"The lack of publications focusing on the intersection of hip-hop culture, college athletics, and racial tensions in America makes Schaller's work a welcome addition to the current literature on collegiate sports. Common Enemies will appeal to sports fanatics, students, and historians alike."-Tanya K. Jones, Journal of African American History
"This interesting, important study recalls how Georgetown basketball and University of Miami football practiced a "proudly racialized style of play," (p. 6) deeply affecting US sports culture during the 1980s."-D. K. McKim, Choice
"A great read for anyone who is a college sports fan or college sports history buff."-Lance Smith, Guy Who Reviews Sports Books
"This is a good book for sports readers to put on the shelf and for historians to understand how we got to this point. Read this book and you won't be disappointed."-Tom Knuppel, KNUP Sports
"There is a new revolt of the Black athlete in the world of sports: a new consciousness that has emerged from decades of quietude. Yet the seeds of the current moment-buds of resistance-can be seen in the past. Thomas Schaller's Common Enemies demonstrates with a searing clarity how racism and rebellion as well as backlash and triumph all existed in the sports world's recent history before we were wise enough to comprehend their implications. By doing so, he fills a gap in our collective sports consciousness. It's a story that returns the bracing 'shock of the new' that the Canes and Hoyas represented decades ago and how their echoes can still be heard today."-Dave Zirin, sports editor of the Nation
"Sports continue to be an important backdrop in the fight for equality. . . . What Schaller's book tackles so well is the cultural barriers that were erected (sometimes stealthily) in the sports world that undermined the progress of racial equality on the field. The cultural barriers that the Miami and Georgetown programs broke weren't always obvious in the moment, but with the clear eye of a historian, Schaller shows the important roles these schools played in both educating white America and celebrating Black America."-Chuck Todd, host of Meet the Press
"In Common Enemies Thomas Schaller peels back the layers to examine the deeper connections and sociology of what the eighties Hoyas and Hurricanes meant within America's larger cultural milieu. Those very forceful and subtle elements still reverberate with resounding echoes today. It's an essential read for anyone interested in the profound ways that major-college sports intersect with society, especially around revenue, class, and race."-Alejandro Danois, cultural critic
"You can't know America without understanding race, and you can't know race in America without considering sports. Thomas Schaller's book adds to our wisdom in both."-King Kaufman, sportswriter and host of the Can't Win 4 Losing podcast
