Sports journalist Howard Bryant's affecting history, details how trailblazing Black actor Paul Robeson and Major League Baseball player Jackie Robinson's differing political ideologies often put them at odds with each other, culminating in Robinson's 1949 appearance at the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), where he testified against Robeson. Further reading: Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America by Clay Risen.
Washington Post contributor Danny Funt's illuminating debut, chronicles the evolution of legalized sports betting in the United States, detailing the rise of companies like FanDuel and DraftKings and how they prey upon consumers and athletes alike. Further reading: On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything by Nate Silver.
Historian Julian Sancton's sweeping maritime saga, chronicles how the 2015 discovery of the San José, a Spanish galleon that sank off the coast of Colombia in 1708, was mired by accusations that Roger Dooley, the archaeologist who found the wreckage, was a con artist and grave robber. Featuring interviews with Dooley, this compelling adventure tale will appeal to fans of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief.