https://youtu.be/OghTejqnBpY "How Putin Played the Game: Russia & International Sports in the Post-Soviet Era" (Talk by Dr. Bruce Berglund, Calvin University, 16 November 2022) After Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, governing bodies in world sport banned Russian athletes and removed events from Russia. Leaders of these organizations referred to Russia's unprovoked attack on …
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Havana Hardball
by Eric M. Washington. Review of Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban League by César Brioso. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. 2015. Print. I began to read this book on March 1, which was a very snowy day here in West Michigan. Though a bitter winter’s day here, Spring Training Baseball …
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“Youneverknow:” My Journey into Afro-Latino History and Culture
by Eric M. Washington. On September 8, 2015 Joaquin Andujar died. The vast majority of the readers of this blog have no idea who this man was. When I learned of his death, it reminded me of why I study what I study and of whom I study. Joaquin Andujar was a former Major League …
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Re-Orienting the Contemporary Narrative of African Americans in Baseball
by Eric M. Washington. It is very late on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. This particular day and year marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Many historians and Americans in general consider Lincoln that most significant president in this country’s history. He was the first Republican to win a presidential election, and of course …
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