On an irregular but frequent basis, columnist Dick Crepeau reminds us that you don't have to be a good sport to be a bad loser. Dr. Crepeau's columns focus on sport in American and world culture. No aspect of sport is too large, too small, too over-hyped, or too obscure for Crepeau, as he ranges across the world of athletics with special attention to sport in the media and to the state of college sports in the U.S.
Dick Crepeau is Professor of History at the University of Central Florida, and one of the leading historians of American sport.
Submissions from 2004
Athens: the beauty of playfulness, Richard C. Crepeau
Bowl games, Peyton Manning, Reggie White, Richard C. Crepeau
Crunch n’ Munch; Non-Analytical Positives; Stanley Cup Finals, Richard C. Crepeau
ESPN's 25th, Richard C. Crepeau
Father's Day, Richard C. Crepeau
Fish Shooting, Richard C. Crepeau
Lack of diversity in college sports leadership, Richard C. Crepeau
Maurice Clarett and the OSU scandals, Richard C. Crepeau
Nicollette Sheridan bares all, Richard C. Crepeau
Paid vacations, Richard C. Crepeau
Paul Hamm, Trevor Graham, and others, Richard C. Crepeau
Roger Bannister; Michelle Akers, Richard C. Crepeau
Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, Richard C. Crepeau
Ron Zook and the Bull Gators, Richard C. Crepeau
Thanksgiving, Richard C. Crepeau
The Athens Olympics open, Richard C. Crepeau
The Belmont Stakes, Richard C. Crepeau
The Curse expires, Richard C. Crepeau
The Expos to DC, Richard C. Crepeau
The Lightning's Stanley Cup, Richard C. Crepeau
The NCAA and its "control" of bowl games., Richard C. Crepeau
The NFL and its money, Richard C. Crepeau
The NHL lockout, Richard C. Crepeau
The Palace Brawl, Richard C. Crepeau
Trouble in Cubdom, Richard C. Crepeau
Ty Willingham, Richard C. Crepeau
Submissions from 2003
50th Anniversary of the Everest Conquest and the Everest Obsession, Richard C. Crepeau
Baseball's All-Star Game: Some History, Richard C. Crepeau
College Sport Just Keeps Getting More Bizarre in its Excesses, Richard C. Crepeau
David Beckham Sold off to Madrid, Richard C. Crepeau
Heavy Drama at the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament, Richard C. Crepeau
Herb Brooks: A Tribute, Richard C. Crepeau
Kobe Bryant Case - The British Open Fabulous Finale, Richard C. Crepeau
Larry Doby: Greatness Overlooked in the Shadow of Robinson, Richard C. Crepeau
LeBron: High School Professional and Phenom, Richard C. Crepeau
Myles Brand Address to NCAA: He is for All that is Good Except ……, Richard C. Crepeau
On Sport and Society 01-07-2003, Richard C. Crepeau
Outing Athletes - Death at Spring Training and Dangerous Supplements, Richard C. Crepeau
Overtime in College Football: the Latest Idiocy in Sport, Richard C. Crepeau
Politics and Sports, Richard C. Crepeau
Rain, Money, Eligibility, and Gordon Gee: All Problems, Richard C. Crepeau
Randall Simon's Sausage Assault, Mascots, and the All-Star Game, Richard C. Crepeau
Sosa's Corked Bat: Much to Do Over Not Much, Richard C. Crepeau
The Cesspool of Intercollegiate Athletics, Richard C. Crepeau
The Good and the Ugly In Larges Doses in One Day in Sportsworld, Richard C. Crepeau
The Super Bowl: New Forms of Excess, Richard C. Crepeau
The Tour de France, Lance Armstrong, and the rumors of drugs, Richard C. Crepeau
Toni Smith, The National Anthem, and Sport, Richard C. Crepeau
Submissions from 2002
An Evening With Cub Fans in Scotland: The Craigs of Rockford, Richard C. Crepeau
Baseball Labor Negotiations: A Strike or Lockout on the Horizon?, Richard C. Crepeau