Coverdale, Miles Jr. The 1960s in Sports: A Decade of Change. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020. Pp. 371. Black and white photos, index, bibliography, and notes. $75 hardcover. Reviewed by Richard A. Macales “During the turmoil of the 1960s, the world of sports provided a positive distraction for the American people.” – Author Miles…
Kalman-Lamb, Nathan. Game Misconduct: Injury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport. Halifax, NS: Fernwood, 2018. Pp. 183. Notes & Index. $24.00 paperback. Reviewed by Noah Cohan As Kevin Durant writhed on the floor of Scotiabank Arena partway through the second quarter of Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals, his Achilles tendon having recoiled upward…
By Russ Crawford During the past year, several blog posts have addressed political activism by athletes. We have read about Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the national anthem, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf’s earlier anthem protest, along with several mentions of Tommie Smith’s closed-fist salute at the 1968 Olympics. These are only a few examples of writers…
Sport in American History 