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Break "Other white people"

In Episode 2 Matt compares the contrasting sports cultures found in the New England and Southern colonies. Lots of interesting insights spin out from there, including how the gentry classes used sports to separate themselves from the common folk. 

Also covered: horse racing, fox hunting, bull and bear fighting .. and .. gander pulling?

In Episode 2 Matt compares the contrasting sports cultures found in the New England and Southern colonies. Lots of interesting insights spin out from there, including how the gentry classes used sports to separate themselves from the common folk. Also covered: horse racing, fox hunting, bull and bear fighting .. and .. gander pulling?

Join celebrated history professor Matthew Andrews for discussions about sports from their earliest days in the colonies all the way to their present status as culture defining billion dollar industries. 

Sports are more than a collection of games, much more. From Jackie Robinson to the 1968 Olympics to Mia Hamm, sports have provided a stage for important conversations about equality and justice, and helped push the American experiment forward one generation after the next. Check back for new episodes every Tuesday & Thursday. 

Available on the Curiosity Audio Network, the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

Join celebrated history professor Matthew Andrews for discussions about sports from their earliest days in the colonies all the way to their present status as culture defining billion dollar industries. Sports are more than a collection of games, much more. From Jackie Robinson to the 1968 Olympics to Mia Hamm, sports have provided a stage for important conversations about equality and justice, and helped push the American experiment forward one generation after the next. Check back for new episodes every Tuesday &amp; Thursday. Available on the Curiosity Audio Network, the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

The Untold History of Sports in America

Colonial Games

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