"Taken as a whole, [these essays] make an important contribution to the historiography of sport in New Orleans and to the broader history of the urban South. New Orleans is unique, but, as this collection shows, it is also closely tied to the larger South and the entire nation. As a commercial center of the vast cotton empire, a segregated city in the postbellum New South, and a sunbelt metropolis in recent decades, the city and its sports both reflected and illuminated larger historical forces at work in the region and across the nation. By engaging these larger issues, Aiello accomplishes his goal of providing 'an expanded, modern examination of sports in the city' (xii). Scholars of sport, the South, and urban America--along with lovers of New Orleans--will enjoy the result. --Christopher R. Davis, Journal of Sport History , Volume 47, Number 3, Fall 2020.