James A. Vlasich is professor emeritus of history in the Department of History and Sociology at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. He is also the Sports Area chair of the Popular Culture Association.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface     Introduction     PART I. BASEBALL1. The Fireman and the Mitt: The 1941 New York Yankees-Brooklyn Dodgers World Series      2. Eight Ways of Looking at a Musial      PART II. BASEBALL AND ETHNICITY3. “Poos ’Em Up, Tony!”—Italian Americans and Baseball      4. Ichiro, Godzilla, and the American Dream: Japanese Players in Major League Baseball      PART III. GOLF5. Tiger Woods: Golf’’s Modern Catalyst for Change      6. The Masters on Trial: Culture Wars Over Women Members at Augusta National Golf Club      PART IV. FOOTBALL7. “On the Threshold of Broad and Rich Football Pastures”: Integrated College Football at UCLA (1938–1941)      8. Holy War on the Football Field: Religion and the Florida State University Indian Mascot Controversy     9. New Orleans Becomes a Big League City: The NFL-AFL Merger and the Creation of the New Orleans Saints      PART V. CAR RACING10. Weekend Warriors: The Survival and Revival of American Dirt-Track Racing      11. Racing’s Roots in the Virginia Landscape      12. Kickin’ Up Dirt and Puttin’ Down Roots: Keith Simmons and NASCAR’s Dodge Weekly Racing Series in Eastern Iowa      13. The NASCAR Fan as Emotional Stakeholder: Changing the Sport, Changing the Fan Culture      PART VI. SPORTS NOT FOR MEN ONLY14. Marketing Multiple Mythologies of Masculinity: Television Advertising and the National Hockey League      15. Social Class and Fishing: Fly Fishers vs. the Other     16. Ali’s Last Hurrah      About the Contributors      Index

James A. Vlasich is professor emeritus of history in the Department of History and Sociology at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. He is also the Sports Area chair of the Popular Culture Association.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface     Introduction     PART I. BASEBALL1. The Fireman and the Mitt: The 1941 New York Yankees-Brooklyn Dodgers World Series      2. Eight Ways of Looking at a Musial      PART II. BASEBALL AND ETHNICITY3. “Poos ’Em Up, Tony!”—Italian Americans and Baseball      4. Ichiro, Godzilla, and the American Dream: Japanese Players in Major League Baseball      PART III. GOLF5. Tiger Woods: Golf’’s Modern Catalyst for Change      6. The Masters on Trial: Culture Wars Over Women Members at Augusta National Golf Club      PART IV. FOOTBALL7. “On the Threshold of Broad and Rich Football Pastures”: Integrated College Football at UCLA (1938–1941)      8. Holy War on the Football Field: Religion and the Florida State University Indian Mascot Controversy     9. New Orleans Becomes a Big League City: The NFL-AFL Merger and the Creation of the New Orleans Saints      PART V. CAR RACING10. Weekend Warriors: The Survival and Revival of American Dirt-Track Racing      11. Racing’s Roots in the Virginia Landscape      12. Kickin’ Up Dirt and Puttin’ Down Roots: Keith Simmons and NASCAR’s Dodge Weekly Racing Series in Eastern Iowa      13. The NASCAR Fan as Emotional Stakeholder: Changing the Sport, Changing the Fan Culture      PART VI. SPORTS NOT FOR MEN ONLY14. Marketing Multiple Mythologies of Masculinity: Television Advertising and the National Hockey League      15. Social Class and Fishing: Fly Fishers vs. the Other     16. Ali’s Last Hurrah      About the Contributors      Index

James A. Vlasich is professor emeritus of history in the Department of History and Sociology at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. He is also the Sports Area chair of the Popular Culture Association.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface     Introduction     PART I. BASEBALL1. The Fireman and the Mitt: The 1941 New York Yankees-Brooklyn Dodgers World Series      2. Eight Ways of Looking at a Musial      PART II. BASEBALL AND ETHNICITY3. “Poos ’Em Up, Tony!”—Italian Americans and Baseball      4. Ichiro, Godzilla, and the American Dream: Japanese Players in Major League Baseball      PART III. GOLF5. Tiger Woods: Golf’’s Modern Catalyst for Change      6. The Masters on Trial: Culture Wars Over Women Members at Augusta National Golf Club      PART IV. FOOTBALL7. “On the Threshold of Broad and Rich Football Pastures”: Integrated College Football at UCLA (1938–1941)      8. Holy War on the Football Field: Religion and the Florida State University Indian Mascot Controversy     9. New Orleans Becomes a Big League City: The NFL-AFL Merger and the Creation of the New Orleans Saints      PART V. CAR RACING10. Weekend Warriors: The Survival and Revival of American Dirt-Track Racing      11. Racing’s Roots in the Virginia Landscape      12. Kickin’ Up Dirt and Puttin’ Down Roots: Keith Simmons and NASCAR’s Dodge Weekly Racing Series in Eastern Iowa      13. The NASCAR Fan as Emotional Stakeholder: Changing the Sport, Changing the Fan Culture      PART VI. SPORTS NOT FOR MEN ONLY14. Marketing Multiple Mythologies of Masculinity: Television Advertising and the National Hockey League      15. Social Class and Fishing: Fly Fishers vs. the Other     16. Ali’s Last Hurrah      About the Contributors      Index