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| Preface | |
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| Playing or Competing: What Do Sports Mean to America? | |
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| Roger Rosenblatt,Reflections: Why We Play the Game | |
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| John Gerdy,Sports: The All-American Addiction | |
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| Richard Hoffer,A Break in the Action | |
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| Robert Lipsyte,March Madness-a lot like life | |
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| Mary Billard,NASCAR Nirvana | |
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| The Whole World Isn't Watching (But We Thought They Were) | |
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| The Super Bowl and U.S. Solipsism | |
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| Popular or Political: What Do Sports Mean to the World? | |
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| Game: The Prehistoric Origin of Sports | |
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| The Olympics: A History of the Modern Games | |
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| Buzkashi: An Afghan Tradition Thrives | |
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| A Cricket Match Bridges a Longtime Gap in Punjab | |
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| Ernest Hemingway,Bullfighting a Tragedy | |
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| Passion in Work and at Play | |
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| Offensive or on the Defense: What Role Does Violence Play in Sports? | |
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| Examining the Bertuzzi-Moore NHL ice hockey incident | |
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| Crossing the line between sanctioned and unsanctioned violence in sport | |
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| In NFL, Violence Sells, But at What Cost? | |
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| Where is the Budo in Mixed Martial Arts? | |
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| Danger on the Dome | |
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| Discrimination or Opportunity | |
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| What Role Does Race Play in Sports? | |
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| The Indian Wars | |
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| Of Polls and Race Prejudice: Sports Illustrated's Errant 'Indian Wars' | |
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| Latino players can revive baseball in America | |
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| Joe Louis' biggest knockout | |
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| Asian America's Response to Shaquille O'Neal Riddled with Racial-Sexual Anxiety | |
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| Debate on Women at Augusta Catches Woods Off Balance | |
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| Barriers or Breakthroughs | |
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| What Role Does Gender Play in Sports? | |
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| The Patriotic Pinch Hitter | |
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| The AAGBL and How the American Wom | |