Steven A RiessSteven 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 "Spor 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). Read More Read Less