Are you ready, Husker fans? This Saturday is the second game of the 2016 football season and the Huskers are back from a victory! Here are a few UNP books that will have you chanting, “Go Big Red!” Forever Red: More Confessions of … Continue reading Reading List: Husker Football
The 2016 Olympic Games begin tomorrow! While the athletes head to Rio, we’re reading up on Olympic history. American Hoops: U.S. Men’s Olympic Basketball from Berlin to Beijing by Carson Cunningham A fascinating history of Olympic basketball on the world stage and behind the scenes. Phog: The Most Influential Man in Basketball (November 2016) by Scott Morrow Johnson The story of Forrest “Phog” Allen, the coach who helped create the NCAA tournament and brought basketball to the Olympics. The 1904 Anthropology Days and Olympic Games: Sport, Race, and American Imperialism edited by Susan Brownell This interdisciplinary collection of essays assesses the ideas about race, imperialism, … Continue reading Reading List: Olympics
Jeff Goldberg was the UConn women’s basketball writer for the Hartford Courant from 2001 to 2006 and is the author of Unrivaled: UConn, Tennessee, and the Twelve Years that Transcended Women’s Basketball (Nebraska, 2015) and Bird at the Buzzer: UConn, Notre Dame, and a … Continue reading From the desk of Jeff Goldberg: My Memory of Pat Summitt
An excerpt from Wartime Basketball: The Emergence of a National Sport during World War II (May 2016) by Douglas Stark. From Chapter 2: The Color Line Falls, 1942-1943 There was only one game scheduled for the National Basketball League on Friday, December 11, … Continue reading EXCERPT: Wartime Basketball
Emily Giller is the Advertising and Exhibits Coordinator in the marketing department. Organization of American Historians (OAH) April 7-10, 2016 (Providence, RI) UNP conference attendee: Bridget Barry, History, Geography, and Environmental Studies Editor “The theme of ‘On Leadership’ attracted a … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: April Exhibit Roundup
Books R*dskins by C. Richard King Praise from the Chicago Tribune: “But King’s book consists of much more than these specific questions. By its structure and logic . . . the book is designed to elicit a more complex response than mere agreement or disagreement. It’s not an op-ed written to garner a simplistic pro or con reaction, but rather gives people on both sides of the fence, and even on the fence, a great deal to think about.” Sublime Physick by Patrick Madden Commentary from The Humble Essayist: “The essay ‘Buying a Bass,’ which is really the story of not … Continue reading NEWS AND REVIEWS
Scott Winter is an assistant professor of journalism at Bethel University. He is the author of Nebrasketball: Coach Tim Miles and a Big Ten Team on the Rise (October 2015). Follow Scott on Twitter or visit his website. Miles: Right where he wants to be As Nebraska prepared to play Indiana at Assembly Hall Wednesday, I daydreamed about researching my book Nebrasketball: Coach Tim Miles and a Big Ten Team on the Rise. During that season two years ago, my favorite moment happened in Bloomington, Indiana. I had limited resources to research the book, a lack of time and money. I … Continue reading From the desk of Scott Winter
Today marks the beginning of Black History Month. To encourage readers to learn more and celebrate outstanding individuals in history, you can get these books for thirty percent off! From Jack Johnson to Lebron James Edited by Chris Lamb “… a thought-provoking … Continue reading Reading List: Honoring Black History Month
An excerpt from Court Vision: Unexpected Views on the Lure of Basketball (October 2004) by Ira Berkow. DONALD TRUMP Donald Trump’s office is on the twenty-sixth floor of Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan. The widely known real estate developer, he has also … Continue reading Excerpt: Court Vision, an interview with Donald Trump
We love to hear from our readers. Check out what people are saying on Amazon about some of our most recent titles: The JPS Bible Commentary: Song of Songs commentary by Michael Fishbane “The JPS Bible Commentary on the Song of … Continue reading A Word From Our Readers
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