Robert Lipsyte

SportsWorld is a well-known commentator’s overview of the most significant form of mass culture in America—sports. Lipsyte's classic text, newly introduced, interweaves biographies of sports greats—including New York Jets star Joe Namath, greatest-in-the-world boxer Muhammad Ali, basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and tennis pro Billie Jean King—with critical analysis of American racism, capitalism, politics, and gender.