“In the early parts of the 20th century, boxing—and other ‘manly’ sports, like college football—helped calm the fears that for white men, ‘oversentimentality, oversoftness, … washiness and mushiness’ were grave dangers. At a time
This week’s readings were “While the World Watched” and “Sparring in The White House”. On the surface, it was hard to draw a connection between these two readings other than the fact that they
While I was reading both of these two articles, the sense of nationalism and love for one’s country is what stood out to me the most. The ESPN article “While the World Watched” talked
This week I read While the World Watched by Wright Thompson and Defenders of Nation Honor: Club Atlético de Cuba Tigres in Prerevolutionary Cuban Gridiron Football by Michael Wood. Both of these articles focus
This is easily one of the most chilling things I have read this year. This article gave an insight into the prominence of sport in culture and politics. It focuses on the atrocities committed
For this weeks reading topic we covered sports and state terrorism and how those two relate to each other. The reading that I read under this category was Defenders of National Honor: Club Atlético
Sparring In the White House: Theodore Roosevelt, Race, and Boxing by Andrew McGregor was an interesting introduction to the strange and very dynamic relationship between one of our nation’s former presidents and the sport
The ’78 World Cup has been mentioned multiple times in the class for the connections the tournament had to Argentinian society. This article had details I hadn’t expected to read, but it allowed me
Quote: “Although as a crime, match fixing doesn’t compare to the torture and murder committed by the ruling junta, Argentina may have rigged a crucial victory over Peru…” This quote from Wright Thompson’s article
This week, week twelve, our class is looking at sports and state terrorism, along with sports and state projects. My group read “Defenders of National Honor: Club Atletico de Cuba Tigres in Prerevolutionary Cuban
