American Holidays Series: Sporting

What are "the common objects of our love" – those things St. Augustine said bind a people into a nation? What are the things people celebrate? In the American Holidays series, Jefferson Scholar-in-Residence Andrew Roth continues his exploration of those things Americans love in common. In this episode, American Holidays explores Sporting America – its history and development, the changing meaning of the word sport and the cultural evolution of those "sports" America celebrates. From horse racing in colonial America to today's Triple Crown, from the "rumble and tumble" of 19th-century fist-fighting to Mixed-Martial Arts, from Harry Wright's Cincinnati Red Stockings to today's MLB, from Princeton versus Rutgers to today's College Football Playoffs, from James Naismith hanging a peach basket in the Springfield, MA YMCA to today's Final Four and NBA FINALS, from the Canton Bulldogs and the first 'Super Bowl' to today's mega-event NFL championship and many other stops in between, we'll explore the meaning of sport in American life and how Americans celebrate 'their sporting life'.

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