Tag: Sports history
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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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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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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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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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