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 2005
John Chaney, Richard C. Crepeau
Max Schmeling, Richard C. Crepeau
Milk, fashion, and the Love Boat, Richard C. Crepeau
Million Dollar Baby (spoiler warning!), Richard C. Crepeau
NCAA nickname proscription, Richard C. Crepeau
New Year's Nonsense, Richard C. Crepeau
NL or AL, or what's the difference?, Richard C. Crepeau
Sport and war don't mix, Richard C. Crepeau
Steroids, success, and ethics, Richard C. Crepeau
Super Bowl Hype, Richard C. Crepeau
Thanksgiving, Richard C. Crepeau
The Australian Open, Richard C. Crepeau
The death of Pat Tillman, Richard C. Crepeau
The NCAA: mascots and minorities, Richard C. Crepeau
The NCAA winter meetings, Richard C. Crepeau
The NHL's lost season, Richard C. Crepeau
The passing of ABC's Monday Night Football, Richard C. Crepeau
The proposed NBA age limit, Richard C. Crepeau
The summer in sports, Richard C. Crepeau
Vic Power dies, Richard C. Crepeau
Submissions from 2004
Amateurism, eligibility, and doublespeak, Richard C. Crepeau
A storied ALCS, Richard C. Crepeau
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