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Category Archives: sports history
Nikkei Baseball on Only a Game
in asian american studies, authors, interviews, sports history
Tagged baseball, Bill Littlefield, Jackie Robinson, Nikkei Baseball, Only a Game, Samuel Regalado
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Bill Littlefield, the host of NPR’s Only a Game interviewed Samuel Regalado, the author of Nikkei Baseball: Japanese American Players from Immigration and Internment to the Major Leagues. The interview ran on the March 9, 2013, broadcast of Only a … Continue reading
College gambling on NPR’s Only a Game
in american history, interviews, sports history
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The January 26, 2013, edition of NPR’s syndicated program Only a Game featured an interview with Albert Figone, author of the University of Illinois Press book Cheating the Spread: Gamblers, Point Shavers, and Game Fixers in College Football and Basketball. … Continue reading
More than milk and spinach
in author commentary, sports history
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The Classical sports website has posted an excerpt from the recent University of Illinois Press book A People’s History of Baseball plus a Q&A with author Mitchell Nathanson. The Classical: In your book, you talk about presenting “counter-stories” to the anodyne, … Continue reading
Pay for Play in Bloomberg
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Last month the Penn State football program was hit with NCAA sanctions over the Jerry Sandusky abuse scandal. Yale law professor Stephen L. Carter supports the punishment in a Bloomberg View piece and references the recent University of Illinois Press book Pay for Play in … Continue reading
The Boston Globe reviews A People’s History of Baseball
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The May 13, 2012, edition of the The Boston Globe includes a review of Mitchell Nathanson’s new book A People’s History of Baseball. “The most enjoyable moment in A People’s History of Baseball comes when Mitchell Nathanson recalls US Representative Newt Gingrich’s … Continue reading
Mitchell Nathanson on NPR’s Only a Game
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Mitchell Nathanson, author of the new book A People’s History of Baseball, was interviewed on the March 31, 2012, edition of National Public Radio’s syndicated program Only a Game, hosted by Bill Littlefield. The segment can be heard here. Mr. Littlefield also … Continue reading
Ronald Smith interviewed by Urbana-Champaign NPR affiliate about college athletic reform
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On January 3, 2012, Ronald Smith, professor emeritus of sports history at Penn State University and author of the recent book Pay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform, was interviewed on WILL AM-580, a National Public Radio affiliate … Continue reading
NBC’s Nightly News interviews Ronald Smith
in author commentary, higher education, interviews, sports history
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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy On November 20, 2011, NBC’s Nightly News interviewed Ronald A. Smith, professor emeritus of sports history at Penn State University and author of Pay for Play: A History … Continue reading
Ronald Smith on Penn State and college presidents in The Washington Post online
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Ronald A. Smith, author of the recent book Pay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform, and professor emeritus of sports history at Penn State University, contributed a piece to The Washington Post’s Political Bookworm blog on college … Continue reading
Albert Figone discusses gambling and game fixing in college sports
Posted by michaelAlbert J. Figone is a professor emeritus of kinesiology and a former head baseball and assistant football coach at Humboldt State University. He answered our questions about his new book Cheating the Spread: Gamblers, Point Shavers, and Game Fixers in … Continue reading →