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Why Do Sports Teams Visit the White House?

The president’s patriotic pageant renews a question dating back to the first White House visit by a champion sports team.

by Yoni Appelbaum via The Atlantic on June 5, 2018

A Brief History of America’s Obsession With Sneakers

Invented for athletics, sneakers eventually became status symbols and an integral part of street style.

by Kate Keller via Smithsonian on May 18, 2018

Why the Name of the President’s Fitness Council Matters

And why would President Trump bother to change the name?

by Rachel Louise Moran via Nursing Clio on May 8, 2018

The 'Pedestrian' Who Became One of America's First Black Sports Stars

In 1880, Frank Hart wowed audiences at New York’s Madison Square Garden by walking 565 miles in six days.

by David Seideman via Atlas Obscura on April 17, 2018

A 1994 Grapefruit League game in Vero Beach, FL.

Swinging in the Sun: The History and Business of Spring Baseball

How spring training has become as much about money and business as about playing the game.

by Zoë Jackson via Perspectives on History on March 26, 2018

The History Department Bracket Is Here and It Has Tenure

There isn’t much turnover with these selections.

by Russ Oates via SBNation.com on March 13, 2018

Title page of baseball rulebook from 1845.

Baseball's First Stolen Base Exploited a Loophole in the Rulebook

People in the audience thought the player who stole the base was playing a joke.

via SB Nation on February 21, 2018

America's Basketball Heaven

Kinston, NC has faced immense adversity, yet it has become the NBA capital of the world.

by Baxter Holmes via ESPN.com on February 20, 2018

New Mexico landscape painting by Marsden Hartley.

A Tramp Across America

How a Los Angeles Times editor helped create the myth of the American West.

by Greg Luther via Lapham’s Quarterly on February 19, 2018

The 1952 Olympic Games, the US, and the USSR

The Olympics have long enabled global superpowers to enact their political and ideological conflicts in sport.

by Erin Redihan via Process: A Blog for American History on February 8, 2018

A Brief History of Women’s Figure Skating

You might be surprised to learn that this sport where women now shine was initially seen as solely the purview of male athletes

by Kat Eschner via Smithsonian on February 6, 2018

Tommie Smith and John Carlos protesting as they receive medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Black Power Salute

The founder of the Olympic Project for Human Rights talks about the iconic protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the winners’ podium in 1968.

via BackStory on January 26, 2018

Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their fists during a 1968 Olympics award ceremony

The Black Athlete in America

Colin Kaepernick continues a long tradition of athletes using their celebrity to protest America's racial inequality.

by Matt Spolar, Brian Kamerzel via Retro Report on December 21, 2017

The Battle Between Baseball and Cricket for American Sporting Supremacy

We could have had a very different World Series.

by Daniel Crown via Atlas Obscura on October 19, 2017

How the Cubs Won

Four books contend with the lifting of the 108-year old curse.

by Jack Rakove via Public Books on October 3, 2017

From Louis Armstrong to the N.F.L: Ungrateful as the New Uppity

The belief endures, from Armstrong’s time that visible, affluent African-American entertainers are obliged to adopt a pose of ceaseless gratitude.

by Jelani Cobb via The New Yorker on September 24, 2017

The Role of HBCUs and the Black Press in the Rise of the American Tennis Association

Historically black colleges and universities hosted all but six ATA tournaments from 1927 to 1968.

by Rhiannon Walker via Andscape on August 4, 2017

The NFL’s Pending Hall of Fame Problem

If everyone is breaking records, then who goes to Canton?

by Kevin Clark via The Ringer on August 4, 2017

The Founding Fathers Would Literally Bet on Anything

Our Founding Fathers—particularly those of a Southern persuasion—gambled not only on horses but pretty much everything else.

by Philip G. Smucker via The Daily Beast on July 4, 2017

Athlete Activists

The autobiography of NBA star Craig Hodges contains lessons for the pro athletes who are speaking up today.

by Jules Boykoff via Public Books on May 12, 2017

How African-Americans Disappeared from the Kentucky Derby

In the 19th century – when horse racing was America’s most popular sport – former slaves populated the ranks of jockeys and trainers.

by Katherine Mooney via The Conversation on May 4, 2017

The Drugs Won: The Case for Ending the Sports War on Doping

Two former anti-doping professionals think the fight against performance-enhancing drugs is doing more harm than good.

by Patrick Hruby via Vice Sports on August 1, 2016

Negro League Baseball

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.

by Jamie Lathan via Digital Public Library of America on October 14, 2015

The Secret History of Chief Wahoo

Brad Ricca dives into the history of the Cleveland Indians' name and the creation of "Chief Wahoo."

by Brad Ricca via Belt Magazine on June 19, 2014

John L. Sullivan Fights America

In 1883, heavy-weight boxing champion John L. Sullivan embarked on a tour of the country that would make him a sports superstar.

by Christopher Klein via The Public Domain Review on April 30, 2014

“Take Me Out to the Ball Game”: The Story of Katie Casey and Our National Pastime

The little-known story of one of the best known sing-along songs, and its connection to women's suffrage.

by George Boziwick via Our Game on October 8, 2013

Sports Illustrated cover featuring a model in a swimsuit.

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

An intellectual history.

by Bryan Curtis via Slate on February 9, 2010

Dock Ellis against a psychedelic background

Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No

The story of the legendary pitcher and his 1970 drug-fueled no-hitter.

by James Blagden via Victory Journal on November 11, 2009

Locker-Room Liberty

Athletes who helped shape our times and the economic freedom that enabled them.

by Matt Welch via Reason on May 1, 2005

A man making fists, ready to box.

Storm of Blows

In the 1890s, boxing went from lower class brawling to upper class show of masculinity.

by Melissa Haley via Commonplace on January 1, 2003

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