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Sports
Interviews with athletes and scholars of sports about their new books.
April 2, 2026
The Chief
A memoir of basketball, dedication, and longevity from Boston Celtics legend Robert Parish Growing up in the heart of Louisiana, Robert Parish and hi…
March 24, 2026
Dreams and Songs to Sing
Today we are joined by Alan McDougall, Professor of History at the University of Guelph, and the author of Dreams and Songs To Sing: A People’s Histor…
March 5, 2026
Roll and Flow
In Roll and Flow: The Cultural Politics of Skateboarding and Surfing (San Diego State UP, 2024), Michael James Roberts, Kristin Lawler, and David P.…
March 4, 2026
Embodying the Revolution
Join Rabbi Marc Katz for a powerful and unexpected conversation with historian Ofer Idels author of Embodying the Revolution: The Hebrew Experience an…
March 3, 2026
Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites
Celebrated as a democratic space for all Americans, the major league ballpark in fact privileged the middle- and upper-class white male fan while taci…
February 18, 2026
Out of the Ballpark
All over the world, masses of people watch, follow, document, and obsess over baseball. Everything remarkable about the impact of baseball derives fro…
February 17, 2026
Sol Butler
A superstar in both football and track and field Sol Butler pioneered the parlaying of sports fame into business prosperity. In Sol Butler: An Olympia…
February 11, 2026
Une si longue course
Today we are joined by Claire Nicolas, a chercheuse du Fonds National Suisse at Basel University, a holder of a prestigious Ambizione Research Grant, …
February 9, 2026
Out Of Bounds
Highly promising basketball player Chris Washburn was selected third overall in the 1986 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. But a chance encounte…
February 8, 2026
The Power and the Glory
As the world prepares for the 2026 World Cup, Jonathan Wilson’s new book, The Power and the Glory: The History of the World Cup (Bold Type Books, 2025…
February 7, 2026
Africa and the Olympics
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games (held in 2021 due to COVID-19), the fifty-four African countries that participated finished the tournament with the lo…
January 30, 2026
Return of the King
Return of the King: The Rebirth of Muhammad Ali and the Rise of Atlanta (U Nebraska Press, 2025) tells the story of Muhammad Ali’s return to the ring …
January 24, 2026
Basketball Empire
Today we are joined by Dr. Lindsay Krasnoff, who is an historian, specializing in global sport, communications and diplomacy. She is also the Director…
January 19, 2026
Hawking Women
Fantastic and informative talk with Sara Petrosillo of the University of Evansville about her new book, Hawking Women: Falconry, Gender, and Control i…
January 14, 2026
The Making of a Global FIFA
Today we are joined by Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui, author of The Making of Global FIFA: Cold War Politics and the Rise of João Havelange to the FIFA Pr…
January 11, 2026
Harry "Bucky" Lew
Harry "Bucky" Lew leapt over pro basketball's color wall in 1902 and continued to integrate every single role in the game over the next 25 years. He w…
January 10, 2026
The Moscow Playbook
An eye-opening account of how Russia's leaders have used sports as a political tool to solidify their global power "Victories in sport do more to cem…
January 3, 2026
Serving Herself
From her start playing paddle tennis on the streets of Harlem as a young teenager to her eleven Grand Slam tennis wins to her professional golf career…
December 27, 2025
Make Me Commissioner
For hard-core baseball folks, for anyone who cares for the future of the game, veteran baseball writer Jane Leavy compels attention with her provocati…
December 21, 2025
A Big Mess in Texas
Today we are joined by David Fleming, Peabody-nominated correspondent for Meadowlark Media, longtime ESPN senior writer, and author of A Big Mess in T…