Sport History Resources


This page provides links to resources in the area of sport studies, including sport history, sport philosophy, sport sociology, sport management, and other sport-specific disciplines. Have a suggestion for a resource? Send us an email via our form below.

Sport History Graduate Programs

We have compiled a list of graduate programs around the globe where a sport historian works. These include in departments of history, kinesiology, sport management, American Studies, among other discipline.

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Sport Studies Organizations

American Studies Association Sports Studies Caucus

Australian Society for Sports History

British Society of Sports History

International Association for the Philosophy of Sport

International Society of Olympic Historians

North American Society for Sport Management

North American Society for the Sociology of Sport

Society for American Baseball Research

Sport Literature Association

Journals

International Journal of the History of Sport

International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Iron Game History: The Journal of Physical Culture 

Journal of Applied Sport Management

Journal of Global Sport Management

Journal of Sport History

Journal of Sport Management

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport

Sociology of Sport Journal

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 

Sport History Review

Sport in History

Sport Management Review

Sporting Traditions

Research Resources

LA84 Foundation Sports Library & Digital Collection

The H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports

H-Sport 

National Sporting Library and Museum

New Books in Sports

Woodrow Wilson Center Sport in the Cold War

Academic Sport Blogs

The Allrounder

The Corpus

Engaging Sports

Hockey in Society

The Sport Ethicist

Sport Heritage Review

Sport and Society for Arete

Sport in American History

Sports Law Blog

Suggest a New Resource

Those who wish to suggest a new resource should email NASSH at webmaster@nassh.org with New Resource in the subject line.