"It used to be that politics and sports were as separate from one another as church and state. The ballfield was an
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English Pages xv, 272 pages ; 24 cm Year 2018
Table of contents :
Prologue: Here I stand --
Part one: Rise and fall --
Stick to sports --
The good Americans --
Juice --
Jump, man --
Part two: War games --
"Our way of life" --
The sanitation department --
Props --
Part three: the awakening --
Ferguson --
A seat at the table --
"Who is the patriot?" --
Epilogue: The peacemakers.