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Category Archives: sports history
Harry Edwards on fighting for black athletes and coaches, whether they like it or not
in African American Studies, Olympic history, politics, sports history
Tagged activism, college sports, Harry Edwards, Olympic history, racism, Revolt of the Black Athlete, sports
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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, and the conclusions drawn from them as portrayed in the … Continue reading
Q&A with Debra Shattuck, Author of “Bloomer Girls”
in american history, author commentary, authors, baseball, sports history, women, women's history
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Debra A. Shattuck is Provost and Associate Professor of History at John Witherspoon College. She recently answered some questions regarding Bloomer Girls: Women Baseball Pioneers. … Continue reading
Backlist Bop: Lifters and jaffas and twin killings and homers
in sports history
Tagged Backlist Bop, baseball, cricket, sports
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I once tried to explain baseball to a British friend while we watched a Cubs game. By the sixth inning, after going aground on the dropped third strike and tagging up on a fly ball, I said that baseball, like … Continue reading
Backlist Bop: Snobs, not so many slobs
in sports history
Tagged cultural history, golf, sociology, sports
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Outsiders, in general, consider January off-season for golf in the northern United States. The intemperate weather replaces the pond and sand trap with real hazards like frostbite and packs of ravening wolves. The … Continue reading
UIP authors around the Internet
in american history, author commentary, authors, labor history, politics, sports history
Tagged Chad Pearson, Dennis Deslippe, Eric Fure-Slocum, John McKerley, Mark A. Lause, Michael J. Socolow, Olympic history, politicians
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A roundup of recent media activity by Press authors: Michael J. Socolow , author of Six Minutes in Berlin, contributed to an in-depth Only a Game piece on pioneering sportswriter Ted Husing and his secret effort at helping a Jewish family … Continue reading
The most important race of their lives
in communication, sports history
Tagged Berlin Olympics, Michael J. Socolow, Nazis, Olympic history, Olympics, radio. broadcasting history, rowing
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Excerpted from Six Minutes in Berlin: Broadcast Spectacle and Rowing Gold at the Nazi Olympics, by Michael J. Socolow A few hours later, with the Germans having already compiled one of the most impressive regatta records in Olympic history, Riefenstahl’s … Continue reading
Release Party: Six Minutes in Berlin, by Michael J. Socolow
in communication, Olympic history, sports history
Tagged Nazis, Olympic Games, radio, technology
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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 the lens of emerging technology and an American rowing team … Continue reading
200 Years of Illinois: Grange’s Ghost Story
in Illinois / regional, sports history
Tagged 200 Years of Illinois, football, Red Grange
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On October 18, 1924, a streak of fire and breath of flame named Harold “Red” Grange had a game for the ages, scoring six touchdowns against a University of Michigan defense thought to be among the best in the nation. The … Continue reading
Karmageddon II
in Chicago, sports history
Tagged baseball, Before the Ivy, Chicago Cubs, Laurent Pernot, sports history
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Tonight, the world once again courts apocalypse, as the Chicago Cubs put on their best woolens to embark on the long, untrod road to the World Series. Winners of over 100 games for the first time since the Great Depression, … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday: Boogie Woogie Kugel Boy
in american history, labor history, sports history
Tagged coal mining, jewish, kugel, Labor, organized crime, sports
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Today marks National Noodle Day, an observance that simultaneously celebrates a food most beloved of preschoolers and college students while making you wonder if this national day trend has gone too far. At UIP we take no stance on the question—it’s … Continue reading