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Radio Appearance on Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU 14 Mar 2009 | 12:05 am
Here is the link for the interview from the Kojo Nnamdi show where we talk Latinos, baseball, and the recent scandal around bonus-skimming that resulted in the resignation of Jim Bowden of the Washing...
Talking Dominican Baseball Scandal and Wash. Nationals 14 Mar 2009 | 12:00 am
Here is the link from my most recent appearance on the Edge of Sports. http://edgeofsports.com/audio/media/03-07-09_segment3.mp3
Author Profile by Champaign News Gazette 14 Aug 2008 | 11:19 am
Here is a link to an article that profiled the research and publications I have done that appeared in the Champaign News Gazette on August 3, 2008. Enjoy. http://www.illinihq.com/news/baseball/2008/0...
Burgos debut on TV, Fiesta Tigres, August 9th 5 Aug 2008 | 09:28 am
A unique opportunity has come my way, and as you can read below, I will be making my broadcast debut on FSN Detroit as part of their special Spanish-language telecast of the Tigers August 9th game ver...
Latin Week NY Interview 19 Jul 2008 | 03:57 pm
Journalist Ismael Núñez published the following interview on Latino baseball and Playing America's Game this past Wednesday for Latin Week NY, a Latino alternative newspaper. -------------------------...
Retro Post: On Remembering Jackie Robinson and Baseball Integration 14 Jul 2008 | 12:06 am
From time to time I will provide a "retro post," pieces I have posted elsewhere before starting this blog. Here is a piece on the commemoration of Jackie Robinson Day and how baseball's other integrat...
Dave Zirin and the Work of Sport Sociologists 12 Jul 2008 | 02:30 pm
Check out Dave Zirin's insightful article in Contexts (publication of the American Sociology Association) calling for sport sociologist and others who engage in the critical study of sport to engage t...
"Playing America's Game" talk on Book TV 12 Jul 2008 | 04:41 am
Book TV (C-SPAN2) will re-air on Saturday, July 12, 8 am (est) the book lecture I delivered at the National Archives as part of their Hispanic Heritage Month event last September. Tune in and let me k...
Tribute to Jules Tygiel 11 Jul 2008 | 04:43 am
For many of us who study race and baseball, Jules Tygiel’s Baseball’s Great Experiment remains one of the most sophisticated treatments of baseball’s integration and its impact on U.S. society. It i...
Minoso and Historical Record: A Response to an Email 8 Jul 2008 | 11:21 pm
This past weekend I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel at the inaugural Double Duty Classic hosted by the Chicago White Sox. This event was created to honor Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe and is fas...
