israeli team-were intended to showcase the New Germany and replace lingering memories of the Third Reich.
Taken for granted by fans today, Sunday baseball was made possible only after decades of contention between evangelical Sabbatarians seeking enforcement of antiquated "e;blue laws,"e; and an alliance of "e;Pro-Sabs"e; who prevailed against them with strategy and tenacity.
The Waner brothers, Paul and Lloyd--also known as "e;Big Poison"e; and "e;Little Poison"e;--played together for fourteen seasons in the same Pittsburgh outfield in the 1920s and 1930s.
Este tercer tomo cuenta la historia de Boca en el boxeo, pelota paleta, básquet, esgrima y ciclismo, además de un debate metodológico para la evolución de la investigación histórica xeneize.
El Tomo II, que narrará lo encontrado de esta temporada deportiva, es fruto del trabajo voluntario por parte de todos los miembros de Leyendas Xeneizes.
Capturando más de un siglo de luchas, esta conmovedora historia cultural rastrea la evolución de la participación de las mujeres en los deportes en América Latina, desde la educación física hasta los clubes de aficionados y la creación de equipos nacionales.
This book explores continental perspectives on football's new geopolitical economy, examining how sport, politics, and the global economy have emerged in different parts of the world.
En 1988, un reducido grupo de futbolistas soviéticos cruzó el telón de acero gracias a las políticas aperturistas que Mijaíl Gorbachov empezaba a aplicar en la URSS.
Si bien el beisbol esta considerado el pasatiempo favorito de los estadounidenses y la NBA vive anos gloriosos, el futbol americano es indiscutiblemente el deporte rey en la tierra del Tio Sam.