Playing Ball with the Boys : The Rise of Women in the World of Men's Sports 9781578604616, 9781578604609

The use of female sideline reporters is the fastest-growing new aspect of televised broadcasts of professional and colle

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English Pages 209 Year 2010

Playing Ball with the Boys : The Rise of Women in the World of Men's Sports
9781578604616, 9781578604609

When sports ministry first emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, its founders imagined male celebrity athletes as powerful sal

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Take a time machine back to the days of pre-industrial America and you’ll see youths, both in the city and in the countr

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