The story of one team's final season in a new era of college sportsA major shift in college athletics began in 2018. That year, the NCAA launched its transfer portal. NIL would soon follow. Title IX directives were sending athletic departments into compliance crises. Conference realignment rumors swirled. A revolution in college sports proceeded at a rapid pace in just a few short years.In A Beautiful Shame: One Team's Fight for Survival in a New Era of...

"It seemed as if Theodore Roosevelt's biographers had closed the book on his life story. But Ryan Swanson has uncovered an untold chapter" (Johnny Smith, coauthor of Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X).Crippling asthma, a frail build, and grossly myopic eyesight: these were the ailments that plagued Teddy Roosevelt as a child. In adulthood, he was diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart condition and was told never to ...

Winner of the 2017 NASSH Book Award for best edited collection.The hardening of racial lines during the first half of the twentieth century eliminated almost all African Americans from white organized sports, forcing black athletes to form their own teams, organizations, and events. This separate sporting culture, explored in the twelve essays included here, comprised much more than athletic competition; these “separate games” provided examples of black enterprise ...

The story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball’s color barrier in 1947 is one that most Americans know. But less recognized is the fact that some seventy years earlier, following the Civil War, baseball was tenuously biracial and had the potential for a truly open game. How, then, did the game become so firmly segregated that it required a trailblazer like Robinson? The answer, Ryan A. Swanson suggests, has everything to do with the politics of “reconciliation” and a wish to avoi...

Philadelphia sports—anchored by the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, and 76ers—have a long, and sometimes tortured, history. Philly fans have booed more than their share and have earned a reputation as some of the most hostile in the country. They’ve been known, so the tales go, to jeer Santa Claus and cheer at the injury of an opposing player.Strangely though, much of America’s perception of Philadelphia sports has been shaped by a fictional figure: Rocky. The series of Hollywood films n...

The Chosen: Volume 1 contains original graphic novel depictions from the television show, The Chosen, through the eyes of world-class artists.Illustrated scenes of Jesus turning water into wine, His meeting with the Samaritan woman at the well, His healing of a paralyzed man, and more, will both excite and draw readers closer to Him.From catacomb paintings to stained glass windows, Christians have always used art to not on...

Named Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023, 20024" by Chill SubsCarefully curated stories from After Dinner Conversation magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of sex and sexuality. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions.Story Summary ListHuman Contact: A college student heads to a party, gets high...

In full and intricate detail, featuring an amazing cast of characters from the worlds of politics, athletics, entertainment and more, this is the story of how President Theodore Roosevelt helped shepherd in a sports and fitness revolution that forever changed the complexion of the United States.Crippling asthma and grossly myopic eyesight―as a child, Theodore Roosevelt was plagued by such ailments. Give up exercise completely, he was told by a doctor while attendin...

In a tough economy, attracting and retaining talent can make all the difference in a companys survival, but cutting costs is equally as important. The solution to both is Gen Y employees. This demographic creates value and profit because 18 to 32-year-olds are the least expensive to employ, or cheap to keep. They are also difficult to keep, however, as their unique employment priorities differ greatly from those of their older employers. In order to remain competitive, businesses must brid...

It’s time to cash your reality check and re-create your life on your own terms.In your twenties you expect to finally live life on your own terms. But it can seem like the world won’t cooperate. Roommates drive you crazy (but you can’t afford to lose them), entry-level jobs frustrate you (“Four hundred double-sided copies before lunch,”), and even a dream job can take over your nights and weekends, leaving you feeling like you are running hard but going nowhere.Jason Ryan D...

A short sublime book on the three things dearest to Jean-Claude Izzo’s heart: his native Marseilles, the sea in all its splendor, and Mediterranean noir—the literary genre his books helped to found. This collection of writings shows Izzo, author of the acclaimed Marseilles trilogy, at his most contemplative and insightful. His native city, with its food, its flavors, its passionate inhabitants, and its long, long history of commerce and conviviality, constitute the lifeblood that runs thro...

Striking where the enemy is weakest and melting away into the darkness before he can react. Never confronting a stronger force directly, but using audacity and surprise to confound and demoralize an opponent. Operations driven by good intelligence, area knowledge, mobility, speed, firepower, and detailed planning, and executed by a few specialists with indigenous warriors—this is unconventional warfare.T. E. Lawrence was one of the earliest practitioners of modern unconventional wa...