ONLY THE TITLE OF THE BOOK IS DUE HERE

I HAVE INCLUDED A COPY OF THE ASSIGNMENT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT KINDS OF THINGS YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR AS YOU READ THE BOOK. THE ACTUAL REVIEW IS NOT DUE UNTIL LATER IN THE SEMESTER.

 

Book Review - 50 points

 

Book List

  1. I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It (Charles Barkley)
  2. How to Be Like Mike: Life Lessons from Basketball’s Best (Pat Williams)
  3. Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball (Scott Simons)
  4. The Girls of Summer (Jere Longman)
  5. Legal Bases - Baseball and the Law (Roger I. Abrams)
  6. Taboo - Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid to Talk About it (Jon Entine)
  7. Friday Night Lights (H. G. Bissinger)
  8. Sole Influence - Basketball, Corporate Greed, and the Corruption of America's Youth (Dan Wetzel & Don Yaeger)
  9. Pitching Around Fidel - A Journey Into the Heart of Cuban Sports (S. L. Price)
  10. The Jackie Robinson Reader - Perspectives of an American Hero (Jules Tygiel)
  11. Days of Grace - A Memoir (Arthur Ashe & Arnold Rampersad)
  12. Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn (Larry Colton)
  13. Olympic Politics, Athens to Atlanta 1896-1996 (Christopher R. Hill)
  14. The Duke of Havana - Baseball, Cuba and the Search for the American Dream (Steve Fainary & Ray Sanchez)
  15. The Frailty Myth - Women Approaching Physical Equality (Colette Dowling)
  16. Raising our Athletic Daughters (Jean Zimmerman & Gil Reavill)
  17. The Swimsuit Issue & Sport - Hegemonic Masculinity in Sports Illustrated (Laurel R. Davis)
  18. Team Spirits - The Native American Mascots Controversy (C. Richard King & Charles Fruehling Springwood)
  19. Summer of '98 - When Homers Flew, Records Fell, and Baseball Reclaimed America (Mike Lupica)

 

 

Book Review Assignment

 

A. Cover Page

      1. Reference: Author's Last Name, Author's First Name (Year) Name of Book in Italics or Underlined. City of Publication: Publisher's Name.
      2. Subject of Book - gender, race, politics, economics etc.
      3. Your name

 

B. Summary of book (2-3 pages)

 

C. Key issues and events in the book (2-3 pages)

Examples:

1.      Gender - role conflict, history of women in sports, changes in women's sports, role models

2.      Race - racism, discrimination, stacking

3.      Political - Olympics, propaganda

4.      Economics - player's unions, player's salaries, team profits, international events, corruption

 

D. Implications for Society (1-2 pages)

Examples:

      1. Jackie Robinson & Major League Baseball - opportunities for other black and minority athletes, coaches and fans etc.
      2. Women's World Cup - media attention, endorsements, pro leagues etc.