A Games Changer: The International Olympic Committee, Tokyo 2020, and COVID-19 by Stephen R. Wenn and Robert K. Barney is now available. “Faced with...
Sports Studies
Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of A Games Changer
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of A Games Changer: The International Olympic Committee, Tokyo...
Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of Berlin Sports
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Berlin Sports: Spectacle, Recreation, and Media in Germany’s...
George Dixon Reviewed in the Journal of Sport History
The Journal of Sport History has published a review of George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion, 1870–1908 by Jason...
The Crown Games of Ancient Greece Reviewed in the Journal of Sport History
The Journal of Sport History has published an insightful review of David Lunt's The Crown Games of Ancient Greece: Archaeology, Athletes, and...
Christine O’Bonsawin Named Coeditor of Sport, Culture, and Society Series
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the addition of Christine O’Bonsawin as coeditor of the Sport, Culture, and Society Series....
Olimpismo Reviewed in the Journal of Olympic Studies
Kevin Witherspoon has reviewed Olimpismo: The Olympic Movement and the Making of Latin America and the Caribbean in the Spring 2023 issue of the...
Announcing the Forthcoming Reissue of Carry the Rock by Jay Jennings
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming reissue of Jay Jennings's celebrated Carry the Rock: Race, Football, and the...
George Dixon Wins 2022 NASSH Book Award
George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion, 1870–1908 by Jason Winders has won the 2022 Book Award from the North American...
David Lunt talks The Crown Games of Ancient Greece with the New Books Network
David Lunt, author of The Crown Games of Ancient Greece: Archaeology, Athletes, and Heroes has been interviewed by Reyes Bertolin on the New Books...
The Crown Games of Ancient Greece Now Available!
The Crown Games of Ancient Greece: Archaeology, Athletes, and Heroes by David Lunt, is now available. The Crown Games were the apex of competition...
Seattle Sports Reviewed in the Journal of Sport History
Seattle Sports: Play, Identity, and Pursuit in the Emerald City, edited by Terry Anne Scott, has been reviewed in the Journal of Sport History....
George Dixon on Thomas Hauser’s Holiday Reading 2021 List
George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion, 1870–1908 by Jason Winders has been included in Thomas Hauser's 2021 Holiday...
Twin Cities Sports Reviewed in the Journal of Sport History
Twin Cities Sports: Games for All Seasons, edited by Sheldon Anderson, was reviewed by Peter Lund in the Spring 2021 Issue of the Journal of Sport...
Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of The Crown Games of Ancient Greece
The University of Arkansas Press is excited to announce the forthcoming publication of The Crown Games of Ancient Greece: Archaeology, Athletes, and...
Olimpismo reviewed in The Journal of Sport History
Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui has reviewed Olimpismo: The Olympic Movement in the Making of Latin America and the Caribbean in the Journal of Sport...
Now Available! George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion, 1870–1908
George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion, 1870–1908 by Jason Winders is now available, and 25% off when you order at...
June Book of the Month: Battling Siki: A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in the 1920s
Battling Siki: A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in the 1920s by Peter Benson is the University of Arkansas Press Book of the Month for June!...
“The Politics of Tailgating” at The Nation
Dave Zirin speaks to Maria Veri and Rita Liberti about their book Gridiron Gourmet: Gender and Food at the Football Tailgate at The Nation. Listen...
New Orleans Sports Reviewed in the Journal of Sport History
“Taken as a whole, [these essays] make an important contribution to the historiography of sport in New Orleans and to the broader history of the...
Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of Broken Dreams
The University of Arkansas Press announces the forthcoming publication of Broken Dreams: Another Year Inside Boxing by Thomas Hauser. Each year,...