Manhood, memory, and white men's sports in the recent American South

A Brief Taxonomy of Sports that Were Not Quite American National Pastimes: Fads and Flashes-in-the-Pan, Nationwide and Regional Pastimes, the Pastimes of Other Nations, and Pan-National Pastimes

“…The pastime embraces the iconography and demography of White Southern manhood while also aspiring to capture the national imagination and national (and international) markets. 54 NASCAR and rodeo thus stand as the twin pillars of American pastime paradox. They are regional national pastimes that first and foremost embody distinctive sections of the USA.…”

‘Black Athletes in White Men's Games’: Race, Sport and American National Pastimes

“…According to historian Ted Ownby, hunting had 'roots deep in southern history' and no group was more enthusiastic about it than plantation owners who used their slaves in an assortment of ways as they pursued small animals and large game. 8 Before the sport took on its modern trappings with game commissions and elaborate rules, plantation owners roamed the countryside searching for deer and other animals with their slaves who were often responsible for the training and handling of dogs used in the hunt. 9 The participation of slaves in horse racing brought them far more attention than did the more solitary sport of hunting.…”