| Ch. 9 Sports | ||
| Gay Talese, The Silent Season of the Hero | ||
| • | [website] http://www.joedimaggio.com/ | |
| A website dedicated to Joe DiMaggio’s story and celebrity. | ||
| Grantland Rice, The Four Horsemen | ||
| • | [image] http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/17/weekinreview/the-sports-story-that-changed-america.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm | |
| New York Times article about the impact of Rice’s The Four Horsemen on myth-making sports journalism. | ||
| Theodore Roosevelt, The Proper Place for Sports | ||
| • | [text] http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/roosevelt.htm | |
| Background information on Theodore Roosevelt, provided by PBS. | ||
| William Faulkner, An Innocent at Rinkside | ||
| • | [text] http://www.heraldleaderphoto.com/derby/2009/05/01/faulkner-yes-william-once-captured-derbys-essence-in-prose/ | |
| Photos, context, and other information pertaining to Faulkner’s An Innocent at Rinkside. | ||
| Joyce Carol Oates, The Cruelest Sport | ||
| • | [video] http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6193981 | |
| Looking back on the famous fight of Ali vs. Frazier, boxing historians talk about the cultural value that accompanies a boxing match. | ||
| Kris Vervaecke, A Spectator’s Notebook | ||
| • | [text] http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/ncw/vervaeck.htm | |
| Brief biographical passage on Kris Vervaecke on the Creighton University website. | ||
| Jane Smiley, Barbaro, The Heart in the Winner’s Circle | ||
| • | [video] http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/barbaro-is-euthanized/ | |
| CBS reports the news that Barbaro had been put down. | ||
| Malcolm Gladwell, Offensive Play: How Different are Dogfighting and Football? | ||
| • | [video] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoKkpLL10xw | |
| Ann McKee, speaking about CTE. (see also links in video description) | ||
| • | [website] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sports/league-of-denial/timeline-the-nfls-concussion-crisis/ | |
| A timeline tracking major developments in the NFL concussion crisis. | ||
| Rick Reilly, Why I Love My Job | ||
| • | [video] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ-VA7eYgpg | |
| Rick Reilly speaks about his job and the interpersonal connections forged through sports. | ||
| Caroline Alexander, The Great Game | ||
| • | [text] http://exhibits.lib.byu.edu/wwi/influences/vitai.html | |
| Henry Newbolt’s “Vitaï Lampada,” referenced in Alexander’s essay, gives voice to soldiers on the field who conflate war with sport to motivate one another in battle. | ||
| John Updike, Ex-Basketball Player | ||
| • | [text] http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/17/entertainment/et-updike17 | |
| Los Angeles Times article examining the unique style of Updike’s writing and its resonance in the wake of his death. | ||
| • | [text] http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/roiphe/2012/01/john_updike_the_bizarre_and_misguided_assault_on_his_reputation_.html | |
| Slate article documenting the critical reception to Updike’s writing. | ||
| New York World, The Twelfth Player in Every Football Game | ||
| • | [text] http://smartfootball.com/grab-bag/does-football-have-a-future | |
| Article examining the physical dangers associated with American football in response to the Twelfth Player in Every Football Game cartoon. | ||
| Sports Illustrated, Yes! (cover) | ||
| • | [website] http://www.sicovers.com/ | |
| Official gallery of Sports Illustrated magazine cover images. | ||
| Boris Drucker, “I’m Glad We Won…” (cartoon) | ||
| • | [text] http://articles.philly.com/2000-02-27/news/25575753_1_cartoons-mort-drucker-drucker-first | |
| Article about the life and cartooning work of Boris Drucker. | ||
| Frank Deford, Pay Dirt: College Athletes Deserve the Same Rights as Other Students | ||
| • | [text] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/15/AR2010121505689.html | |
| Washington Post article weighing the issue of whether college athletes should be eligible to receive pay. | ||
| Michael Lewis, Serfs of the Turf | ||
| • | [text] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/16/opinion/l16sports.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss | |
| Letters to the Editor in response to Michael Lewis’s Serfs of the Turf article. | ||
| Bill Walton, My Priceless Opportunity | ||
| • | [text] http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/bowls/2013/01/07/bcs-championship-alabama-notre-dame-player-round-table-pay-stipends/1813359/ | |
| A USA Today round table in which several college football players weigh in on the issue of paying student athletes. | ||
| • | [text] http://www.si.com/more-sports/2012/01/20/no-payl | |
| Sports Illustrated article emphasizing the privileges that college athletes already receive in explaining why additional compensation is unnecessary. | ||
| Michael Wilbon, As Colleges’ Greed Grows, So Does the Hypocrisy | ||
| • | [text] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090906372.html | |
| Article in The Washington Post claiming that student athletes should not get paid, but that they should be entitled to receive compensation from companies that capitalize on their fame or public image when selling their products.. | ||
| Steve Weiberg, Despite Criticism, NCAA Takes a Firm Stance on Professionalism | ||
| • | [text] http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/09/college-athletes-should-not-get-paid/245390/ | |
| Atlantic article emphasizing the problem of where player salaries would come from if college athletes were paid. | ||
| National Collegiate Athletic Association, Why Students Aren’t Paid to Play | ||
| • | [text & video] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ex-ncaa-official-student-athletes-aren-t-workers-shouldn-t-be-paid | |
| PBS-sponsored debate over the NCAA policy of not paying college athletes. | ||