Sport history

Alyssa Hirsch explores the stories of fencing coaches who emigrated from the Soviet Union — and finds her passion for teaching at Illinois.

Dr. Adrian Burgos, Jr., a professor of history at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studies individuals from Latin America came to, worked in, and were recruited to play baseball in the U.S....

From their interdisciplinary approach, Professors Eck and Burgos reexamined the baseball greats by considering their impact on the game through the lens of who, when, and how they played.

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PROFESSOR ADRIAN BURGOS, JR. is featured in the premiere of "Cuba: Island of Baseball". Don't miss it on December 13th, 9 pm ET on the MLB Network....