Masters of the Games: Essays and Stories on Sport by Joseph Epstein

Cellar Dwellers: The Worst Teams in Baseball History

In 1890, baseball’s Pittsburgh Alleghenys gained a measly 23 video games, wasting 113. The Cleveland Spiders crowned this checklist after they misplaced an remarkable 134 video games in 1899. Over a hundred years later, the 2003 Detroit Tigers stood aside because the basically workforce in baseball historical past to lose 60 video games earlier than July in a season.

Suffolk Downs (Images of Sports)

In view that commencing on July 10, 1935, Suffolk Downs has performed host to a couple of Thoroughbred racing�s maximum champions, together with Triple Crown winners struggle Admiral, Whirlaway, and attack, in addition to different greats comparable to Seabiscuit, John Henry, and Cigar. as well as those mythical horses, corridor of repute jockeys George Woolf, Johnny Longden, Eddie Arcaro, Chris McCarron, Angel Cordero, and Jerry Bailey have all competed on the East Boston oval.

The Set-Up Men: Race, Culture and Resistance in Black Baseball

This booklet is an exam of cultural resistance to segregation on the planet of black baseball via an research of editorial paintings, folktales, nicknames, “manhood” and the paintings of clowning. African american citizens labored to dismantle Jim Crow during the construction of a cultural counter-narrative that established on baseball and the Negro Leagues that celebrated black success and that highlighted the contradictions and fallacies of white supremacy within the first half the 20th century.

The Best of Peter Finney, Legendary New Orleans Sportswriter

5 instances each one week over the last numerous a long time, activities fanatics in New Orleans begun their mornings by way of interpreting neighborhood sportswriter Peter Finney. Finney's newspaper columns -- enjoyable, informative, and encouraging -- hooked up New Orleans readers to the area of activities, for almost 70 years. From a profession overall of 15,000 articles, this booklet bargains a chief choice of some of the best of Finney's writing in addition to an creation from Peter Finney, Jr.