History 100

A recent Purdue University study showed that, in 2019, 95% of TV coverage, including highlights on sports networks, focused on men’s sports. That doesn’t leave much room for women, and female athlet……続きを見る

On November 16, 1957, an unranked Notre Dame football team squared off against the No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners. It was supposed to be an easy Sooners win. But despite being 19-point underdogs, the Fighti……続きを見る

While the story of the reintegration of professional football in 1946 after World War II is a topic that has been covered, there is a little-known aspect of this integration that has not been fully ……続きを見る

Instant New York Times Bestseller · Winner of the General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation “Buzz Bissinger’s Friday Night Lights is an American classic. With The……続きを見る

The definitive story of the Ryder Cupーthe event that pits the best golfers from America against the best from Europeーexploring the modern history of the tournament that led to the showdown at Whis……続きを見る

Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2022 Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2021 Sport has an extraordinary, unique capacity to challenge and change society – to……続きを見る

The day of the Ice Bowl game was so cold, the referees' whistles wouldn't work; so cold, the reporters' coffee froze in the press booth; so cold, fans built small fires in the concrete and metal sta……続きを見る

The definitive story of the most controversial chapter in the history of Australian and English cricket, the notorious Bodyline series, by Roland Perry, author of Sir Donald Bradman's authorised bio……続きを見る

Essa é uma coletânea com o registro dos ensaios escritos pelo autor no período de abril de 2020 e fevereiro de 2021 e publicados no canal 'Gestão em Jogo'. Cada capítulo da obra (formada por 19) tra……続きを見る

Professional wrestling is a strange beast full of contradictions--part live soap opera, part hypermasculine violent spectacle. It is an indelibly American pastime enjoyed by millions and leads a sel……続きを見る

When 5-year-old Michael Chaplin landed in a strange city of ships in the late 1950s, he looked in vain for something that would anchor him to it, make him feel at home. Then, one Saturday afternoon,……続きを見る

There was a season when the world's greatest footballers were all on show at British grounds. Best, Keegan, Charlton and Moore were joined by Pele, Cruyff, Beckenbauer and Eusebio, while in the dugo……続きを見る

Hvad er det, som nogle gange får flere millioner danskere til at juble med armene i vejret, mens vi andre gange smider fjernsynet ud fra 2. sal? Svaret er selvfølgelig fodbold. Nogle af os husker de……続きを見る

Cy Young Award winners spanning fifty years of baseball history reflect on their iconic seasons, keys to success, and most memorable moments. In Pinnacle on the Mound: Cy Young Award Winners Talk Ba……続きを見る

L’uomo dentro la bara avvolta nella bandiera di raso è morto da un anno e mezzo. Per i magistrati era un latitante. Per il figlio una persona originale. Per l’ex compagno di squadra un Peter Pan. Pe……続きを見る

Nei primi anni del secolo scorso il calcio in Brasile non è ancora diventato lo sport nazionale e il tratto distintivo, insieme alla musica, del Paese tropicale. Il Futebol è soltanto un hobby prati……続きを見る

Papere e infortuni, ma anche incidenti stradali, sciagure aeree, colpi di Stato, evasioni, alcolismo, cocaina, fulmini in campo, lutti in famiglia, scelte tecniche e discriminazioni politiche. Abban……続きを見る

Il 12 maggio 1985 una squadra di provincia vinceva lo scudetto. Era l’Hellas Verona, ed era più forte della Juventus di Platini, più forte del Napoli di Maradona, più forte dell’Inter di Rummenigge.……続きを見る

“Sei laziale? Ah, quindi sei fascista”. Nessun punto interrogativo e nemmeno di sospensione, semmai un esclamativo alla fine di questa frase, che tanti tifosi laziali si sono sentiti ripetere, speci……続きを見る

This book looks at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games as a complex nation-building project. Sports mega-events have been mostly studied as homogenous government-led strategies, but more work is needed ar……続きを見る

As athletes of today grapple with how to use their public platforms to fight for activist causes, Sport and Apartheid South Africa: Histories of Politics, Power, and Protest examines a set of longer……続きを見る

Questo libro non è un’enciclopedia della Lazio. Qui non ci sono i giocatori più forti, non tutti almeno. Ci sono anche tanti altri che erano un po’ scarpe ma buttavano il sangue in campo o che in qu……続きを見る

Steve Basford had a 50 year streak of not missing a home Ohio State football game snapped by the 2020 pandemic, with 39 of those years in the press box as a statistician. In addition, he has attende……続きを見る

In 1954, one year after Baltimore bought the St. Louis Browns, the New York Yankees hired former Browns executive and owner William O. DeWitt as assistant to general manager George Weiss. "DeWitt," ……続きを見る

A left-handed batter in the NCAA's Division 1, Max Gordon still had a lot to live for, provided he would live at all. Facing a devastating loss--the death of his brother, Nick--and a life-threatenin……続きを見る

"The history of baseball in Baltimore is as deep-rooted and tradition-rich as anywhere in America. If you are a fan of our national pastime, I am certain you will enjoy scrolling through this compel……続きを見る

A fascinating and in-depth look at Victoria's largely unknown professional hockey players in the early twentieth century, and the historical context in which they played. For most hockey fans hailin……続きを見る

Eddie Plank won 326 games and has the most complete games and shutouts by a left-handed pitcher in Major League history. But how much do we know about the hurler best known as "Gettysburg Eddie" in ……続きを見る

The decades between the late 1960s counterculture and the advent of steroid use in the late 1980s bought tumult to Major League Baseball. Dock Ellis (Pirates, Yankees) and Dick Allen (Phillies, Card……続きを見る

Over the years, millions have dreamed of playing major-league baseball, but only around 20,000 players have put on a big-league uniform. Some had lengthy careers, some much briefer-including a surpr……続きを見る