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Rainmaker : superagent Hughes Norton and the money-grab explosion of golf from Tiger Woods to LIV and beyond
A rollicking tell-all from golf super-agent, Hughes Norton, detailing everything from his life-changing work with Tiger Woods and Greg Norman to his thoughts on golf's current money-grab era. The ultimate read for fans of Alan Shipnuck, Bob Harig, and Michael Bamberger.
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Curt Flood in the Media
Curt Flood in the Media examines the public discourse surrounding Curt Flood (1938-1997), the star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals throughout the sixties. In 1969, Flood was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. At the time, all Major League Baseball players were subject to the reserve clause, which essentially bound a player to work in perpetuity for his original team, unless traded for another player or sold for cash, in which case he worked under the same reserve conditions for the next team.Flood refused the trade on a matter of principle, arguing that Major League Baseball had violated both U.S. antitrust laws and the 13th Amendment's prohibition of involuntary servitude. In a defiant letter to Commissioner Bowie Kuhn asking for his contractual release, Flood infamously wrote, \"after twelve years in the major leagues, I do not feel that I am a piece of property to be bought and sold irrespective of my wishes.\" Most significantly, Flood appeared on national television with Howard Cosell and described himself as a \"well-paid slave.\" Explosive controversy ensued.Khan examines the ways in which the media constructed the case and Flood's persona. By examining the mainstream press, the black press, and primary sources including Flood's autobiography, Khan exposes the complexities of what it means to be a prominent black American athlete-in 1969 and today.
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Legacy of a pioneer African American educator
The purpose was to reconstruct the historical and legendary contribution of one exemplary African American physical education teacher educator who lived and worked in the Deep South prior to and immediately following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education court case. The following questions guided data collection and analysis: To what extent was the participant marginalized in his profession and within the community? How were the participant's life experiences influenced by stereotype threat? To what degree did self-efficacy help mediate marginalization and stereotype threat? The participant in this study was Dr. Archie Wade, a retired professor of physical education teacher education from the University of Alabama. A life-history methodology was used. Data were collected primarily through semistructured interviews and were analyzed using qualitative methods. Key findings were that Wade faced race-based marginalization throughout his life. He dealt with stereotype threat but was not significantly influenced by it. He persevered partly due to his strong sense of self-efficacy. Wade was transformed as the old South changed and played a part in that transformation. His story is simultaneously uplifting, in that it illustrates the extent to which life has improved for some African Americans living in the Deep South, and sobering, in that it reveals that the region's system of higher education may not have made as much progress as it should have. Wade's story also has the potential to be a catalyst for change in the lives of other teachers and teacher educators. Verf.-Referat.
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Major league baseball scouts : a biographical dictionary
The life of a major league baseball scout is far from glamorous.Away from his family for weeks on end, he travels to obscure parts of the world in all types of conditions in search of the next break-out star.
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