Sports History

Professional Organizations

• International Association for the Philosophy of Sport (IAPS)
• International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sports
• Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, sixth edition edited by Peter N. Stearns (Bartleby.com)
• Portals to the World: Links to Electronic Resources from Around the World (Library of Congress)
• Australian Society of Sports History
• British Society of Sports History
• British Philosophy of Sport Association
• H-Arete (H-Net site for the Sport Literature Association)
• International Association for the Philosophy of Sport
• North American Society for Sport History
• Society for American Baseball Research

Journals in Sports History

• BSSH Index to Current Contents of Sports History Journals (British Society for Sports History)
• Aethlon (journal of the Sports Literature Association)
• European Sports History Review
• Impumelelo: The Interdisciplinary Electronic Journal of African Sports
• International Journal of the History of Sport
• Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics
• Journal of Olympic History
• Sport History Review

History of the Olympic Games

• Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources (Library of Congress)
• International Society of Olympic Historians
• Journal of Olympic History
• The Olympics: A Guide to Reference Sources (Library of Congress)
• Ancient and Modern Olympics Sports (Tufts University)
• The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games (University of Pennsylvania)
• The Greek Athletic Games (G. Revelle)
• Olympic Games subject search site (Yahoo)
• H-ARETE (Sports Literature mailing list site, H-Net)
• Journal of Olympic History
• Olympic Collectors' Auction (Courbertin.com)

Sports History by Sport

General Sports History

• American Sports History Series (Scarecrow Press)
• Using Primary Sources on the Web (Reference and User Services Association, History Section, American Library Association)
• The Virtual Library of Sport
• CBS Sportsline
• WWW Women's Sports Page (University of Texas)
• Sports History (HickokSports.com)
• Yahoo Sports

Baseball History

• Society for American Baseball Research
• The Business of Baseball (Society for American Baseball Research)
• Baseball Almanac: Sharing Baseball, Sharing History
• The Baseball Archive (Baseball1.com)
• Dressed to the Nines: A History of the Baseball Uniform
  (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)
• National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (Cooperstown, New York)
• The Baseball Chronology: A Day-By-Day Tour of Baseball History (BaseballLibrary.com)
• BaseballLibrary.com: The Stories Behind the Stats
• Spalding Baseball Guides, 1899-1939 (American Memory, Library of Congress)
• Baseball.com
• History of the World Series (SportingNews.com)
• The Black Sox [1919 World Series scandal)
• The Black Sox Scandal of 1919
• The Black Sox Trial (Famous American Trials,
  Law School, University of Missouri, Kansas City)
• All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
• The Forgotten Leagues: The Official Site of the Forgotten Negro Baseball Leagues
• Negro Leagues Baseball Online Archive
• Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers (1947-1997)
• Beyond the Playing Field: Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate
  (National Archives and Records Administration)

Basketball History

• NBA History (Basketball.com)

Bicycling

• Bicycle History: Museums and Exhibits (International Bicycle Fund)
• Bicycle Museum of America
• Cycling (Yahoo Sports)
• International Bicycle Fund
• Le Tour de France
• National Bicycle History Archive of America
• U. S. Bicycling Hall of Fame

Bowling History

• History of Bowling (International Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame)
• International Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Bowling.com

Boxing History

• World Boxing Association

Computer and Video Games

• Gaming Technology and Entertainment Among College Students (Pew Internet & American Life Project report, 2003)

Football History

• Football.com

Golf History

• History [of Golf] (Worldgolf.com)
• Worldgolf.com

Hockey History

• Backcheck: A Hockey Retrospective (National Library of Canada)
• Hockey Research.com
• Hockey.com

Horse Racing

• The National Sporting Library: A Research Center for Horse and Field Sports

Motorcycling History

• International Journal of Motorcycle Studies
• Motorcycle Hall of Fame and Museum
• Ed Youngblood's Motohistory
• Women's International Motorcycle Association USA

American Studies Sites

• American Studies Association
• American Quarterly
• International American Studies Asociation
• European Association for American Studies
• British Association for American Studies
• American Studies Web (American Studies Assocation)
• American Studies WWW Server (Yale University)
• American Studies Electronic Crossroads (Georgetown University)
• American Studies Programs on the Web: Programs Inside the United States (by state)
• American Studies Programs on the Web: Programs Outside the United States (by country)
• American Studies Association of Turkey
• Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
• Americana: The Institute for the Study of American Popular Culture
• Americana: The Journal of Americna Popular Culture, 1900 to Present
• ASRP: American Studies Research Portal: An Online Resource for American Studies Researchers in the UK
• ARNet: On-line Resources for American Studies (American Studies Resources Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom)
• Institute for the Study of the Americas (University of London, United Kingdom)
• Hypertext Scholarship in American Studies (American Quarterly)

Last updated on January 16, 2009

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