Rooting for the Home Team: Sport, Community, and Identity

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

Rooting For the Home Team Rooting For the Home Team Sport, Community, and Identity Edited by Daniel a. nathan University of Illinois Press Urbana, ChiCago, anD SpringfielD © 2013 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 C p 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rooting for the home team : sport, community, and identity / edited by Daniel A. Nathan. pages cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. iSbn 978-0-252-03761-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) — iSbn 978-0-252-07914-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) — iSbn 978-0-252-09485-9 (e-book) 1. Sports—Social aspects—United States. 2. Sports—United States. I. Nathan, Daniel A. gV706.5.r66 2013 306.4’83—dc23 2012036559 For my number one fans, Sol and Irene Nathan. And SBZ, always. ...