Ryan O’Callaghan on CBS This Morning with Gayle King!
Watch Ryan O’Callaghan’s interview on CBS This Morning here!
Tag: Edge of Sports
TIGERBELLE featured for Black History Month
Author and Olympian Wyomia Tyus featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution!
NYT Picks FAME, TIGERBELLE as Holiday Books
Wyomia Tyus’ memoir and Justine Bateman’s FAME are New York Times‘ Holiday Picks!
Wyomia Tyus interviewed on WBUR!
Wyomia Tyus, author of Tigerbelle, was featured on WBUR Boston’s sports show Only a Game.
“Breaking2: Technology and the African” by Amy Abugo Ongiri and Jason Brozek
The blockbuster success of Black Panther at least partly revolved around its fantastical representation of its imaginary kingdom of Wakanda as the most technologically advanced society in the world.
Etan Thomas in the WASHINGTON POST
Etan Thomas, author of We Matter: Athletes and Activism on our Edge of Sports imprint, was recently interviewed by Candace Buckner in the Washington Post on athletes using their platform to speak out on current political events. Read the full article here.
Anthony Ervin and Constantine Markides Honored for CHASING WATER
The International Swimming Hall of Fame presented their 2018 Specialty Awards this month: Anthony Ervin and Constantine Markides received the Buck Dawson Author Award for their co-written memoir of Ervin’s Olympic career, Chasing Water: Elegy of An Olympian. Congratulations to both!
“Colin Kaepernick” by Ben White
In April 2016 Akashic Books launched the Edge of Sports imprint, curated by Dave Zirin, a sportswriter who has never shied away from criticizing that which die-hard sports fans hold dear. The Edge of Sports titles will address social justice issues across many different sports, and at both the professional and nonprofessional/collegiate levels. Parallel to this […]