New Books in Sports
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Alex Squadron, "Life in the G: Minor League Basketball and the Relentless Pursuit of the NBA" (U Nebraska Press, 2023)
An interview with Alex Squadron
Bill Meiners, "Sport Literate" and "Game: A Sport Literate Anthology" (2023)
William Meinersis a writer, editor, and teacher living in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. He created Sport Literate as a graduate student at Columbia College Chicago in 1995. By day, he works as a reporter for the Gratiot County Herald, a family-owned weekly n
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, "Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
An interview with Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
Rich Cohen, "When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season" (Random House, 2023)
An interview with Rich Cohen
Michelle J. Manno, "Denied: Women, Sports, and the Contradictions of Identity" (NYU Press, 2023)
An interview with Michelle J. Manno
Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff, "Basketball Empire: France and the Making of a Global NBA and WNBA" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
An interview with Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff
David Steele, "It Was Always a Choice: Picking Up the Baton of Athlete Activism" (Temple UP, 2022)
An interview with David Steele
Jeffrey S. Gurock, "Marty Glickman: The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend" (NYU Press, 2023)
An interview with Jeffrey S. Gurock
Genealogies of Modernity Episode 1: Climbing the Mountains of Modernity
We all know many stories about how modernity came about. But what does it mean to be modern?
Stephanie Convery, "After the Count: The Death of Davey Browne" (Penguin Australia, 2020)
An interview with Stephanie Convery