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 2003
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
Baseball: Labor Peace and Great Play in the Post-Season, Richard C. Crepeau
Baseball's Collective Bargainng Agreement: A New Era?, Richard C. Crepeau
Beaten to Death on Ice: Out of Control Parents and Youth Sports, Richard C. Crepeau
Capriati's Comeback Capped at the Australian Open - Ty Tryon's Meltdown, Richard C. Crepeau
Caught in EuroSport World - What I saw and What I missed, Richard C. Crepeau
Cheerleading Cheating - Jesus and Baseball in Georgia - The U.S.Open Golf- Coin Flip at FIFA, Richard C. Crepeau
Contraction, Baseball, the Courts, the Commissioner, and the Sale of the Red Sox, Richard C. Crepeau
David Zang's Sportswars: A Review, Richard C. Crepeau
Death of Ted Williams: A Tribute, Richard C. Crepeau
Deaths in Baseball: Jack Buck and Darryl Kile, Richard C. Crepeau
Excess and the Internet at the Super Bowl, Richard C. Crepeau
Formula One: Is Winning always the Goal for all Competitors, Richard C. Crepeau
Head Hunting in the NHL Playoffs: Not the Beautiful Game seen in the Olympics, Richard C. Crepeau
Hockey in Sweden and Finland: The European Game is Better, Richard C. Crepeau
Jeremy Bloom, the NCAA, and Hypocrisy, Richard C. Crepeau
Olympic Impressions: Drugs, Judging, High Quality Hockey, Richard C. Crepeau
Patriotism and the Super Bowl - Drugs and Sport, Richard C. Crepeau
Phil Jackson and Scotty Bowman in The Coaching Elite, Richard C. Crepeau
Roone Arledge: A Tribute, Richard C. Crepeau
Sexual Abuse of Players in Junior Hockey, Richard C. Crepeau
Ski Jumping at the Olympics, Richard C. Crepeau
Spring Break, Spring Training, and March Madness in Many Forms, Richard C. Crepeau
Steroids in Baseball: Say It Might Not be So If You Can, Richard C. Crepeau
Steve Spurrier Resigns, Dennis Green Fired, Ty Williamham Hired - More BCS, Richard C. Crepeau
The Athlete as Hero: Changing Models, Richard C. Crepeau
The Bad and Ugly: Cell Phones Invade the Arena, Canadian Athem Booed, Richard C. Crepeau
The Beauty and Corrupting Power of March Madness, Richard C. Crepeau
The Cursed All-Star Game In Milwaukee: Bud Lite Makes the Bad Worse, Richard C. Crepeau
The English Primeirship: My Introduction to the Beautiful Game In England, Richard C. Crepeau
The Masters of Hypocrisy: Hootie, Tiger, CBS, and the Corporate Sponsors, Richard C. Crepeau
The Mormons, The Olympics, the Fans, and the Venues, Richard C. Crepeau
The Olympics on TV and Live and in Person, Richard C. Crepeau
The Protest Against Fox Hunting - A Report from London, Richard C. Crepeau
The U Conn Women and the State of Women's Sport, Richard C. Crepeau
The Unwritten Rules of NBA Officiating: When Will Mark Cuban Learn, Richard C. Crepeau
The Williams Sisters Dominate and Redefine Tennis, Richard C. Crepeau
Title IX Turns 30, Richard C. Crepeau
Submissions from 2001
"Ali" The Film: A Review, Richard C. Crepeau
Al McGuire, Richard C. Crepeau