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    Mal Goode Reporting

    Liann Tsoukas, Rob Ruck

    The First Comprehensive Biography on a Barrier-Breaking Black Radio and Television Newscaster

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    Pittsburgh Rising

    Edward K Muller, Rob Ruck

    Pittsburgh Rising traces the lives of individuals and families who lived and worked in this early industrial city, jammed into unhealthy housing in overcrowded neighborhoods near the mills.

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    The Tropic of Baseball: Baseball in the Dominican Republic

    Rob Ruck

    Looks at the state of baseball in the country that has produced Sammy Sosa and many other major league stars. This title teaches history at the University of Pittsburgh.

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    Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game

    Rob Ruck

    By looking at this history from the vantage point of black America and the Caribbean, a more complex story comes into focus, one largely missing from traditional narratives of baseball’s…

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    Tropic Of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL

    Rob Ruck

    Football is at a crossroads, its future imperiled by the very physicality that drives its popularity. Its grass roots - high school and youth travel program - are withering. But…

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    Pittsburgh Rising

    Edward K Muller, Rob Ruck

    Traces the Arc of Pittsburgh's Rise from Frontier Outpost to Dynamic Industrial Region

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    Rooney: A Sporting Life

    Rob Ruck,Maggie Jones Patterson,Michael P. Weber

    Born to an Irish Catholic working-class family on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Art Rooney (1901-88) dabbled in semipro baseball and boxing before discovering that his real talent lay not in…

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    Rooney: A Sporting Life

    Rob Ruck,Maggie Jones Patterson,Michael P. Weber

    Born to an Irish Catholic working-class family on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Art Rooney (1901-88) dabbled in semipro baseball and boxing before discovering that his real talent lay not in…

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