“Indeed, so common did the surreptitious payment of players become during the 1920s and early 1930sthat the period was known as the era of ‘masked professionalism’ and ‘ false amateurism’.” (289) This quote encapsulates
“Cuban Babe (Ruth): The Story of Seven Cubana Women in Professional Baseball”, written by Andrew McGregor, is a thorough analysis of Cuban women playing professional baseball during and after World War II. The All-American
Cuban Babe(Ruth) is a slightly different view of the integration of sports. I do not claim to know much about this particular aspect of sporting history but I do find it interesting how this
“The NCAA is guilty of practicing racism against Howard University.”67 Phillips, with the support of the team, articulated a black politics that revealed the racial practices of the NCAA (356).” This quote concisely summarizes
The Macaquitos Affair: Soccer, Blackness, and Brazil as Argentina’s Racial Other Knew: I had known from class discussions and prior readings that Argentina viewed themselves as a “European” nation and wanted to separate themselves
When I think of racial disparities or deep prejudice my mind is usually drawn to the United States, mostly because of what I was taught in school growing up. Never would I have thought
This article by Gregg Bocketti explores how the immigration of Italians and Football came together in Brazil. Bocketti examines how sports clubs were exclusive towards those of upper and middle class backgrounds. In most
Inside the article that I read and studied this weekend, “A Black School is not supposed to Win” black teamwork at Howard University, written by Jermaine Scott, I learned of the forces that had
When it comes to mid-twentieth century American Baseball, racial inclusivity is rarely something that comes to mind. Contrary to the norm of the time, the AAGPBL, though not perfect, did take massive leaps in
