Theresa Runstedtler

Oct 10, 2024 | hoopshype.com | Theresa Runstedtler

Excerpted from Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA by Theresa Runstedtler. Copyright © 2024. Available from Bold Type Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. You can buy the book HERE. Black Players Flood the Leagues People have a feeling that I’m a nasty n*****, you know. See, now I don’t mind that. . . . That, to me, is a compliment.

Jun 15, 2023 | ucpress.edu | Theresa Runstedtler

1Embodying EmpireJack Johnson and the White PacificThis battle may in the future be looked back upon as the first great battle of an inevitable race war ... there is more in this fight to be considered than the mere title of pugilistic champion of the world. Australian Star on Burns versus Johnson,5 December 1908On 26 December 1906 Jack Johnson left San Francisco for his first journey overseas, traveling to Australia aboard the steamship Sonoma.

Apr 13, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Theresa Runstedtler

Given its $8.8 billion in annual revenue, soaring global appeal and coveted place in American popular culture, it is easy to forget that professional basketball teetered on the edge of irrelevance for much of its history. As recently as the 1980s, many National Basketball Association franchises struggled financially, and the league's following was so meager that many playoff games were televised not live but on tape delay.

Mar 18, 2023 | us.cnn.com | Theresa Runstedtler

Editor’s Note: Theresa Runstedtler is a historian of race and sports. She is the author of the recent book “Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA.” The views expressed here are her own. Read more opinion on CNN. CNN  —  It’s March Madness, an American institution.

Mar 18, 2023 | myjournalcourier.com | Margaret Atwood |Theresa Runstedtler |Amélie Wen Zhao |Angela Bauer

Angela Bauer, Lifestyles editorMarch 18, 2023 This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate What's new at Jacksonville Public Library: Adult Fiction "Old Babes in the Wood" by Margaret Atwood: This collection of 15 stories explores the full warp of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood’s characteristic insight, wit and intellect.