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Author
Language
English
Description
How a tiny Pacific archipelago is producing more players-from Troy Polamalu to Marcus Mariota-for the NFL than anywhere else in the world, by an award-winning sports historian Football is at a crossroads, its future imperiled by the very physicality that drives its popularity. Its grass roots-high school and youth travel program-are withering. But players from the small South Pacific American territory of Samoa are bucking that trend, quietly becoming...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xiii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
By looking at this history from the vantage point of black America and the Caribbean, a more complex story comes into focus, one largely missing from traditional narratives of baseball's history. Raceball unveils a fresh and stunning truth: baseball has never been stronger as a business, never weaker as a game.