This week we look at this favorite American pastime in different ways:

• The history of baseball and the glory of the All-American game
• The Negro Baseball Leagues
• Going beyond athletics: The disturbing business and economics of major league sports

Read the books below to find out about these topics or identify your own paper topic on sports and search these books for relevant content.

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April 19th, 2002, through May 10th, 2002 with a free trial account.

Baseball
  Baseball: The Presidents' Game
      by William B. Mead & Paul Dickson
  The October Heroes: Great World Series Games Remembered by the Men Who Played Them
      by Donald Honig
  Baseball: The Golden Age
      by Harold Seymour
  The Man in the Dugout: Fifteen Big League Managers Speak Their Minds
      by Donald Honig
  Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
      by Frazier "Slow" Robinson & Paul Bauer
  Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball, with Other Documents on the Early Black Game, 1886-1936
      edited by Jerry Malloy

The Business of Sports
  The Sports Franchise Game: Cities in Pursuit of Sports Franchises, Events, Stadiums, and Arenas
      by Kenneth L. Shropshire
  The Economics and Politics of Sports Facilities
      edited by Wilbur C. Rich
  Major League Losers: The Real Cost of Sports and Who's Paying for It
      by Mark S. Rosentraub
  Relocating Teams and Expanding Leagues in Professional Sports: How the Major Leagues Respond to Market Conditions
      by Frank P. Jozsa, Jr. & John J. Guthrie, Jr.
  Regulating the National Pastime: Baseball and Antitrust
      by Jerold J. Duquette

Presidents in Times of War

The Olympics and Sports

National Freedom Day

"I have a dream..."

The Lord of the Rings and J.R.R. Tolkien

It's Cramming Season!

Witchcraft and Harry Potter

Broadcast News

Veterans Day

Religion of the Middle East

Psychological effects of terrorism

Terrorism on Sept. 11,2001

Planet of the Apes

Labor Day

The Berlin Wall