#sporthistory is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 5 people shared 46 posts with it — around 2 a day. Activity is down 9% versus the previous week, peaking on Aug 24 with 4 posts.

Posts with #sporthistory

Dr. Heather Dichter

@hdichter.bsky.social

4 months ago

Guaranteed entry into host country for everyone associated with the sporting event has been a requirement since 1960s b/c of the problems w/NATO’s non-recognition of East Germany #skystorians 🗃️ #sporthistory I wrote a whole book on that: www.umasspress.com/978162…. @umasspress.bsky.social

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Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games

Winner of the 2022 Lord Aberdare Literary Prize from the British Society of Sports History During the Cold War, political tensions associated with the divisi...

James Nalton @jdnalton.bsky.social

A reminder that Infantino said in 2017 that all qualified teams, their fans and officials, need to have access to a host country, otherwise it can't host. There are already numerous (predictable) US visa issues with the World Cup about to kick off and likely more to come.

Infantino was asked about the issue at the time and responded clearly, saying that if teams and supporters couldn’t access a country, there would be no World Cup there.

“We are now in the process of defining the bid requirements,” Infantino said in 2017. “In the world, there are many countries that have bans, travel bans, visa requirements and so on and so forth.

“It’s obvious when it comes to Fifa competitions, that any team — including the supporters and officials of that team — who qualify for a World Cup, need to have access to the country, otherwise there is no World Cup.

“The requirements will be clear. And then each country can make up their decision, whether they want to bid or not, based on the requirements.”

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage

@ottomanhistory.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

📷 Ottoman Wrestlers Maksud Murad Efendi (Left) and Yusuf Mahmud Efendi (Right) in New York for the International Wrestling Championship, USA, 1909 #SportHistory #FashionHistory #NewYork

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Dr. Heather Dichter

@hdichter.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

Cuban athletes competing in Puerto Rico has long been complicated b/c travel is controlled by the US. Antonio Sotomayor has a great chapter on that in Diplomatic Games published by @kentuckypress.bsky.social #sporthistory #sportdiplomacy 🗃️ www.kentuckypress.com/978….

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Diplomatic Games - The University Press of Kentucky

International sporting events, including the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup, have experienced profound growth in popularity and significance since the ...

Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social

I mean, you thought people hated us for torching USAID — just wait until we completely f*ck up the World Cup and the Olympics. 100% the end of US soft power. www.nbcnews.com/world/cuba/c...

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Dr. Heather Dichter

@hdichter.bsky.social

8 months ago

The 2026 Olympic Games in Milan Cortina start in 10 days! I’ll share historical facts & related history scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵 #olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️

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History Chrono

@historyachannel.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

In 1989, Susan Butcher won her third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, dominating one of the toughest endurance events on Earth. Her grit and bond with her dogs redefined excellence in extreme sports. #SportHistory

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Prof Fiona Skillen

@fionaskillen.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

Proud to finally hold this book in my hand. It’s taken a lot of blood, sweat and tears but it’s all worth it. Thanks to all the contributors and to my co-editors @HBee2015 and @GaryJamesWriter Can’t wait to see it officially launched next week! #SportHistory

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Conor Heffernan

@physcstudy.bsky.social

12 months ago

To mark the release of my new book, When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the Nineteenth Century (Bloomsbury, 2025), I’m giving away a copy. To enter: 💪 Repost 🌍 Comment with your favorite strength tradition I’ll pick a winner next week. #StrengthHeritage #SportHistory

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North American Society for Sport History (NASSH)

@nassh1972.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

The #NASSH2025 Monograph Award Honorable Mention goes to Inventing the Boston Game: Football, Soccer, and the Origins of a National Myth, by Kevin Tallec Marston and Mike Cronin, from @umasspress.bsky.social‬: bit.ly/4ds6uBW Award info: bit.ly/4k7FbzC #Skystorians #SportHistory

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Inventing the Boston Game

On Boston Common stands a monument dedicated to the Oneida Football Club. It honors the site where, in the 1860s, sixteen boys played what was then called t...

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History Chrono

@historyachannel.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

🏀 The first NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in 1939, with the University of Oregon emerging as the first national champions. This event has since become one of the biggest annual sports spectacles in the US. #SportHistory #MarchMadness

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James Stafford

@jpstafford.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

By 1952, Czech runner Emil Zátopek was already a great runner. But when he decided to enter his first marathon in the 1952 Olympics, even his biggest fans thought he had taken things too far. 🇨🇿🏃👟 This is #sporthistory thread about #running. 🧵 #booksky

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Dr. Heather Dichter

@hdichter.bsky.social

7 months ago

Oh hey I’m quoted in this AP article! Olympians toe line between solidarity and sacrifice. Ukrainian banned over helmet the latest example #olympics #sporthistory #skystorians apnews.com/article/ukra...

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Olympians toe line between solidarity and sacrifice. Ukrainian banned over helmet the latest example

Ukrainian ski racer Dmytro Shepiuk highlights the pressure athletes face when the Olympics and politics collide.

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Dr. Heather Dichter

@hdichter.bsky.social

8 months ago

Indeed - as @orarunswild.bsky.social rightly points out, there used to be an Olympic Art competiton alongside the sport. Check out this @sportinhistory.bsky.social article to learn more! #olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/f….

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When art was an Olympic discipline: the Fine Art Salon as a possible model for the concept of the Olympic Art Competitions from an art history perspective

In 1948, the seventh Olympic Art Competitions took place in London. The fact that such artistic competitions were conceptualized by Pierre de Coubertin and formed part in the Olympic program in the...

Ornella Nzindukiyimana @orarunswild.bsky.social

The WINTER Olympic social media (and opening ceremony) hyperuse of AI is certainly a choice. And to think that at some time the Olympics actually hosted art exhibits.

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