Author: Interpreting Sports
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“The Making of an Icon: Walter Iooss and Sports Photography” Curated by Interpreting Sports Wins 2024 AASLH Award of Excellence
SOMERVILLE, MA—June 17, 2025—The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces that Interpreting Sports, LLC and the Housatonic Museum of Art are the recipients of an Award of Excellence for The Making of an Icon: Walter Iooss and Sports Photography. The AASLH Leadership in History Awards, now in its 80th year, is…
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“Include Women in the Sequel:” The Lack of Visibility of Boston’s Professional Hockey in Public History
Written by Megan Reynolds With just 1:20 remaining in the third period at the Tsongas Center, PWHL Boston has a chance to break the 3-3 tie and clinch their spot in the playoffs with a win over PWHL Montreal. Going into the third, Boston was up 3-0, with goals from the captain, Hilary Knight, the…
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Ice Time. Earned. – PWHL Boston and the Impact of Women’s Hockey in Boston
Part of the Original Six of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL), women’s hockey has returned to Boston. Aptly named PWHL Boston, the team is currently playing their inaugural season out of Tsongas Arena in Lowell, MA. Fans of women’s hockey in Boston will recognize Hilary Knight from the Boston Pride—Boston’s team from the folded…
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“Playing for Keeps” is NOW: Interpreting Sports
Well, it’s been a hot minute since last you heard from us. And we must say, just a *few* things have happened in the meantime … What started as a meager blog about sports + museums, “Playing for Keeps,” quickly became a book contract that became an international, seven year, deep dive into sports history…
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Thinking Outside the Helmet Box
One of the core tenants of creating an effective museum exhibit is to know your audience and, perhaps more importantly, to know the market within which your audience lives. It is estimated that over 64% of Americans watch NFL football and over 54% watch college football. In Oxford, MS that percentage must be closer to 100%.…
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Requested: Sports Exhibit Feedback
Where is your favorite sports museum in the world? Which sports museum or exhibit did not resonate with you? Which ones should I DEFINITELY visit? Which sports museums do I HAVE to see, specifically while I am in Europe (now until March)? Or perhaps you have never seen a sports exhibit, I would love to know why. Either…
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War is Not a Game
When athletes take the field they compete freely and they play to win. To the victor goes the spoils, is usually the order of the day.They fight hard, battle despite hardship, and solider on to the finish line. But despite all the theoretical and personal meaning attached to each athlete’s relationship to “the game,” their…
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Kansas City Here I Come
Kansas City. You know the town that Motown made famous, the one that is a little bit in Kansas, a little bit in Missouri, and the town that is just a few short miles away from Independence, Missouri.
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These Shoes Were Made for Running
The Power of the Repetitive Object Last week I released a post about the commemoration surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing. Upon reading the post Professor Harvey Green, one of my mentors, communicated an interesting observation. So, I decided to create this follow up post in response…
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Running Towards History
239 years ago Paul Revere took his famous ride from Boston to the countryside 174 years ago Irish immigrants sought refuge in Boston from the potato famine 96 years ago the Red Sox won the World Series and wouldn’t win it again for 86 years 54 years ago the first Catholic, Boston’s John F. Kennedy Jr., was elected…
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