Tag Archives: Richard Crepeau

September 22, 2014

Q&A with NFL Football author Richard Crepeau

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Richard C. Crepeau is a professor of history at the University of Central Florida and former president of the North American Society for Sports History. He answered some questions about his new book NFL Football: A History of America’s New … Continue reading →

September 5, 2014

Pigskin Primer, 2014

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The casual viewer might not ponder a university press and the manly art of football at the same time. Assuming a scholarly publisher covered sports at all, wouldn’t it devote its energy to obscure ball games played by ancient Mayans, or maybe … Continue reading →