American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of the Internet

American Sports is a comprehensive introduction to the history of American sports from colonial era to present, offering insightful and thorough analysis of complex relationships between sports and class, gender, race, religion, and region in US.

This edition adds numerous sidebars examining subjects such as Black Sox scandal, Jack Johnson's worldwide influence, significance of softball for lesbian athletes, and impact of point spread on sports gambling.

With expanded attention paid to women, African Americans, Native Americans, and Latinos, this new edition remains the finest available introduction to myriad ways in which sports have reinforced or challenged values and behaviors of Americans, as well as structure of American society.