The depiction of sport is a recurring feature of American art. This exhibition, curated by Reba White Williams, examined this aspect of American culture and social history and illustrated how increased leisure time in America during the twentieth century gave rise to a variety of participatory and spectator sports and, consequently, representations of athletic activities in art. More than fifty artists, including John Baldessari, George Bellows, Joseph Golinkin, Winslow Homer, Alex Katz, and Robert Rauschenberg, were  featured in this exhibition of sixty-six etchings, woodcuts, engravings, and lithographs.

Exhibition Itinerary: Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center (July 15–September 14, 1997); Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art (November 21, 1997–January 18, 1998); Meadows Museum of Art of Centenary College (February 13–April 12, 1998); Lyman Allyn Art Museum (May 8–July 5, 1998); MSC Forsyth Center Galleries (July 31–September 27, 1998); Hofstra Museum (November 8–December 18, 1998); Muscarelle Museum of Art (January 16–March 14, 1999); Mobile Museum of Art (April 9–June 6, 1999); Fullerton Museum Center (July 3–August 15, 1999); Georgia Museum of Art (September 24–November 21, 1999); Wichita Falls Museum & Art Center (December 10, 1999–February 6, 2000); and Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum (February 26–April 16, 2000).