MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE

 

History 3067/5067                                               Mr. Bowling

Topics in American Sports History                   Fall, 2005

 

Books:

	Michael Oriad, King Football: Sport &    Spectacle in the Golden Age of Radio &    Newsreels, Movies & Magazines, the Weekly    & the Daily Press (Chapel Hill, 2001).
	Louis P. Masur, Autumn Glory; Baseball's    First World Series (New York, 2003).
	Mark Frost, The Greatest Game Ever Played;     Henry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, & the Birth    of Modern Golf (New York, 2002).
	Robert C. Cottrell, Blackball, the Black Sox, &    the Babe; Baseball's Crucial 1920 Season    (Urbana, 2003).
	John M. Carroll, Red Grange & the Rise of    Modern Football (Urbana, 2004).
	Max McElwain, The Only Dance in Iowa; A    History of Six-Player Girls' Basketball    (Lincoln, 2004).
	Russell Sullivan, Rocky Marciano; The Rock of    His Times (Urbana, 2005).
	Seamus O'Coughlin, Squaw Valley Gold;    American Hockey's Olympic Odyssey (New    York, 2001).
	Don Weiss, with Chuck Day, The Making of    the Super Bowl (New York, 2002).
	Joe Menzer, Four Corners (New York, 1999).
	Michael Lewis, Moneyball; The Art of Winning    in an Unfair Game (New York, 2003).

Requirements:

        1.   Attendance  
        2.   Participation.  
        3.   Readings.  
        4.   Successful completion of two examinations.  
        5.   A critical paper, c. 15-20 pp. for undergraduates  
              (c. 25-30 pp. for graduate students), a complete,
              typewritten draft of which is due on Nov. 7th.  

Schedule:

Aug. 29        Homo Ludens

Sept. 5         L A B O R   D A Y

Sept. 12       How Football First Got Big

                       Oriad           

Sept. 19       The First World Series

                       Masur  

Sept. 26       The Rise of Golf

                       Frost

Oct. 3          The Worst Sports Scandal Ever

                       Cottrell

Oct. 10        C O L U M B U S   D A Y            

Oct. 17        M I D T E R M   E X A M I N A T I O N  

Oct. 24        The Galloping Ghost of the Fighting Illini

                       Carroll  

Oct. 31        Six to a Side, Halfcourt

                       McElwain.  

Nov. 7         The Ring

                        Sullivan  

Complete, typewritten draft of paper   

is due.

  Nov. 14     Before the Miracle on Ice, the Team of Destiny

                       O'Coughlin  

Nov. 21       The Super Bowl is Born

                        Weiss & Day  

Nov. 28       Duke, Wake, State, Carolina

                       Menzer

Dec. 5         Is it All About Money?

                        Lewis