Taking the sports brief : a review essay

This article reviews the books of “Susan Birrell and Mary G. McDonald, Reading Sport: Critical Essays on Power and Representation. (Northeastern University Press) ; Jeff Benedict, Public Heroes, Private Felons: Athletes and Crimes Against Women. (Northeastern University Press) ; John Bloom, To Show What an Indian Can Do: Sports at Native American Boarding Schools. (University of Minnesota Press) ; Alan Bairner, Sport, Nationalism, and Globalization: European and North American Perspectives. (State University of New York Press)”.