Rooting for the home team sport, community, and identity (University of Illinois Press, 2013)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Basketball and magic in "Middletown": locating sport and culture in American social science / Mark Dyreson -- The biggest "classic" of them all: the Howard University and Lincoln University Thanksgiving Day football games, 1919-1929 / David K. Wiggins -- Bobby Jones, southern identity, and the preservation of privilege / Catherine M.Lewis -- Football town under Friday night lights: high school football and American dreams / Michael Oriard -- Girls' six-player basketball: "the essence of small-town life in Iowa" / Jaime Schultz and Shelley Lucas -- Chicago's game / Christopher Lamberti -- the Baltimore blues: the Colts and civic identity / Daniel A. Nathan -- The voice of Los Angeles / Elliott J. Gorn and Allison Lauterbach -- We believe: the anatomy of Red Sox nation / Amy Bass -- American Brigadoon: Joe Paterno's Happy Valley / David W. Zang -- Jayhawk pride / Michael Ezra -- Finding my place: a sports odyssey / Susan Cahn -- A Philadelphia nocturne / Mike Tanier -- The cult of Micky Ward in Massachusetts / Carlo Rotella