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This cluster of papers explores the profound influence of baseball on American culture, spanning topics such as race relations, literature, religion, history, globalization, compliance, and even ethnobotany. It delves into the intersection of baseball with various aspects of society and its impact on shaping American identity.

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Baseball; American Culture; Societal Influence; Race Relations; Literature; Religion; History; Globalization; Compliance; Ethnobotany

The Sage Dictionary of Criminology

2001-01-01

Eugene McLaughlin , John Muncie

List of Contributors List of Entries Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the Third Edition Editors' Introduction The Sage Dictionary of Criminology Subject Index … List of Contributors List of Entries Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the Third Edition Editors' Introduction The Sage Dictionary of Criminology Subject Index Name Index Subject Index

Major league losers: the real cost of sports and who's paying for it

1997-06-01

Mark S. Rosentraub

* Subsidizing Sports: The Real Economics of Cities and Professional Teams * Why Are Sports So Important to So Many People? * Maintaining Scarcity: Why All Cities That Want Teams … * Subsidizing Sports: The Real Economics of Cities and Professional Teams * Why Are Sports So Important to So Many People? * Maintaining Scarcity: Why All Cities That Want Teams Cant Have Them * What Do Teams Really Mean for a Citys Economy? * How Do Governments Make Money from Sports? * Sports and Downtown Development: Indianapoliss Effort to Go from IndianaNOplace to IndianaSPORTSplace Mark S. Rosentraub with Michael Przybylski * Sports and Downtown Development II: Cleveland, the Mistake by the Lake, and the Burning of the Cuyahoga * Reviving the Glory of Days Past: St. Louiss Blitz to Save Its Image, Identity, and Teams Donald Phares and Mark S. Rosentraub * Sports and Economic Development North of the Border: Baseball Subsidies with a Canadian Flavor and a French Accent Robert Whelan and Mark S. Rosentraub * Can Small Regions Afford Professional Sports? Cincinnatis and Pittsburghs Ride to the Rescue or Fade into the Sunset David Swindell and Mark S. Rosentraub * Fights Within the Family: Suburbs and Center Cities in a Battle for the Intangible Benefits from Sports Sam Nunn and Mark S. Rosentraub * Surviving Sports

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The Vore Site, 48Ck302, A Stratified Buffalo Jump In The Wyoming Black Hills

1980-05-01

Charles A. Reher , George C. Frison

"The Vore Site, 48Ck302, A Stratified Buffalo Jump In The Wyoming Black Hills." Plains Anthropologist, 25(88), p. i "The Vore Site, 48Ck302, A Stratified Buffalo Jump In The Wyoming Black Hills." Plains Anthropologist, 25(88), p. i

Moneyball: the art of winning an unfair game

2004-04-01

Michael J. Lewis

Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis follows the low-budget Oakland … Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis follows the low-budget Oakland A's, visionary general manager Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball theorists. They are all in search of new baseball knowledge-insights that will give the little guy who is willing to discard old wisdom the edge over big money.

National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer

2005-12-01

Stefan Szymanski , Andrew Zimbaüst , Henk Erik Meier

This is story of two great sports. One is America's game, while other is the world's game. Baseball and soccer are both beloved cultural institutions. What draws fans to one … This is story of two great sports. One is America's game, while other is the world's game. Baseball and soccer are both beloved cultural institutions. What draws fans to one game is often a mystery to fans of other. Despite superficial differences, however, business and culture of these sports share more in common than meets eye. This is first in-depth, cross-cultural comparison of these two great pastimes and megabusinesses that they have become. In National Pastime , Stefan Szymanski and Andrew Zimbalist illustrate how different traditions of each sport have generated different possibilities for their commercial organization and exploitation. They pay special attention to rich and complex evolution of baseball from its beginnings in America, and they trace modern soccer from its foundation in England through its subsequent expansion across world. They illustrate how Victorian administrators laid foundation for Major League Baseball (MLB) and soccer leagues such as English Premier League, Italy's Serie A, and European Champions League. The authors show how organizers of baseball and soccer have learned from each other in past and how they can continue to do so. Both sports are rich in tradition. In some cases, however, these traditions --often arbitrary rules established by long-defunct administrators --have obstructed healthy development of sport. By studying experiences of other sports, it might be possible to develop new and better ways to operate. For example, soccer might benefit from greater cooperation among teams as in baseball. On other hand, MLB could learn from soccer's relegation rules and more open system of ownership, thus avoiding some of excesses (competitive imbalance, uneven team resources) associated with monopoly. National Pastime does not advocate jettisoning of all tradition to adopt wholesale approach of another sport, of course. In an era of globalization, where business interests are increasingly looking to transplant organizational ideas in order to maximize profits, authors argue that fan-friendly reforms may be necessary in order to avoid something worse. Ultimately, they propose no simple solutions, instead suggesting specific reforms to organization of baseball and soccer, drawing on each other's experiences. Lively and accessibly written, this book is essential reading for business analysts, journalists, policymakers, and managers of both sports. Most of all, however, it will appeal to baseball and soccer aficionados, whether they root for New York Yankees, Manchester United, or Real Madrid.

Thomas, Springfield, Illinois

1965-04-01

H. N. MAGOUN

The lawn: a history of an American obsession

1994-12-01

Virginia Scott Jenkins

Truth and Interpretation: Perspectives on the Philosophy of Donald Davidson.

1989-01-01

Jeremy Butterfield , Ernest Lepore

Nuts and Bolts

1984-06-01

Frederick E. Graves

The Cambridge History of American Literature

2005-09-15

Sacvan Bercovitch , Richard H. Brodhead , Nancy Bentley +3 more

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Liquor License: An Ethnography of Bar Behavior.

1970-06-01

Katherine M. Murphy , Sherri Cavan

Dictionary of American Biography

1945-01-01

Arthur M. Schlesinger , Harris E. Starr

Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian Public School: The Emergence and Consolidation of an Educational Ideology

1989-01-01

Margaret Gillett , Jean Mangan

Prologue Part I: The growth of the ideology 1. Reformation, indifference and liberty 2. Licence, antidote and emulation 3. Idealism, idealists and rejection 4. Compulsion, conformity and allegiance Part II: … Prologue Part I: The growth of the ideology 1. Reformation, indifference and liberty 2. Licence, antidote and emulation 3. Idealism, idealists and rejection 4. Compulsion, conformity and allegiance Part II: The forces of ideological consolidation 5. Conspicuous resources, anti-intellectualism and sporting pedagogues 6. Oxbridge fashions, complacent parents and imperialism 7. Fez, 'blood' and hunting crop: the symbols and rituals of a Spartan culture 8. Play up and play the game: the rhetoric of cohesion, identity, patriotism and morality Epilogue.

The business of major league baseball

1990-03-01

Gerald W. Scully

Written in a style accessible to discerning fans, Scully's The Business of Major League Baseball identifies the many economic pressures exerted on the game today and measures their effects both … Written in a style accessible to discerning fans, Scully's The Business of Major League Baseball identifies the many economic pressures exerted on the game today and measures their effects both on the field and in the ticket office. Illustrated.

Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian Public School (Review Essay)

2001-12-01

Mike Huggins

The Turf: A Social and Economic History of Horse Racing.

1977-05-01

Jack Dowie , Wray Vamplew

With the Boys: Little League Baseball and Preadolescent Culture

1988-01-01

John C. Phillips , Gary Alan Fine

What are boys like? Who is the creature inhabiting the twilight zone between the perils of the Oedipus complex and the Strum und Drang of puberty? In With the Boys, … What are boys like? Who is the creature inhabiting the twilight zone between the perils of the Oedipus complex and the Strum und Drang of puberty? In With the Boys, Gary Alan Fine examines the American male preadolescent by studying the world of Little League baseball. Drawings on three years of firsthand observation of five Little Leagues, Fine describes how, through organized sport and its accompanying activities, boys learn to play, work, and generally be men.

The National Cyclopedia of American Biography

1981-04-01

William McCoy

There is no other reference source for biographical information that has the reach of the detail that the National Cyclopedia of American Biography has. Extending back to colonial times, and … There is no other reference source for biographical information that has the reach of the detail that the National Cyclopedia of American Biography has. Extending back to colonial times, and up to today's community leaders, NCAB presents a detailed picture of almost every famous American that one could think of. Certainly more than one would ever know of.

An Analysis of Major League Baseball Attendance, 1969 - 1987

1990-03-01

Robert A. Baade , Laura Tiehen

A myriad of issues relating to professional sports require knowledge about the determinants of attendance. As sports expand as a cultural phenomenon, legal battles over franchises, player compensation and rights, … A myriad of issues relating to professional sports require knowledge about the determinants of attendance. As sports expand as a cultural phenomenon, legal battles over franchises, player compensation and rights, and public subsidies for sports stadiums will intensify. While attendance at sporting events plays a crucial role in deciding sports controversies such as these, there is a paucity of theory explaining attendance at professional sporting events. Even though baseball is considered the national pastime, relatively little is known about the determinants of baseball attendance. This paper is an attempt to fill that gap through building on the baseball attendance research of Roger Noll.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

1994-01-01

Alan R. Velie , Sherman Alexie

The Proper Lady and the Woman Writer, Ideology as Style in the Works of Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, and Jane Austen.

1984-12-01

Nancy Armstrong , Mary Poovey

Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

1990-01-01

Thomas A. Green , Charles Reagan Wilson , William Ferris

"... Like Ann's Gynecologist or the Time I Was Almost Raped": Personal Narratives in Women's Rap Groups

1975-01-01

Susan J. Kalčik

Tamime and Robinson's Yoghurt

2007-01-01

A. Y. Tamime , R. K. Robinson

The Black "Dumb Jock": An American Sports Tragedy.

1984-01-01

Harry Edwards

Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian Public School: The Emergence and Consolidation of an Educational Ideology

1982-06-01

Sheldon Rothblatt , J.A. Mangan

Feminist Scholarship: Kindling in the Groves of Academe

1986-01-01

Margaret A. Lourie , Ellen Carol DuBois , Gail P. Kelly +3 more

Full count: inside Cuban baseball

2000-10-01

Milton Jamail

In his comprehensive and vibrant picture of baseball in Cuba, Milton H. Jamail explores the sport s relationship to U.S. baseball. Jamail, whose personal love of the game matches that … In his comprehensive and vibrant picture of baseball in Cuba, Milton H. Jamail explores the sport s relationship to U.S. baseball. Jamail, whose personal love of the game matches that of the Cubans, examines the roots and traditions of baseball on the island and explains why Cubans play such excellent baseball. His analysis of the development of Cuban baseball after the 1959 takeover by Fidel Castro includes a detailed description of the formation of the Cuban amateur baseball system that has dominated international competitions for more than three decades.Before 1961, when the U.S. government severed diplomatic relations with Cuba and Castro abolished professional baseball, Cuba provided the bulk of the foreign players in the major leagues (more than one hundred since the color barrier was lifted in 1947). Major league interest in Cuban baseball remains high, Jamail notes, as he examines the changes necessary, both in the United States and Cuba, to return Cuban ballplayers to professional baseball in the United States. He discusses Cuban defectors, including Livan Hernandez, and describes the intrigue surrounding agent Joe Cubas s courting of Cuban players and his attempts to spirit them away when the Cuban national team plays outside the country.An academic trained in Latin American politics, Jamail has spent twelve years as a Spanish-speaking journalist writing about Latinos and baseball. To write this book, he conducted extensive interviews with baseball officials, journalists, players, and fans in Cuba, as well as Cuban players who have defected. He also talked to scouts and front office people from U.S. baseball organizations.

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

2017-04-13

The Life and Times of St. Ambrose

1936-01-01

Frederic Spencer , F. Homes Dudden

Artful Dodgers

2009-03-19

Marah Gubar

Abstract This book proposes a fundamental reconception of the 19th-century attitude toward the child. The Romantic ideology of innocence spread more slowly than we think, it contends, and the people … Abstract This book proposes a fundamental reconception of the 19th-century attitude toward the child. The Romantic ideology of innocence spread more slowly than we think, it contends, and the people whom we assume were most committed to it—children’s authors and members of the infamous “cult of the child”—were actually deeply ambivalent. Writers such as Lewis Carroll, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and J. M. Barrie often resisted the growing cultural pressure to erect a strict barrier between child and adult, innocence and experience. Instead of urging young people to mold themselves to match a static ideal of artless simplicity, they frequently conceived of children as precociously literate, highly socialized beings who—though indisputably shaped by the strictures of civilized life—could nevertheless cope with such influences in creative ways. By entertaining the idea that contact with the adult world does not necessarily victimize children, these authors reacted against Dickensian plots which imply that youngsters who work and play alongside adults (including the so-called Artful Dodger) are not in fact inventive or ingenious enough to avoid a sad fate. To find the truly artful child characters from this era, the book maintains, we must turn to children’s literature, a genre that celebrates the canny resourcefulness of young protagonists without claiming that they enjoy unlimited power and autonomy.

Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian Public School

2012-10-12

J. A. Mangan

Games obsessed the Victorian and Edwardian public schools. The obsession has become widely known as athleticism. When it appeared in 1981, this book was the first major study of the … Games obsessed the Victorian and Edwardian public schools. The obsession has become widely known as athleticism. When it appeared in 1981, this book was the first major study of the games ethos which dominated the lives of many Victorian and Edwardian public schoolboys. Written with Professor Mangan's customary panache, it has become a classic, the seminal work on the social and cultural history of modern sport.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

2021-09-21

Mark Twain

The Business of Major League Baseball

1990-10-01

John J. Siegfried , Gerald W. Scully

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1960-05-01

Carl L. Anderson , Mark Twain , Henry Nash Smith

Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete

2010-07-01

Clint McDuffie

Book Review| July 01 2010 Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete Rhoden, William C. Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption … Book Review| July 01 2010 Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete Rhoden, William C. Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete. New York: Crown Publishers, 2006. Pp. 286. Clint McDuffie Clint McDuffie University of Missouri-Kansas City Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2010) 37 (2): 316–317. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.37.2.316 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Clint McDuffie; Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete. Journal of Sport History 1 January 2010; 37 (2): 316–317. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.37.2.316 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressJournal of Sport History Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2010 University of Illinois Press2010 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Book Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.

Shylock's Children

2001-12-31

Derek Penslar

Throughout much of European history, Jews have been strongly associated with commerce and the money trade, rendered both visible and vulnerable, like Shakespeare's Shylock, by their economic distinctiveness. Shylock's Children … Throughout much of European history, Jews have been strongly associated with commerce and the money trade, rendered both visible and vulnerable, like Shakespeare's Shylock, by their economic distinctiveness. Shylock's Children tells the story of Jewish perceptions of this economic difference and its effects on modern Jewish identity. Derek Penslar explains how Jews in modern Europe developed the notion of a distinct "Jewish economic man," an image that grew ever more complex and nuanced between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries.

A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage

1959-01-01

B. G. D. , Bergen Evans , Cornelia Evans

GHOST RIDERS IN THE LONESOME WEST:

2025-06-24

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Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era. By AdamKotsko, Minneapolis, <scp>MN</scp>: University of Minnesota Press, 2025. 273 pp. $22.95 (paperback). ISBN: 978‐1‐51‐791910‐8

2025-06-17

Aaron Adair | The Journal of Popular Culture

THE GAME, 1930–1944

2025-06-15

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Golf Cart Liability

2025-06-15

Thomas H. Sawyer | The Physical Educator

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Fielding before and after baseball's great transformation

2025-06-01

Dan M. Kahan | Journal of Sports Analytics

This article presents evidence of a dramatic decrease in the importance of differences in team fielding quality in major league baseball. Over the course of the last three decades, the … This article presents evidence of a dramatic decrease in the importance of differences in team fielding quality in major league baseball. Over the course of the last three decades, the share of variance in runs allowed that is explained by fielding has steadily declined as the share accounted for by fielding-independent pitching has steadily risen. The paper uses a variety of non-digital and digital fielding metrics, including MLB's Statcast, to chart this trend. It also illustrates the practical effect of it on season-long outcomes and on the evaluation of individual player WAR.

Beach-body blues

2025-06-01

David Robson | The New Scientist

With a Little Help from My Friends: Impersonation: Tribute and Parody

2025-05-30

Michael Twaits | Routledge eBooks

Playing the Plant, and Other Stories

2025-05-28

Siobhan Leddy | transcript Verlag eBooks

Ask me about the Toronto Maple Leafs

2025-05-25

Angela Luan

Sociological Reflections Re-Reading the Literary Character of Tarzan

2025-05-22

Lucia Groe

Literary narratives increasingly enrich sociological reflections by amplifying their intuitive scope. Literature becomes a new source for the sociologist, a sort of drawer of useful information that leads him to … Literary narratives increasingly enrich sociological reflections by amplifying their intuitive scope. Literature becomes a new source for the sociologist, a sort of drawer of useful information that leads him to the re-articulation of a discourse, a reflection, a study. In this work the Author will refer to Burroughs and his work Tarzan of the Apes (1914). Tarzan is a classic character of literature that, starting from the concept of diversity and wonder of nature, co-constructs together with sociological knowledge the new thought of social justice and sustainability; it raises questions on the true meaning of civilization, racism, perception and acceptance of the other, the man-nature partition and, suddenly, an invented character indicates a different way to rearticulate a theme and becomes a source of knowledge .In this work, the data, the story, are not manipulated, but the data and the story are used to strengthen specific forms of sociological argumentation, so, I can say, that the narration becomes sociologically relevant. Keywords: literature, diversity, man-nature partition, wonder

“SALLY GOODIN” AND THE TEXAS FIDDLE REVOLUTION

2025-05-14

Roadblocked: Joe Biden’s Rocky Transition to the Presidency

2025-05-13

Russell L. Riley

The Buckland Club

2025-05-12

Andrew P Morris

In the beginning was Buckland . . . William Buckland . . . famed theologian, dinosaur hunter and experimental gourmet, but most importantly father of fellow Victorian eccentric, Frank, after … In the beginning was Buckland . . . William Buckland . . . famed theologian, dinosaur hunter and experimental gourmet, but most importantly father of fellow Victorian eccentric, Frank, after whom The Buckland Club was named. Both men actively set out to consume the weird and wonderful. Indeed, a recent BBC piece on Radio 4 about William was called ‘The Man Who Tried to Eat Every Animal on Earth’, while Richard Girling’s excellent book about naturalist Frank was titled The Man Who Ate the Zoo. In 1952, with a country still enwrapped by the gastronomic stranglehold of rationing, the Club was formed. It attracted ‘fishermen, doctors and clubbable MEN of a literary bent’, however they also needed to be living or working in close proximity to Birmingham. Seventy plus years later and the Club still thrives with upwards of fifty members and guests meeting twice annually.

Driving Jackson

2025-05-10

Rajeev Raghavan

White Dodgers, Black Dodgers

2025-05-08

Lester Rodney

Mansfield Park

2025-05-08

Jane Austen

Many critics regard Mansfield Park as Austen's supreme achievement. It is a serious, even earnest work, but never dull, finding its comedy less in dialogue than in situation. It has … Many critics regard Mansfield Park as Austen's supreme achievement. It is a serious, even earnest work, but never dull, finding its comedy less in dialogue than in situation. It has wonderful set pieces including an outing to a grand house, aborted theatricals and a visit to a chaotic ménage. All Austen's novels are set during the French Wars, but Mansfield Park catches most clearly the anxious mood of a wartime nation unsure of its moral status. The heroine Fanny Price holds to principles against sophisticated laxness, but she is also self-deceiving as her principles jostle against her nature and youth. With the subtle irony that is her forte, Austen shows that integrity wins out but at a cost – and that virtue is neither easy nor always pleasurable to achieve. Prefaces and explanatory endnotes supplied by Janet Todd illuminate the cultural, historical and literary context, bringing Jane Austen's world to life.

Kareem's Omission? Jackie Robinson, Black Profile in Courage*

2025-05-08

Patrick Henry

“Do Not Go Gently into That Good Night”: Race, the Baseball Establishment, and the Retirements of Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson

2025-05-08

Ron Briley

Baseball on the Radical Agenda: The Daily Worker and Sunday Worker Journalistic Campaign to Desegregate Major League Baseball, 1933-1947

2025-05-08

Kelly Elaine Rusinack

A Ten-Year-Old Dodger Fan Welcomes Jackie Robinson to Brooklyn

2025-05-08

Ivan W. Hametz

Should We Rely on the Marketplace to End Discrimination? What the Integration of Baseball Tells Us

2025-05-08

Robert Cherry

Hank Greenberg, Joe DiMaggio, and Jackie Robinson: Race, Identity, and Ethnic Power

2025-05-08

Joseph Dorinson

Jackie Robinson and the Emancipation of Latin American Baseball Players

2025-05-08

Samuel O. Regalado

Jackie Robinson and the Third Age of Modern Baseball

2025-05-08

David Shiner

Moses Fleetwood Walker: Jackie Robinson's Accidental Predecessor

2025-05-08

Sidney Gendin

The Two Titans and The Mystery Man: Branch Rickey, Walter O'Malley, and John L. Smith as Brooklyn Dodgers Partners, 1944-1950

2025-05-08

Lee Lowenfish

Jackie Robinson on Opening Day, 1947-1956

2025-05-08

Lyle Spatz

THE BRIDGE IN CHICAGO

2025-05-06

2. Girl, Interrupted: Sexuality in the Campus Novel

2025-05-04

Chapter eight Forest Law in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

2025-05-04

Colin Ireland

<i>The Playboy</i>, 1907

2025-05-01

Abstract This chapter provides an intimate, minute-by-minute experience of The Playboy Riots on January 26th, 1907 when J. M. Synge’s play caused pandemonium in the audience, including yelling, departures, and … Abstract This chapter provides an intimate, minute-by-minute experience of The Playboy Riots on January 26th, 1907 when J. M. Synge’s play caused pandemonium in the audience, including yelling, departures, and items thrown at the actors. Allgood’s firsthand account of this premier of Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World from the stage expresses her complicated and fraught position as the crowd turned against the performance. Memories of Synge, Lady Gregory, the Fays, and other figures at the Abbey and of the of playing the incendiary Widow Quin on that night animate this chapter as those watching the play became incensed and off-kilter at the portrayal of sexuality and gender and the actors, directors, and writers responded.

Succeeding a Legendary Coach: A Preliminary Investigation Into the NFL Betting Market Timothy L. Urban

2025-05-01

Timothy L. Urban

Some coaches are so successful and have such an impact on their team that they are considered “legendary.” When they step down from their position and the team transitions to … Some coaches are so successful and have such an impact on their team that they are considered “legendary.” When they step down from their position and the team transitions to a new head coach, there will likely be a great deal of uncertainty concerning how the team will perform in this new situation; thus, it may take time for the betting markets to adjust. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficiency of a sports betting market for the rare situation in which a legend steps down from the head coaching position. Data from the National Football League are analyzed using a novel implementation of classification trees to determine if and when a market inefficiency exists in the subsequent season. We find a potential bias early in the following season before the market appears to adjust to the new coach.

Some Gout Physicians of the Eighteenth Century

2025-05-01

Games of the Greenwood

2025-04-29

Megan Woosley

This essay argues that the unique game of pluck-buffet which features A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode complicates a literary gaming paradigm that usually equates noble birth with quality of … This essay argues that the unique game of pluck-buffet which features A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode complicates a literary gaming paradigm that usually equates noble birth with quality of character or skill. Though chivalric narratives tend to prioritize noble heroes as worthy winners, a reader of the Geste cannot presuppose the winner when a pluck-buffet challenge between Robin Hood and the disguised King begins. The reader knows that Robin is the more skilled player—and that a win against the King would symbolically undermine the medieval understanding of divine order. Robin does eventually lose the game to the King; however, the outlaw’s violent interactions with the monarch create a space in which yeomen, specifically, can navigate both status and economic reward alongside their social betters, at least while all the players inhabit a fantastical greenwood space. Though the physical violence of the game manages and deflects metaphorically revolutionary violence against the monarchy, pluck-buffet here creates a site of social instability that mirrors shifts in the social hierarchy of late medieval England.