DC Sports: The Nation’s Capital at Play (Sport, Culture, and Society)

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Washington, DC, is best known for its politics and monuments, but sport has all the time been an integral a part of the city, and Washingtonians are some of the country’s most avid sports fans. DC Sports gathers seventeen essays examining the history of sport in the nation’s capital, from turn-of-the-century venues such as the White Lot, Griffith Stadium, and DC Memorial Stadium to Howard-Lincoln Thanksgiving Day football games of the roaring twenties; from the surprising season of the 1969 Washington Senators to the success of Georgetown basketball right through the 1980s. This collection covers the field, including public recreation, high-school athletics, intercollegiate athletics, professional sports, sports journalism, and sports promotion.

A southern city at heart, Washington drew a strong color line in each facet of people’s lives. Race informed how sport was once played, written about, and watched in the city. In 1962, the Redskins became the final National Football League team to integrate. That same year, a race rise up marred the city’s high-school championship game in football. A generation later, race as a subject resurfaced after Georgetown’s African American head coach John Thompson Jr. led the Hoyas to national prominence in basketball.

DC Sports takes a hard take a look at how sports in one city has shaped culture and history, and how culture and history inform sports. This informative and engaging collection will appeal to fans and students of sports and those interested in the wealthy history of the nation’s capital.

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