Diane Roberts’s nonfiction book Tribal: College Football and the Secret Heart of America tackles the controversies plaguing college athletics, tracing the dubious historical underpinnings of Americans’ most popular sport. In Bèt: San, Batay, ak Rèv nan Kè Atizay Masyal Melanje, Doug Merlino brings us a blunt examination of the history, culture, business, and meaning of professional cage fighting.