Henry Carter Hull

In football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play.
When we first meet the young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school. And he has no serious experience playing organized football.
What changes? He takes up...

Cultural historian Dave Zirin, whose influential blog and bestselling books have offered searing insights into the politics of American sports, examines the myriad ways sports culture has worked both to reproduce and challenge the wider culture's dominant ideas about race and racial difference. Interviewed by Communication scholar Sut Jhally, whose own work has sought to clarify the relationship between popular culture and racial attitudes, Zirin's...

Explores the life of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, discussing how he trained to become a champion, converted to Islam, changed his name, refused to go to war, and won back his title.

"The story of the UConn-Tennessee rivalry, the most celebrated and most controversial in women's college basketball history"--

Details the boxing careers of Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, and Roberto Duran; and describes the nine major fights in which each of them competed against one another for the middle weight title in the 1980s.

Tells the life story of early-twentieth-century boxer Gene Tunney, describing his youth in Greenwich Village, his relationship with Polly Lauder, the 1920s boxing world, his rivalry with Jack Dempsey, and his later years, including his work in the business world.

Presents a young readers adaptation of the book that uses humor to discuss racism and violence, denounce the NFL's abuses, and encourage black athletes in the NCAA and NFL to speak out against injustice both on and off the field.