1. How did the infusion of immigrants into the United States during the 1800s contribute to the development of sports as an institution?
2. Briefly explain how baseball was seen as a sport that could help editors turn the middle and working classes into newspaper readers. What did early sports journalists do to help develop the game?
3. What was the contribution of World War I to the popularization of spectator sports, according to the authors?
4. What was the relationship between newspaper journalists and public relations (sports publicity) in the early to mid-1900s?
5. How did the rise of radio impact the way newspapers covered sports?

Media Made Sport

1. What two major developments took place during the 1830s and 1840s, both of which set up sports journalism for tremendous growth?
2. Why is the 1920s considered "the Golden Age of Sports"?
3. What were three dominant editorial trends during the 1920s that facilitated the growth of sports journalism?
4. Explain how sports journalism was "well-suited to the editorial needs" of newspaper corporations.