Sports

In light of this summer’s Olympic Games, we present two sports-related archive interviews: Clifford Putney on Protestant emphasis on fitness at the turn of the 19th century; and Andrei S. Markovits on Americans and soccer. (23 minutes)

FROM VOL. 21 Robert Higgs looks at the history of sports in American experience and at how organized religion has interacted with that history. (12 minutes)

Fr. James V. Schall explains how, like contemplation, play engages us in something beyond ourselves and is a delight in itself. (9 minutes)

FEATURED GUESTS: John Hare, Clifford Putney, Andrei S. Markovits, Wilmer Mills, Steve Bruce, Colleen Carroll, Michael Budde, and Robert Brimlow