Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Sport, Community, and Identity Daniel A. Nathan
1. Basketball and Magic in "Middletown": Locating Sport and Culture in American Social Science Mark Dyerson
2. the Biggest "Classic" of Them All: The Howard University and Lincoln University Thanksgiving Day Footbal Games, 1919-1929 David K. Wiggins
3. Bobby Jones, Southern Identity, and the Preservation of Privilege Catherine M. Lewis
4. Football Town under Friday Night Lights: High School Football and American Dreams Michael Oriard
5. Girls' Six-Player Basketball: "The Essence of Small-Town Life in Iowa" Jaime Schultz and Shelley Lucas
6. Chicago's Game Christopher Lamberti
7. The Baltimore Blues: The Colts and Civic Identity Daniel A. Nathan
8 The Voice of Los Angeles Elliott J. Gorn and Allison Lauterbach
9. We Believe: The Anatomy of Red Sox Nation Amy Bass
10. American Brigadoon: Joe Paterno's Happy Valley David W. Zang
11. Jayhawk Pride Michael Ezra
12. Finding My Place: A Sports Odyssey Susan Cahn
13. A Philadelphia Nocturne Mike Tanier
14. The Cult of Micky Ward in Massachusette Carlo Rotella
Afterword Daniel A. Nathan
Contributors
Index