The May 21 issue of the Times Literary Supplement includes David Goldblatt’s favorable review of George Kirsch’s recent book Golf in America. “Kirsch delivers excellent pen portraits of the great, good […]
Category: sports history
Viva baseball, just not in Arizona
Two years ago this month we published the Third Edition of Samuel O. Regalado’s book Viva Baseball! Latin Major Leaguers and Their Special Hunger, which chronicles the struggles of Latin American […]
Christian Science Monitor on Tiger
George Kirsch, author of the book Golf in America, was consulted by the Christian Science Monitor for its story on Tiger’s return to the Masters. “[The Tiger scandal] raises the […]
To the Editor of the Sunday Book Review:
George Kirsch, author of Golf in America, wrote a letter to the New York Times Book Review to correct the record on Woodrow Wilson’s golf routine: Actually, after the first few […]
Tiger Woods and the evolution of Golf in America
George Kirsch, author of the recent University of Illinois Press book Golf in America, comments on Tiger Woods and the history of golf in the Wall Street Journal‘s Speakeasy blog. […]
Baseball Digest interviews Jennifer Ring
Jennifer Ring, author of the new book Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don’t Play Baseball, was interviewed by Baseball Digest. BBD: Why do you think Ken Burns gave women’s baseball very […]
Inside Higher Ed profiles “College Football”
Kurt Edward Kemper, author of the new book College Football and American Culture in the Cold War Era, was interviewed in today’s edition of Inside Higher Ed. Q: At institutions like Louisiana […]
Oriard new in The League
Michael Oriard, author of the recent reissue The End of Autumn: Reflections on My Life in Football, contributed his first piece this week to The Washington Post‘s “The League” column. A major […]
The L.A. Times and Jennifer Ring, together at Dodger Stadium
The Sports section in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times included a feature on Jennifer Ring, author of the new book Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don’t Play Baseball. There we sat, up […]
Still Human by Michael Oriard
The original edition of The End of Autumn came about when an editor at Doubleday saw a piece I had written for the New York Times about the suicide of […]
Sports Illustrated speaks with George Kirsch
George Kirsch, author of the new book Golf in America, was interviewed by Sports Illustrated for its article on golf during the depression. By the time the U.S. entered World War […]
Golf Digest reviews “Golf in America”
The current issue of Golf Digest includes George Kirsch’s Golf in America as one of six new notable books writing, “Kirsch traces golf’s path in the United States, hitting the high […]