Talk:History of sport

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Strangely, the article practically ignores the war-like interpretation of the one print Reference, Mangan (1996) --if its title as apt; I haven't read it. And the national-ist interpretation is reflected only in the one cross-reference (See also). --P64 20:34, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] modern

I've added an expansion notice to the modern section, which has hardly started so far. Calsicol 16:33, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

The article may need a characterization of modern sport. Is there something commonly modern across sports with all the differences regarding the significance of spectators, coooperation, scoring, and mechanical or horse-power? --P64

[edit] football in USA

"while American football where very popular in the south-east. With baseball spreading to the south, and American football spreading to the north after the Civil War." (It is premature to focus much on grammar and spelling.) What football is this, just before and after the war? Soon after this passage the article seems to place crucial earliest(? I believe so) developments in American football later. --P64 20:18, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Multiple Issues

Sorry for being "that guy" who tags articles and doesn't edit them, but I noticed several issues here and wanted to point them so someone with more expertise in the area can fix them up. This article has the potential, due to its topic, to be very interesting and informative, and much of what's already on it helps in that regard. However, it's got a long way to go:

— The introduction needs a major rewrite. The tone is unencyclopedic, using words like "probably" and "seems" to reflect the speculations of the author rather than speculations of experts in the field.

— The section on American Football that describes a cultural exchange of baseball and football between the Northeastern and Southeastern parts of the country following the Civil War is, unless I'm very wrong, completely incorrect. It contradicts the article History of American football, which describes football as originating in the Northeast after the Civil War. I'm not sure about the part about baseball spreading to the South after the war; it may be true, but if so it needs to be cited.

— Per pre-existing tags, the article needs more references and wikification.

— The article needs expansion. It doesn't yet keep up with the section on sports history in the article Sport, which mentions sports of Ancient Greece and China.

Since this is kind of a broad topic to expand on, it might make sense to cover a thematic approach rather than a chronological approach. For instance, the article could discuss sports over time as they relate to religious rituals, warfare, hunting/survival, leisure time, professionalism, and fitness.

Apologies to any editors for these somewhat negative comments -- nothing personal! I've found the article even in it's present form quite interesting, and I'd love to see it fixed up and expanded. Krong (talk) 09:07, 10 February 2008 (UTC)