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Journal of Sport History

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Promotes the study of historical, social, and cultural aspects of sports. Published by the University of Illinois Press and the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH): @nassh1972.bsky.social

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North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) @nassh1972.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Check out some of our recent #SportHistory opportunities shared by NASSH members! #Skystorians
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Sport History Opportunities (Call for papers, project announcement, and writing group invitation)
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North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) @nassh1972.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Please see below for a general announcement regarding a research collection opportunity from Steve Gietschier. #SportHistory #Skystorians
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North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) @nassh1972.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Message from the NASSH Legacy Committee: Passing of Jeffrey Owen Segrave #SportHistory #Skystorians Link to Message: us20.campaign-archive.com?u=02edfbd25c...
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Andy Linden @andrewdlinden.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@nassh1972.bsky.social is pleased to announce the appointment of Travis Vogan as the next Editor of the Journal of Sport History (JSH). Vogan will begin a three-year term on January 1, 2027. #SportHistory #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@nassh1972.bsky.social is pleased to announce the appointment of Travis Vogan as the next Editor of the Journal of Sport History (JSH). Vogan will begin a three-year term on January 1, 2027. #SportHistory #Skystorians
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North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) @nassh1972.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Check out this thread to see who won awards and were honored at this year's conferece! #NASSH2026 #SportHistory #Skystorians @journsporthist.bsky.social
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The #NASSH2026 JSH award for Best Article from 2025 goes to John Zilcosky of @utoronto.ca for "Wrestling with My Father," published in JSH Vol. 52, No. 1 (Spring 2025). #Skystorians #SportHistory Read it here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic... @nassh1972.bsky.social
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The #NASSH2026 JSH award for Best Article from 2025 goes to John Zilcosky of @utoronto.ca for "Wrestling with My Father," published in JSH Vol. 52, No. 1 (Spring 2025). #Skystorians #SportHistory Read it here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic... @nassh1972.bsky.social
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North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) @nassh1972.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The #NASSH2026 @journsporthist.bsky.social Article Award goes to John Zilcosky of @utoronto.ca for "Wrestling with My Father," published in JSH Vol. 52, No. 1 (Spring 2025). #Skystorians #SportHistory Read it here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Last day of the @nassh1972.bsky.social annual meeting! Visit our virtual exhibit and take 50% off all sports books with code NASSH at checkout! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/na... #NASSH2026 #SportHistory cc: @journsporthist.bsky.social
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
First day of the @nassh1972.bsky.social annual meeting! Visit our virtual exhibit and take 50% off all sports books with code NASSH at checkout! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/na... #NASSH2026 #SportHistory cc: @journsporthist.bsky.social
North American Society for Sport History
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May 22-25, 2026
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Did you know Journal of Sport History (@journsporthist.bsky.social) is the official journal of the North American Society for Sport History (@nassh1972.bsky.social)? Learn more about it here: www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/?id...
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Currently at #NASSH2026 and interested in being a JSH book reviewer? Fill out this form: bit.ly/JSHBookReview #SportHistory #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
NASSH membership includes a subscription to the JSH and access to our annual conference, committees, and governance. Regular membership is $60/year. Join a community that takes the history of sport seriously. 🔗 nassh.org/membership #SportHistory #NASSH #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
#NASSH offers over a dozen awards recognizing work across the field — from the Graduate Student Essay Award to the Award for #SportHistory and Social Justice to the Roberta J. Park Award for Scholarly Distinction. Because great scholarship matters. 🔗 nassh.org/awards #AcademicAwards #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NASSH members receive JSH as part of their membership. Individual subscriptions start at $60/year for print + online. 🔗 bit.ly/3QUxUt5 #SportHistory #NASSH #Skystorians
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
For National Bike Month, read an article by @ncardon.bsky.social , Matthew Brown , & @fhmjh.bsky.social ( @frenchatbristol.bsky.social ) in @journsporthist.bsky.social 51.1 about the sporting culture of the bicycle cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jsh/arti...
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The Journal of #SportHistory is #NASSH's flagship publication, now edited by Daniel A. Nathan of Skidmore College. Ready to submit your research? Manuscripts are managed through Scholastica at press-jsh.scholasticahq.com. #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NASSH members receive JSH as part of their membership. Individual subscriptions start at $60/year for print + online. 🔗 bit.ly/3QUxUt5 #SportHistory #NASSH #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
In 1971, protesters opposed the Pakistan cricket tour of England. Ilyas Chattha examines the protests in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/4w4onjk #SportHistory #CricketHistory #Skystorians
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“Stop Playing Cricket with Pakistan”: Protesting the 1971 Pakistan Cricket Tour of England
Abstract. During the Pakistan military's operation in what was then East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), the Pakistan cricket team faced intense backlash from the Bengali diaspora on a summer tour…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Jimmie McDaniel, Don Budge, and the 1940 exhibition tennis match in Harlem. David Wiggins’s new article is in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/4diUy7b #SportHistory #TennisHistory #Skystorians
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Jimmie McDaniel, Don Budge, and the 1940 Exhibition Tennis Match in Harlem
Abstract. This article assesses the significance of the July 29, 1940, interracial exhibition tennis match between Jimmie McDaniel and Don Budge held at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club in Harlem.…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
How was recreational space “Aryanized” during the Third Reich? Mark Spicka examines sportfishing in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/4w3bLsP #SportHistory #GermanHistory #Skystorians
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Sportfishing and the “Aryanization” of Recreational Space During the Third Reich
Abstract. This article explores how sportfishing became an instrument of the Nazi regime in integrating “Aryans” into the Volksgemeinschaft (racial or national community) through coercive measures…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
JSH is published three times per year — Spring, Summer, and Fall — on behalf of the @nassh1972.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/3QUxUt5 #SportHistory #NASSH #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
JSH authors: upon publication you receive a free link to your article for three months. You are permitted to share the link — not the PDF — with colleagues and on social media. 🔗 bit.ly/3QUxUt5 #SportHistory #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
JSH publishes film, media, and museum reviews. Contact FMMR editor Kate Aguilar before submitting — her contact information can be found on our website. 🔗 bit.ly/3QUxUt5
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Mass leisure, state finance, and the politics of New York thoroughbred racing in the Depression and wartime. Matthew Vaz’s new article is in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/3QGu2vP #SportHistory #Skystorians
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“I Love Horses . . . I Don't Like Bookies”: Mass Leisure, State Finance, and the Politics of New York Thoroughbred Racing in Depression and War
Abstract. This article examines the legalization of parimutuel betting at New York racetracks in the context of broader national shifts in public attitudes toward gambling during the Great…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The Holley Carburetor Soccer Club rose and was expelled from Detroit soccer between 1924 and 1930. Gabe Logan tells the story in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/48wzFTp #SportHistory #SoccerHistory #Skystorians
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Cutting the Carbs: The Rise and Expulsion of Detroit's Holley Carburetor Soccer Club 1924–1930
Abstract. From 1924 to 1930, Detroit's Holley Carburetor Company sponsored an amateur, and later a professional, soccer team in Detroit and the Midwest Professional Soccer League. The Holleys…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The JSH accepts article submissions through Scholastica. There is no cost to submit or publish unless you have requested open access for your accepted article. 🔗 bit.ly/4uhPF40 #SportHistory #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Synthia Sydnor’s “Sport: Its Pentimento” closes the smell forum in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/49gTtKD #SportHistory #SensoryHistory #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A gendered history of smelling salts in sport. Stephen Townsend contributes to the smell forum in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/4emIPWe #SportHistory #SensoryHistory #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Interested in submitting to JSH? Manuscripts should not exceed 8,000 words including notes and must include an abstract of no more than 150 words. 🔗 bit.ly/3QUxUt5 #SportHistory #Skystorians
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The Journal of Sport History (JSH) promotes the study of historical, social, and cultural aspects of sports. We invite the submission of scholarly articles, research notes, documents, and…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Grad students—NASSH membership is just $30/year & includes a subscription to the JSH. Membership is required to present at our conf./serve on committees. Join a community of scholars who take the history of sport as seriously as you do. 🔗 nassh.org/membership #GradStudents #SportHistory #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Carlotta Stewart Lai was a waterwoman in early 20th-century Hawaiʻi. Elizabeth Sine explores her littoral life in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/3OYTlJ0 #SportHistory #WomensHistory #Skystorians
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The Littoral Life of Carlotta Stewart Lai: Waterwoman in Early Twentieth-Century Hawai‘i
Abstract. Carlotta Stewart Lai (1881–1952) is primarily known as Hawai‘i's first African American school principal. This article examines an aspect of Lai's life that has been less appreciated by…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Book Reviews — Reviewers Interested in reviewing books for JSH? Complete the Reviewer Information Form here. 🔗 bit.ly/42QVIPH #SportHistory #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Smell, gender, and women’s intercollegiate tennis. Jeffrey Segrave contributes to the smell forum in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/3QEdN2p #SportHistory #WomensHistory #Skystorians
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In the Van: Smell, Gender, and Women's Intercollegiate Tennis
For twenty-six years, I coached the women's tennis team at Skidmore College, a small liberal arts college in upstate New York. During fall and springs seasons, we routinely traveled all over the…
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
It's National Black Authors Day! In @journsporthist.bsky.social Vol. 50, No. 1, Samantha White examines representations of black athletic girlhood in the early twentieth-century Black press. cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jsh/arti...
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“The Right Sort of Girl Is a Tomboy”: Representations of Black Athletic Girlhood in the Early Twentieth-Century Black Press
Abstract. Despite their presence in Black girls’ sporting cultures, histories of tomboys often primarily focus on white subjects. However, a theoretical approach to the intellectual history of Black…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Publishers: if you’d like your book considered for review in JSH, visit our website for submission guidelines and contact information for book review editor Dain TePoel. 🔗 bit.ly/3QUxUt5 #SportHistory #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
What does the sensory turn mean for sport history? Gary Osmond opens the smell forum in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/4n5NyOo #SportHistory #SensoryHistory #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
How did baseball cards contribute to the creation of fantasy sport? Andrew Ploeg’s new article is in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/3QI7bQE #SportHistory #BaseballHistory #Skystorians
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Cardboard Fantasies: How Baseball Cards Contributed to the Creation of Fantasy Sport
Abstract. From humble beginnings, baseball cards have become a distinctive part of US sports history. Yet among the many contributions they have made to that history, one that has been completely…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
JSH welcomes submissions on historical, social, and cultural aspects of sport — from biographical analyses to interdisciplinary work connecting sport to politics, economics, and identity. 🔗 bit.ly/4uhPF40 #SportHistory #Skystorians
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Journal of Sport History
The Journal of Sport History (JSH) seeks to promote the study of all aspects of the history of sport.
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
In 1971, protesters opposed the Pakistan cricket tour of England. Ilyas Chattha examines the protests in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/4w4onjk #SportHistory #CricketHistory #Skystorians
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“Stop Playing Cricket with Pakistan”: Protesting the 1971 Pakistan Cricket Tour of England
Abstract. During the Pakistan military's operation in what was then East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), the Pakistan cricket team faced intense backlash from the Bengali diaspora on a summer tour…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Jimmie McDaniel, Don Budge, and the 1940 exhibition tennis match in Harlem. David Wiggins’s new article is in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/4diUy7b #SportHistory #TennisHistory #Skystorians
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Jimmie McDaniel, Don Budge, and the 1940 Exhibition Tennis Match in Harlem
Abstract. This article assesses the significance of the July 29, 1940, interracial exhibition tennis match between Jimmie McDaniel and Don Budge held at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club in Harlem.…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
How was recreational space “Aryanized” during the Third Reich? Mark Spicka examines sportfishing in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/4w3bLsP #SportHistory #GermanHistory #Skystorians
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Sportfishing and the “Aryanization” of Recreational Space During the Third Reich
Abstract. This article explores how sportfishing became an instrument of the Nazi regime in integrating “Aryans” into the Volksgemeinschaft (racial or national community) through coercive measures…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Mass leisure, state finance, and the politics of New York thoroughbred racing in the Depression and wartime. Matthew Vaz’s new article is in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/3QGu2vP #SportHistory #Skystorians
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“I Love Horses . . . I Don't Like Bookies”: Mass Leisure, State Finance, and the Politics of New York Thoroughbred Racing in Depression and War
Abstract. This article examines the legalization of parimutuel betting at New York racetracks in the context of broader national shifts in public attitudes toward gambling during the Great…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
NASSH has been promoting the scholarly study of sport history since 1972. We support research, writing, and collaboration with organizations that share our mission — because sport has never just been about the score. 🔗 nassh.org/about-nassh #SportHistory #NASSH
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The purpose of the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) is to promote, stimulate, and encourage the study of the history of sport; to support, stimulate and encourage scholarly writing…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The Holley Carburetor Soccer Club rose and was expelled from Detroit soccer between 1924 and 1930. Gabe Logan tells the story in JSH Vol. 53, No. 1. 🔗 bit.ly/48wzFTp #SportHistory #SoccerHistory #Skystorians
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Cutting the Carbs: The Rise and Expulsion of Detroit's Holley Carburetor Soccer Club 1924–1930
Abstract. From 1924 to 1930, Detroit's Holley Carburetor Company sponsored an amateur, and later a professional, soccer team in Detroit and the Midwest Professional Soccer League. The Holleys…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Interested in submitting to JSH? Manuscripts should not exceed 8,000 words including notes and must include an abstract of no more than 150 words. 🔗 bit.ly/3QUxUt5 #SportHistory #Skystorians
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UI Press | University of Illinois
The Journal of Sport History (JSH) promotes the study of historical, social, and cultural aspects of sports. We invite the submission of scholarly articles, research notes, documents, and…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Grad students—NASSH membership is just $30/year & includes a subscription to the JSH. Membership is required to present at our conf./serve on committees. Join a community of scholars who take the history of sport as seriously as you do. 🔗 nassh.org/membership #GradStudents #SportHistory #Skystorians
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The purpose of the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) is to promote, stimulate, and encourage the study of the history of sport; to support, stimulate and encourage scholarly writing…
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Journal of Sport History @journsporthist.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
NASSH has been promoting the scholarly study of sport history since 1972. We support research, writing, and collaboration with organizations that share our mission — because sport has never just been about the score. 🔗 nassh.org/about-nassh #SportHistory #NASSH
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Home - NASSH
The purpose of the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) is to promote, stimulate, and encourage the study of the history of sport; to support, stimulate and encourage scholarly writing…
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