Steven A Riess

Steven A. Riess is the Bernard Brommel Distinguished Research Professor, Emeritus , at Northeastern Illinois University. He is the former editor of the Journal of Sport History , editor of the Syracuse University Press series "Sport and Entertainment," and author of several books including Sports in Industrial America, 1850-1920 , rev. 2nd ed. (2013); The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime. Horse Racing, Politics, and Crime in New York, 1865-1913 , Touching Base: Professional Baseball and...See more

Steven A. Riess is the Bernard Brommel Distinguished Research Professor, Emeritus , at Northeastern Illinois University. He is the former editor of the Journal of Sport History , editor of the Syracuse University Press series "Sport and Entertainment," and author of several books including Sports in Industrial America, 1850-1920 , rev. 2nd ed. (2013); The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime. Horse Racing, Politics, and Crime in New York, 1865-1913 , Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era , rev. 2nd ed. (1999), and City Games: The Evolution of American Society and the Rise of Sports (1989). See less