Rob Ruck Interviewed for Trib Live Article

Rob Ruck, a professor in the Department of History in the Dietrich School, was interviewed in a Trib Live article on Josh Gibson. Ruck has published several books including Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFLRaceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game, and Rooney: A Sporting Life. He and Liann Tsoukas, director of undergraduate studies and teaching professor in the Department of History, will lecture on a new book they co-authored, Mal Goode Reporting, on June 20 at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall. You can read the article, “Josh Gibson's great-grandson says stats inclusion shines well-deserved light on lesser known Negro League player” here.