History of Sport

Admit it: Even if you’re a die-hard baseball, sometimes an umpire's call can be baffling. And for newer fans, Major League Baseball's nuanced rules...

Waite “Schoolboy” Hoyt’s improbable baseball journey began when the 1915 New York Giants signed him as a high school junior, for no pay and a five-...

Mexico City’s staging of the 1968 Olympic Games should have been a pinnacle in Mexico’s post-revolutionary development: a moment when a nation at e...

The Politicisation of Sport in Modern China: Communist and Champions is the first book in English which examines in chronological order key issues ...

This book delves into the complex, yet fascinating evolution of football. From a relatively unruly mob game played on festival days, the game was a...

In 1924, after the Hilldale Giants captured the league crown in the new Eastern Colored League and the Kansas City Monarchs won out in the four-...

'Simply magnificent.' Mail on SundayA massive audience in sitting-rooms, parks and pubs watched England in the 2018 World Cup. Yet as Duncan Hamilt...

This provocative book makes the case for the complete removal of national symbolism in the Olympic Games. Focusing on the case of national flags at...

Ancient Greece was the model that guided the emergence of many facets of the modern sports movement, including most notably the Olympics. Yet the p...

Scotland is the birthplace and the home of golf, with a rich tradition which is recognised around the world. The Art of Scottish Golf is the perfec...