Readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to each new collection of Thomas Hauser's articles about today’s boxing scene. Reviewing these books, Booklis

Promoter Albert Spalding was convinced that America's national pasttime had international possibilities. In 1888 he set out with two teams on a world-girdling t

"A compilation of previously published material, The Universal Sport gathers Thomas Hauser's best pieces from 2021 and 2022, where he offers accounts of this pe

Globalization and Sport argues that although sport is a source of pleasure, it is also part of the government of everyday life. The creation of a sporting calen

Co-authored by two of the world’s foremost experts on sports culture, one American and one European, this book draws on both the outsider’s perspective and