New Racism and African Americans in Contemporary Sports
Commodified and Criminalized examines the centrality of sport to discussions of racial ideologies and racist practices in the 21st century. It disputes familiar refrains of racial progress, arguing that athletes sit in a contradictory position masked by the logics of new racism and dominant white racial frames. Contributors discuss athletes ......
What do we know about how children actually play, especially American children of the last two centuries? This book presents a history of children's play in the United States and ponders what it tells us about ourselves. It provides a chronological history of play in the US from the point of view of children themselves.
By examining the activities of young people whom marketers today call tweens, this book provides fresh historical depth to discussions about topics like childhood obesity, delinquency, learning disability, and ways that children spend their time when adults aren't looking.
Billy Martin and the Resurrection of the Oakland A's
There was no more polarizing manager in baseball than the hot-tempered, hard-drinking, risk-taking Billy Martin. During a time of economic uncertainty and dying baseball interest in Oakland, Billy Ball filled the stands, rejuvenated fans, and saved professional baseball in the city.
The morality of our distant ancestors bears a remarkable resemblance to the moral experiences of modern athletes. This book brings together stories from today's sports world and the moral practices of hunter-gatherers to shed new light on both sports and morality and offer a unique interpretation of America's love affair with sports.
Who comprised the most productive pairs in the history of professional team sports? Joe Montana and Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers? Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls? What about the prolific hockey tandem of Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier? And that all-time great New York Yankees twosome of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig ......
A definitive analysis, sure to spark debate! Along with the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots, both of which have been the subject of "50 Greatest" treatments by Bob Cohen, the Boston Celtics is one of the most iconic professional basketball teams, representing a ...
