week 6 From la bomba to béisbol
This was a very interesting reading. It was not so much just about baseball. But other sports and the rise that they all had down in Puerto Rico. Baseball was one of the first
Week 6
Chase Cozart I am a member of group B, so I read about the influence of Communist soccer leagues in the United States from the late 1920’s to the mid 1930’s. The Russian Bolsheviks
Week 6 – Early U.S. Soccer
Being a member of Group A, I read a few articles this week, most of which focused on the early history of soccer in the United States. “It seems appropriate that since the reason
Week 6 post
“Soccer, like samba and carnival, has proved “excellent terrain” for the cultivation of a national identity.” The history of Brazilian that is known as the “beautiful game” and is very flashy just like Carnival
Week 6
I read the articles for group C and the first article I read was about the beginning of club soccer in America, it surprised me the U.S. had the first league outside of the
Week 6 Blog
These two articles that were read were two very different articles, but also had a few similarities to them. I read “C’mon, You Reds” and “Sport and the Americanisation of Puerto Rico”. These two
Week Six Readings
I read the introduction and second chapter of Roger Kittelson’s The Country of Football: Soccer and the Making of Modern Brazil. As I read the introduction, the sense of social balancing came to me. There
