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Tailgate Warriors: Exploring Constructions of Masculinity, Food, and Football 5 Jul 2013 | 12:51 pm
This study provides a textual analysis of the 2009/2010 Food Network series, Tailgate Warriors (TW). The show features teams representing National Football League (NFL) cities in competition to determ...
The Militarization of American Professional Sports: How the Sports-War Intertext Influences Athletic Ritual and Sports Media 5 Jul 2013 | 12:51 pm
This article investigates how "war-speak" is incorporated into both sports media coverage and athletic rituals. It posits that while the militarization of American sporting events may help to comfort ...
Sports-Based Interventions and the Local Governance of Youth Crime and Antisocial Behavior 5 Jul 2013 | 12:51 pm
Drawing on analysis of youth crime and antisocial behavior reduction policies and a qualitative study of sports-based interventions (SBIs) in England, the article considers three ways in which SBI sta...
Athlete Protection in Quebec's Sport System: Assessments, Problems, and Challenges 5 Jul 2013 | 12:51 pm
Sport is often perceived as healthy and safe. However, research has demonstrated that problems involving sexual, psychological, and physical abuse exist in this context and that very few protection me...
UEFA as a New Agent of Global Governance: A Case Study of Relations Between UEFA and the Polish Government Against the Background of the UEFA EURO 201... 5 Jul 2013 | 12:51 pm
This article seeks to contribute to furthering our understanding of the new role of sports federations in a globalized world. Building on the concept of "global governors" introduced by Avant, Finnemo...
Action Sport NGOs in a Neo-Liberal Context: The Cases of Skateistan and Surf Aid International 15 Apr 2013 | 01:59 pm
Sport nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have flourished in the contemporary moment, particularly situated within neoliberal global politics. In this article we focus on the relatively recent prolif...
International Sport Federations in the World City Network 15 Apr 2013 | 01:59 pm
In this article, we analyze the transnational urban geographies produced by international sport federations (ISFs) through their global, regional, and national headquarter locations. Data on the globa...
Harm Reduction and NFL Drug Policy 15 Apr 2013 | 01:59 pm
This article examines the National Football League’s (NFL) policy on illicit psychoactive drugs from a harm reduction perspective. The NFL’s policy reinforces the punitive tradition in U.S. drug polic...
"The Love of My Life": The Meaning and Importance of Sport for Female Fans 15 Apr 2013 | 01:59 pm
Academic research has typically focused upon the importance of sports fandom for men, and there is also a lack of comparative work which examines fans of different sports. This article aims to address...
Racial Perceptions of Baseball at Historically Black Colleges and Universities 15 Apr 2013 | 01:59 pm
The purpose of this study is to identify demographic backgrounds, participation patterns, and racial perceptions of baseball student-athletes at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in...
