Sammy Krutisia-Individual Research Project
For my research project, I decided the research the impact the the American Basketball Association had on the NBA, but also the culture in and around basketball in the United States. I did this
Defenders of National Honor: Club Atlético de Cuba Tigres in Prerevolutionary Cuban Gridiron Football
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
Book Review: ACC Basketball
I really enjoyed ACC Basketball, and found it to be interesting and full of information without it being overbearing. That was my favorite part of the book, the amount of knowledge and history that
Week 8: “A Black School is Not Supposed to Win”
When I read this text the obvious attempts to damage Howard’s program were awful and stood out as another example of wrongdoing by the NCAA. Still, this quote stood out to me “While the
Book Club Reaction: ACC Basketball
When I was reading through the introduction and the prologue, the fact that this book was being written by a fan of ACC Basketball immediately stood out. Maryland and Virginia are such storied teams
Week 7: The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete.
When I was reading through this week’s text one quote stuck out to me “Early twentieth-century football was trench warfare, favoring defensive strategy and field position above everything else. The game perfectly with an
Week Six: Baseball, the Lost Cause, and the New South in Richmond, Virginia
When I was reading through the text this quote stuck out to me “It was in part team’s identification with the Confederacy that made the Virginians so widely accepted in the city. Baseball became
Early Afro-Brazilian Soccer Stars and the Myth of Racial Democracy
When I was reading through the text this quote stuck out to me with the idea of “racial democracy” being a myth “Two years after helping Brazil win the South American championship, Friedenreich fell
Week Three: Portrait of a Serial Winner
When I was reading through the text this one quote stood out to me “On the first day, my translator, Felipe, met me in the lobby of my hotel, and as we started making
Sammy Krutisia Introduction
My name is Sammy Krutisia and I’m a History Secondary Education major from Holly Springs, NC. I’m a lifelong Broncos fan and a fan of the Denver Nuggets and Carolina Hurricanes. I’m looking forward
