"Beyond the informal connections between hip-hop and hoops, rap music emerged from the South Bronx just as the racial makeup of the #NationalBasketballAssociation was shifting." Don't miss this blog post by KINGS OF THE GARDEN author Adam Criblez: ow.ly/5qkf50Qy0Bh

Love this new collaborative BEd cohort program at Acadia University!

📚🚨 Competition Time 🚨📚 Want to win two fantastic new books focused on the WWF you loved as a kid? You can win both Jon Finkel📚💪's excellent bio of Macho Man Randy Savage and The Six Pack by The Brad Pack. To enter simply hit retweet or comment with an OHHH YEAHHH!. 1/2

Will do the draw for winner of this tomorrow evening.

Release day! cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/978150177…

Professional update! Thanks to Matt, Richard & the Millikin University media team for creating the announcement. Very excited to work with the amazing folks in the Schools of Nursing , Education, Exercise Science & Sport. Go Big Blue!

Follow along with Maggie as she gets to know our newest students during Big Blue move-in 💙 (tap to view the full video) What’s something you brought to campus that you can’t live without? Let us know in the comments! ⬇️ Thank you to all the move-in helpers!

Cameron Jackson has been named Millikin University's Dean of the College of Fine Arts! Jackson oversees the college’s three schools: Music, Theatre & Dance (SOTAD), and Art & Creative Media. Welcome to the Big Blue! 🎉 Read more here: ow.ly/azPW50T5oNf

Woke up in another country to the news about George Foreman. For now, I’ll just restate that he was very generous with his time, and honest in his answers, and for a junior scholar trying to write a book that someone might actually read I couldn’t have asked for more.

It’s not too late! You’re right on time to #MakeItMillikin Ⓜ️ Join us, and we'll provide you with the tools to become part of the Big Blue Family this fall! Fall ’25 Fast-Track, July 19: -Register: bit.ly/FastTrackMU -Complete your online application -File FAFSA by July 12

2025 Youth Camp ✅ Thank you to all the families who came this year and toughed out the heat wave!! We had a blast and hope to see you at some games next season!! Ⓜ️💙 #GoBigBlue || #d3hoops

Announcing a new issue of Journal of Sport History, Vol. 52, No. 1! Featuring work by Andrew Smith (Millikin University), Joseph Darda (MSU English Dept), Amy Bass (Manhattanville University), Dr. Terry Anne Scott is trying to change the world (The Institute for Common Power), Roberta J. Newman, and more! 📖 Read on @ProjectMuse: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54597

🚨 Attention Kickers! 🚨 Millikin University is looking for a placekicker for the 2025 season. If you're still looking for a place to play, DM me, post below or reach out ASAP!

Less than 2 months away from our first ever Fall Shooting Clinic!! We will be hosting on Sunday, October 19th from 9:00am-12:00pm for all boys and girls in grades 3rd-8th!! We hope you can make it! Ⓜ️ Registration Link: athletics.millikin.edu/sb_output.aspx… #Together || #GOBIGBLUE

📣 MU students and alumni looking for employment this fall will have multiple events to help their job search! Join us for Dress to Impress THIS Weds., Sept. 10, a Career Fair Prep Session Sept. 24 and the Career & Internship Fair Oct. 8. 🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/k13050WTygp

For full application criteria and instructions please visit: apply.interfolio.com/172949

MU is proud to announce the launch of two new Big Blue Athletics programs – Women’s Flag Football and Women’s Wrestling! 🤼‍♀️ Women’s Wrestling begins in the fall of 2026. 🏈 Women’s Flag Football begins in the spring 2027. Go Big Blue! Ⓜ️ 🔗 Read more: ow.ly/9uI050X2fbl

3 weeks away from our first ever Fall Shooting Clinic!! We will be hosting on Sunday, October 19th from 9:00am-12:00pm for all boys and girls in grades 3rd-8th!! We hope you can make it! Ⓜ️ Registration Link: athletics.millikin.edu/sb_output.aspx… #Together || #GoBigBlue

Authors or Publishers of Sports books published in 2025: Please see NASSH Book Award link and consider submitting. Separate awards for Edited Collections and Monographs. DM open for questions. nassh.org/awards/book-aw…