Publications

Building American Supermen? Bernarr MacFadden, Benito Mussolini and American fascism in the 1930s

Ryan Murtha, Conor Heffernan, and Thomas Hunt (2020), "Building American Supermen? Bernarr MacFadden, Benito Musolini, and American Fascism in the 1930s," Sport in Society

Definition Diets and Deteriorating Masculinity? Bodybuilding Diets in Mid-Century America

Ryan Murtha, Conor Heffernan & Thomas Hunt (2021) Definition Diets and Deteriorating Masculinity? Bodybuilding Diets in Mid-Century America, Global Food History, 7:1, 71-91.

Sporting Exchanges between China and the United States, 1980–1984: Inevitable Politics and Excessive Political Strings

Y. Andrew Hao & Thomas M. Hunt (2019) Sporting Exchanges between China and the United States, 1980–1984: Inevitable Politics and Excessive Political Strings, The International Journal of the History of Sport, 36:9-10, 854-875.

Soccer, the Saarland, and statehood: win, loss, and cultural reunification in post-war Europe

Alec Hurley, "Soccer, the Saarland, and statehood: win, loss, and cultural reunification in post-war Europe," Sport in Society (2021). 

Lifting ‘Round the World’: The Goodwill Weightlifting Tours of 1955

Sam Schelfhout & John Fair (2018) Lifting ‘Round the World': The Goodwill Weightlifting Tours of 1955, The International Journal of the History of Sport, 35:10, 1008-1028. 

Balancing Gender Identity and Gamer Identity: Gender Issues Faced by Wang ‘BaiZe’ Xinyu at the 2017 Hearthstone Summer Championship

Schelfhout, S., Bowers, M. T., & Hao, Y. A. (2021). Balancing gender identity and gamer identity: Gender issues faced by Wang ‘BaiZe’ Xinyu at the 2017 hearthstone summer championship. Games and Culture, 16(1), 22-41.

Joe Weider, All American Athlete, and the Promotion of Strength Training for Sport, 1940-1969

Jason Shurley and Jan Todd, “Joe Weider, All American Athlete, and the Promotion of Strength Training for Sport, 1940-1969,” Iron Game History: the Journal of Physical Culture 12, 1(August 2012): 4-27.

“The Strength of Nebraska”: Boyd Epley, Husker Power, and the Formation of the Strength Coaching Profession

Shurley, J. P., & Todd, J. S. (2012). “The Strength of Nebraska”: Boyd Epley, Husker Power, and the Formation of the Strength Coaching Profession. The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 26(12), 3177-3188

Branding Iron: Eugen Sandow’s “Modern” Marketing Strategies, 1887–1925

Morais, D. G. (2013). Branding Iron: Eugen Sandow's" Modern" Marketing Strategies, 1887–1925. Journal of Sport History, 40(2), 193-214.

Thomas L. DeLorme and the Science of Progressive Resistance Exercise

Jan Todd, Jason Shurley and Terence Todd, “Thomas L. DeLorme and the Science of Progressive Resistance Exercise.” Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research  26, no. 11 (November 2012): 2913-2923.