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NASSH 2026 Site Update and Ballot Information

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 13d

Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social Vol. 52, No. 2 is here! Featuring four new articles, a research note, an oral history section @boxingintellect.bsky.social, and reviews of films and books. @nassh1972.bsky.social

➡️ @projectmuse.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/issue/55225

Cover of Journal of Sport History, Volume 52, Number 2, Summer 2025
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 9d

Check out "Studying Budo Student History Using Digital Technology: A Textual Comparison of the Former First High School and Third High School," a research note in @journsporthist.bsky.social Vol. 52, No. 2. cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social

Read on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

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North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) @nassh1972.bsky.social · 16d

Important information and vote regarding the #NASSH2026 location. If you are a current member, please vote by Monday, September 29, at 12pm PT. #SportHistory #Skystorians #NASSH2025

Sport History Opportunity (General announcement)

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North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) @nassh1972.bsky.social · Aug 18

#SportHistory Opportunity-General announcement

Public release of the Canadian national strategy for Indigenous sport, physical activity and recreation

Project MUSE - Journal of Sport History-Volume 52, Number 1, Spring 2025

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · Aug 4

📚 @journsporthist.bsky.social 51.2 reviews @nassh1972.bsky.social
1️⃣Class, Sports, and Social Development
@umasspress.bsky.social

2️⃣‪ @michelvigneault.bsky.social reviews White Ice: Race and the Making of Atlanta Hockey
@utpress.bsky.social

➡️ @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54597

Project MUSE - Journal of Sport History-Volume 52, Number 1, Spring 2025

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · Aug 5

Check out these @journsporthist.bsky.social reviews from Vol. 52.1:
📕William S. Cossen reviews "Ballyhoo!" @umissouripress.bsky.social‬
📘Liz Wilkinson reviews "They Run with Surprising Swiftness" @uvapress.bsky.social‬

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cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social

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Project MUSE - Journal of Sport History-Volume 52, Number 1, Spring 2025

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · Aug 14

More book reviews from @journsporthist.bsky.social Vol. 52, No. 1:
📙"Work, Fight, or Play Ball" @templeunivpress.bsky.social
📗"When I Passed the Statue of Liberty I Became Black" @yalepress.bsky.social

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cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social

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Sport History Opportunity (Employment opportunity)

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North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) @nassh1972.bsky.social · Jul 28

#SportHistory Opportunity (Employment opportunity)

Electronic Version of the Journal of Sport History Now Available to NASSH Members

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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · Jul 22

The electronic version of the journal is now available to @nassh1972.bsky.social members! #SportHistory #NASSH2025 #Skystorians

Details: mailchi.mp/4b8357ef2aba...

Electronic Version of the Journal of Sport History Now Available to NASSH Members

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North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) @nassh1972.bsky.social · Jul 22

The electronic version of @journsporthist.bsky.social is now available to NASSH members! #SportHistory #NASSH2025 #Skystorians

Details: mailchi.mp/4b8357ef2aba...

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Barbara Ravel @barbararavel.bsky.social · Jun 26

A question for @nasssbsky.bsky.social & @nassh1972.bsky.social members ⬇️

andré @838carlisle.bsky.social · Jun 26

i need science to tell us what specifically caitlin clark does to the brains of white women sportswriters, there have been great white wnba players before and there are currently white players who are better and none have been given this much attention or coddling

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · Jun 30

It's #WorldSocialMediaDay! To celebrate we wanted to highlight @nassh1972.bsky.social‬. Check out their account for sports history news and happenings and learn more about the @journsporthist.bsky.social here:

www.press.uillinois.edu

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · Jul 2

For #WorldSportsJournalistDay, read this article by Andrew R. M. Smith on Malcolm "Flash" Gordon and the impact of citizen sports journalism in professional boxing from
@journsporthist.bsky.social 52.1 🥊 cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · Jul 7

It's National Black Women in Sports Day!

📄“'The Right Sort of Girl Is a Tomboy': Representations of Black Athletic Girlhood in the Early 20th-Century Black Press" by Samantha White in @journsporthist.bsky.social‬ 50.1 @nassh1972.bsky.social‬ on @projectmuse.bsky.social

Project MUSE - "The Right Sort of Girl Is a Tomboy": Representations of Black Athletic Girlhood in the Early Twentieth-Century Black Press

Despite their presence in Black girls’ sporting cultures, histories of tomboys often primarily focus on white subjects. However, a theoretical approach to the intellectual history of Black tomboys illuminates how the figure informed constructions of racialized girlhoods, athletics, and embodiment. Articles authored by adults, children, and youth in the Black press examined the tomboy's potential to inform and shape mediated representations of Black girls’ athleticism during the early twentieth century.

Jan Todd May Be the Reason You’re Lifting Weights

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Richards Center Penn State @richardscenter.bsky.social · Jul 8

Congratulations to Paulina Serrano @paulinaaserrano.bsky.social (PSU PhD 2023) on winning a North American Society for Sport History’s 2025 Dissertation Prize!! 👏🏼🎉

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · Jul 9

Announcing ‪@journsporthist.bsky.social‬ Vol. 52, No. 1! Featuring two stand-alone articles; a forum on Sport, Narrative, and the Past with @bassab1.bsky.social‬ and others; an oral history section; and reviews.

📖 @projectmuse.bsky.social‬ : muse.jhu.edu/issue/54597
cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social‬

Cover of Journal of Sport History, Volume 52, Number 1, Spring 2025
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · Jul 19

For #NationalFootballDay, read this article in @journsporthist.bsky.social
51.3 about Doug Nettles, who desegregated the Vanderbilt University football team + was the first Black player from the school drafted into the NFL🏈 cc @nassh1972.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jsh/arti...

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Ornella Nzindukiyimana Supports Liberation @orarunswild.bsky.social · Jun 24

Cool article on @nassh1972.bsky.social past-president Jan Todd.

Lauren Turek @laurenfturek.bsky.social · Jun 1

This is super cool read about Dr. Jan Todd, a record-breaking powerlifter who earned a Ph.D. in American Studies on the history of strength and exercise, launched the first academic journal in this scholarly area, and opened a museum, library, and archive of fitness and weightlifting history.
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www.nytimes.com

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Lauren Turek @laurenfturek.bsky.social · Jun 1

This is super cool read about Dr. Jan Todd, a record-breaking powerlifter who earned a Ph.D. in American Studies on the history of strength and exercise, launched the first academic journal in this scholarly area, and opened a museum, library, and archive of fitness and weightlifting history.
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Jan Todd May Be the Reason You’re Lifting Weights

www.nytimes.com

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History Channel @historyachannel.bsky.social · Jun 17

In 1980, Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope, aiming to run across Canada with a prosthetic leg to raise money for cancer research. Though illness forced him to stop, his courage inspired a nation and launched a movement still running strong today. #SportHistory 🏃🇨🇦🔥

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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · Jun 24

We are pleased to call for submissions to our Oral History section, which is edited by Raja Malikah Rahim, an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and African American Studies Program at the University of Mississippi. #SportHistory #NASSH2025 #Skystorians

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Journal of Sport History Oral History Section: Call for Submissions

DUE ON JUNE 27--Application to Join NASSH Committees

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North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) @nassh1972.bsky.social · Jun 23

Application to Join NASSH Committees #NASSH2025 #SportHistory #Skystorians

Interview on Concussion’s Past: A Special Issue of Journal of Sport History

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · Jun 18

Check out our newest episode of The UPside podcast on @journsporthist.bsky.social 50.2, a special issue on "Concussion's Past" with guest editors Stephen Townsend, Gary Osmond, Murray Phillips, and Rebecca Olive! cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4nHh...

The UPside from University of Illinois Press · Episode

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International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) @sportcies.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congratulations to @sportcies.bsky.social Dr Kevin Tallec Marston and to Boston College Ireland, Prof. Mike Cronin! #sportshistory #soccer #football

North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) @nassh1972.bsky.social · May 30

The #NASSH2025 Monograph Award Honorable Mention goes to Inventing the Boston Game: Football, Soccer, and the Origins of a National Myth, by Kevin Tallec Marston and Mike Cronin, from @umasspress.bsky.social‬: bit.ly/4ds6uBW

Award info: bit.ly/4k7FbzC #Skystorians #SportHistory

Inventing the Boston Game

On Boston Common stands a monument dedicated to the Oneida Football Club. It honors the site where, in the 1860s, sixteen boys played what was then called t...

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