Encyclopedia of Sports Films

K AND TOM would like to thank Jim Welsh for his assistance and support, not only in supplying some of the entries, but also for securing photos and working with Scarecrow Press. We would also like thank our editor at Scarecrow, Stephen Ryan, whose faith and patience enabled us to complete what turned out to be a much broader field than we had initially envisioned; Blackwell Library at Salisbury University, for allowing us access to the Literature/Film Archives, with its extensive collection of press kits; Wendy Samuels, for proofreading the manuscript;