Download or read book A People's History of Sports in the United States written by Dave Zirin and published by New Press People's History. This book was released on 2008 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riotously entertaining chronicle of larger-than-life sporting characters and dramatic contests and what amounts to an alternative history of the United States as seen through the games its people played. A rollicking, rebellious, myth-busting history of sports in America that puts politics in the ring with pop culture.