Steven A. Riess is a Bernard Brommel Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of History at Northeastern Illinois University, where he has taught for thirty-five years. He is the author of several books on the history of sport including
Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era and
City Games: The Evolution of American Society and the Rise of Sports.
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Steven Riess: The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime
Thoroughbred racing was one of the first major sports in early America. Horse racing thrived because it was a high-status sport that attracted the interest of both old and new money. It grew because …
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Steven Riess: Horse Racing the Chicago Way
Chicago may seem a surprising choice for studying thoroughbred racing, especially since it was originally a famous harness racing town and did not get heavily into thoroughbred racing until the 1880s …
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