Individual Research Project: Adrienne Zwieback
For my research project I focused on the US women’s national soccer team. My research question for this project was how did the USWNT rise to the popularity that they have today? Some of
App State Soccer
This week’s reading focused on the history of soccer at App State. I enjoyed reading this article because I did not know a lot of the information given about App State’s soccer history before
While the World Watched and Lifting Round the World
This week, we all read “While the World Watched,” and my group read “Lifting Round the World.” While these two articles cover very different topics, certain aspects connect them. For example, in both articles,
When Baseball Went White
Many historians focus on how baseball was desegregated when Jackie Robinson joined the league in the 1940s. Swanson is one of the first historians to focus on the origins of racial segregation in baseball.
Charmion and Women’s Soccer in Brazil
The common read for the class this week was Chapter 2 of Futbolera, and my group was assigned to read Charmion’s Trapeze Act. A quote that ties these two readings together is, “In the
The Macaquitos Affair
Knew: When reading this article, I already knew that Brazil was struggling with racial identity because of past articles that I had read and the class lectures. During the early 1900s, the Brazilian national
Initial Reaction: When Baseball Went White
After reading the first part of When Baseball Went White, I liked Swanson’s detail in setting up the scene and where he planned to take the rest of the book. The story begins by discussing
Canada’s First Black Olympian: John “Army” Howard
“The presence of these two athletes [Tom Longboat and Army Howard] on Canadian Olympic teams isn’t proof that sport is an equalizer. Their presence on the team was simply a means to achieve a
Raceball and Play Ball: Baseball in Cuba and Venezuela
Quote: “Baseball was one aspect of American culture that proved to have irresistible appeal.” This quote stuck out to me after reading both the chapter in Raceball and the article about baseball in Venezuela.
Changing the Cultural Landscape and the Effect of the YMCA in Brazil
One thing that I knew while reading this article is that Britain brought over many sports to Brazil, along with other countries in South America. Throughout history, as Britain colonized countries or brought its
