sports & recreation / sociology of sports

The author imagines how the world would change if a play, trade, injury, or referee's call had gone differently using several celebrated sports moments in history, including if Muhammad Ali had received his draft deferment, if the United States had boycotted Adolf Hitler's olympics and game seven of the 2016 World Series.

"The Heritage is the story of sports post-9/11, once neutral but now embedded with deference toward the military and police, colliding with the political reawakening of the black athlete in post-Ferguson America"--Provided by publisher.

"Season of Saturdays examines the evolution of college football, including the stories of iconic coaches like Woody Hayes, Joe Paterno, and Knute Rockne, and programs like the USC Trojans, the Michigan Wolverines, and the Alabama Crimson Tide. Michael Weinreb considers the inherent violence of the game, its early seeds of big-business greed, and its impact on institutions of higher learning."--Provided by publisher.

"Reveals how our most important debates about class, race, religion, sex, and the raw quest for political power are played out both on and off the field"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of how football became so deeply ingrained in American culture, and examines both the good and the bad impact on American society.