A Beautiful Shame - One Team's Fight for Survival in a New Era of College Sports

"This book follows the University of New Mexico men's soccer team as they fight for survival in a new era of college athletics, providing a firsthand perspective on the impact of changes such as the transfer portal, conference realignments, and universities scrambling to stay compliant on athletes from smaller sports and institutions"-- Provided by publisher.

About the author

Ryan Swanson is professor of history in honors at the University of New Mexico. He also directs the Lobo Scholars Program, an initiative that serves high achieving student athletes. Swanson is the author of The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete (2019) and When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime (2014), which won the 2015 Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) research award.

Product details

• Authors: Ryan Swanson
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 18.09.2025
• EAN: 9781538195260
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9526-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Illustrations: 20 BW Photos
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer, SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects, Sports teams & clubs, Sports teams and clubs, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer), SPORTS & RECREATION / College Sports