Author: William J. Ryczek

At the end of the 1883 baseball season, things looked rosy--attendance had skyrocketed and the National League and American Association were at pea...

The 1960s were one of the most tumultuous periods in American history. Perceptions of race, gender and age changed dramatically, ripping away be...

This narrative history of minor league football teams in Connecticut in the 1960s and 1970s is based on extensive newspaper and periodical resea...

It was a novel experiment as baseball's leading men formed the National Association, bringing order to the hodgepodge of professional and amateu...

Major League Baseball was in crisis in 1968. The commissioner was inept, professional football was challenging the sport's popularity and the ga...