The 2024 Summer Olympics start today and what better way to celebrate than with a thoughtfully curated list of books that explore several aspects of Olympic culture? But wait, there’s […]
2024 Summer Olympics Reading List
Category: Olympic history
How Black Women Track Stars Proved the Powerful Potential of the Olympics by Cat M. Ariail
The following is a guest post by Cat M. Ariail, author of the forthcoming book Passing the Baton: Black Women Track Stars and American Identity for our NASSH 2020 Virtual […]
Your 2021 Olympics Reading List
It’s 2021 and after a long wait, the Olympic Games are returning this summer! We’ve assembled a list of titles featuring the history and impact of the Games to help […]
Q&A with Stephen Hardy and Andrew C. Holman, authors of Hockey: A Global History
Stephen Hardy is a retired professor of kinesiology and affiliate professor of history at the University of New Hampshire. His publications include Sport Marketing, Fourth Edition, and How Boston Played: Sport, Recreation, and Community. Andrew […]
Harry Edwards on fighting for black athletes and coaches, whether they like it or not
An excerpt from the new introduction to The Revolt of the Black Athlete: 50th Anniversary Edition, by Harry Edwards. I believe that over the last fifty years, the facts, the relationships, […]
Release Party: Six Minutes in Berlin, by Michael J. Socolow
The Olympics and geopolitics have gone hand-in-hand since the modern Games emerged in 1896. Michael J. Socolow’s new book examines one of the most controversial Olympiads of all time through […]