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Sports is a social force that cannot be ignored in the historical process of the United States. Sports also play a very important role in expressing themes and shaping characters in the works of many American writers. However, it has not yet attracted the attention of literary critics. If it is paid attention to, it is only partially mentioned. This book is the first monograph at home and abroad to systematically explore sports narratives in DeLillo's novels. It brings sports as a keyword into the interpretation of serious literary works, and provides a new interdisciplinary research paradigm between literature and other disciplines. From the perspectives of implicit narrative, historical writing and subjectivity, this book deeply and systematically reveals the connection between sports narrative and discourse construction, identity, agency, race and gender politics, historical process and living environment. It pays special attention to revealing the hidden internal connection, proving that sports, as an important social force, participates in the writing and representation of novels and is of great significance at the narrative level.