Winery, brewery, or distillery tours are more active versions of happy hour. At these events, teammates travel to different vineyards or brewers or take a tour of fields or facilities before sampling different beverage options. These happenings allow teammates to share a drink and an experience. ...
As the opening ceremony in Paris draws closer, here’s where things stand on several key points of Olympic business.
Using data from participant observation and in-depth interviews collected over two years, I investigate how Japanese American youth basketball leagues are active sites for the individual, collective, and institutional negations of racial, ethnic, and gendered categories within this group. Offering a ...
Major League Baseball unveiled its lineup of broadcastersfor the upcoming MLB The Show Players League announcing that four different US sports television networks will now carry the contests, with its final days of competition running across on ESPN, ESPN2, FS1, as well as MLB Network. MLB Netw...
After playing in Little League as a kid, I hadn't returned to that level of baseball until well after my college career had ended. After a 20 year gap or so, I returned as a coach and private instructor. Now that I've spent a few years on the fields of youth baseball, I have no...
Manager, Hamlin Park Baseball Association and Welles Park Parent Association, nonprofit competitive leagues for boys and girls. He and his wife, Heather, converted their >100-year-old duplex into a single-family for their growing household: six-year-old twins Maggie and Olivia and son Joseph (...
Our Mission: River City was established to meet the needs of the youth sports community of Eastern, Central and Northern Maine. The goal is to provide affordable option for all families and athletes to develop their skills and ability while keeping the passion for the sport they love. We want...
Using data from participant observation and in-depth interviews collected over two years, I investigate how Japanese American youth basketball leagues are active sites for the individual, collective, and institutional negations of racial, ethnic, and gendered categories within this group. Offering a ...
doi:10.1080/01419870.2015.1103878Christina B. ChinEthnic & Racial StudiesChin, C. B. (2016). "We've got team spirit!": Ethnic community building and Japanese American youth basketball leagues. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 39(6), 1070-1088....