List of Tables
Introduction
Chris Lamb
1. Framing White Hopes: The Press, Social Drama, and the Era of Jack Johnson, 1908–1915
Phillip J. Hutchison
2. Jesse Owens, a Black Pearl amidst an Ocean of Fury: A Case Study of Press Coverage of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games
Pamela C. Laucella
3. Multifarious Hero: Joe Louis, American Society, and Race Relations during World Crisis, 1935–1945
Dominic J. Capeci Jr. and Martha Wilkerson
4. Outside the Pale: The Exclusion of Blacks from the National Football League, 1934–1946
Thomas G. Smith
5. Democracy on the Field: The Black Press Takes On White Baseball
Chris Lamb and Glen L. Bleske
6. A Nod from Destiny: How Sportswriters for White and African American Newspapers Covered Kenny Washington’s Entry into the National Football League
Ronald Bishop
7. Jackie Robinson and the American Mind: Journalistic Perceptions of the Reintegration of Baseball
William Simons
8. “This Is It!” The Public Relations Campaign Waged by Wendell Smith and Jackie Robinson to Cast Robinson’s First Season as an Unqualified Success
Brian Carroll
9. Integrating New Year’s Day: The Racial Politics of College Bowl Games in the American South
Charles H. Martin
10. Main Bout, Inc., Black Economic Power, and Professional Boxing: The Canceled Muhammad Ali–Ernie Terrell Fight
Michael Ezra
11. A “Race” for Equality: Print Media Coverage of the 1968 Olympic Protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Jason Peterson
12. Sports Illustrated’s African American Athlete Series as Socially Responsible Journalism
Reed Smith
13. Rebellion in the Kingdom of Swat: Sportswriters, African American Athletes, and Coverage of Curt Flood’s Lawsuit against Major League Baseball
William Gillis
14. Chasing Babe Ruth: An Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Hank Aaron’s Pursuit of the Career Home Run Record
Maureen Smith
15. Arthur Ashe: An Analysis of Newspaper Journalists’ Coverage of USA Today’s Outing
Pamela C. Laucella
16. Michael Jordan’s Family Values: Marketing, Meaning, and Post-Reagan America
Mary G. McDonald
17. Rush Limbaugh, Donovan McNabb, and “a Little Social Concern”: Reflections on the Problems of Whiteness in Contemporary American Sport
Douglas Hartmann
18. I’m the King of the World: Barry Bonds and the Race for the Record
Lisa Doris Alexander
19. Redemption on the Field: Framing, Narrative, and Race in Media Coverage of Michael Vick
Bryan Carr
20. Weighing In on the Coaching Decision: Discussing Sports and Race Online
Jimmy Sanderson
21. The LeBron James Decision in the Age of Obama
Jamal L. Ratchford
Source Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index