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December 2, 2022 (December 1, 2022)

Half-Time Reading for the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup

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With the World Cup well underway, we’ve got just what you need to tide you over between games. First, we’ve got a sneak peek of an upcoming article that will […]

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June 28, 2022 (February 20, 2022)

Q&A With Patrick Moser, Author of Surf and Rescue

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Patrick Moser, author of Surf and Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture, answers questions on his other book influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. […]

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March 14, 2022 (November 4, 2021)

Journal of Sport History news

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A new special issue of JSH celebrates fifty years of the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) The Journal of Sport History releases a special issue this month. The […]

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May 28, 2021 (May 26, 2021)

2021 NASSH Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2021 North American Society for Sports History (NASSH) annual conference! Explore books, journals, author interviews, and more in this […]

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September 14, 2020 (August 26, 2020)

Q&A with Richard C. Crepeau, Author of the Centennial Edition of NFL Football

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Author, Richard C. Crepeau, of NFL Football: A History of America’s New National Pastime , NFL Centennial Edition answers questions about his inspirations, discoveries and dispels myths about sports. You […]

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May 22, 2020 (May 19, 2020)

NASSH 2020 Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to our North American Society for Sport History Virtual Exhibit! Even though we might not be able to visit with you in person, you can still step inside our […]

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May 21, 2020 (May 19, 2020)

How Black Women Track Stars Proved the Powerful Potential of the Olympics by Cat M. Ariail

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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 […]

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May 21, 2020 (April 2, 2021)

Your 2021 Olympics Reading List

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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 […]

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December 19, 2019 (December 17, 2019)

1619 Project Reading List: Sports and Racism

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This August marked the 400th anniversary of slaves arriving in America. To commemorate the anniversary, The New York Times Magazine launched the 1619 Project, a major initiative led by Nikole […]

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September 4, 2019 (July 22, 2019)

Q&A with Matthew C. Ehrlich, author of Kansas City vs. Oakland

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Matthew C. Ehrlich is a professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His books include Heroes and Scoundrels: The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture and Radio Utopia: Postwar […]

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June 5, 2019

Call for Book Proposals: Studies in Sports Media, Edited by Victoria E. Johnson and Travis Vogan

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If sport provides a powerful lens through which social norms are produced, reproduced, and challenged, sports media compose key mechanisms through which these meanings are built and communicated. As studies […]

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May 8, 2019 (May 6, 2019)

Tolga Ozyurtcu on “Living the Dream”

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Tolga Ozyurtcu, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin. He recently shared his thoughts on […]

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