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Fat Phobia Among Youth Sport Coaches Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Emily L. Winter, Aarti P. Bellara, Melissa A. Bray, Rebecca M. Puhl, Alan S. Kaufman, Sierra M. Trudel, Tamika La Salle-Finley
Body weight is a common reason youth face stigma, yet it has received little attention from athletic coaches working closely with youth of diverse sizes. The present study assessed weight bias in middle and high school athletic coaches ( N = 320) via a survey of demographic characteristics and explicit weight bias ( Fat Phobia Scale-Short Form). Results indicate moderate levels of bias ( M = 3.44,
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“It Doesn’t Matter How You Identify, You Can Still Skate With Us”: Gender Inclusivity in Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Hannah Kettley-Linsell, Janine K. Coates, Gemma Witcomb
Women's flat track roller derby is a grassroots full-contact sport underpinned by an explicit gender policy stating that any self-identifying woman can play, including those who are transgender and gender diverse (TGD). Adopting a queer-feminist lens, this research examined attitudes toward and experiences of gender inclusivity in the sport from the perspective of cis and TGD athletes in the United
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A Descriptive Look at the Mental Health Literacy of Student-Athletes Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Lauren Beasley, Steven Hoffman
Mental health literacy (MHL) is a significant component in understanding mental health disparities in vulnerable populations. Due to the unique structure and pressures of American college sport, at...
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Let the Kids Play: Latino Players, Differing Play Styles and Racial Stigma in Major League Baseball Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Andrew Mitchel, Jeffrey H. Cohen
Major League Baseball's (MLB) unwritten rules and unspoken norms communicate the continuing role that white American cultural values have within the sport. Coded into the past and present, foreign-...
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“It Was My Story to Tell and I Wasn’t Ready to Tell It”: Stigma Management Amongst LGBTQ+ Sport Officials Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Anna C. Baeth, Jacob K. Tingle, Brittany L. Jacobs, Claire C. Zvosec
The erasure of marginalized people, especially LGBTQ+ people, is commonplace in sport. As sport has become more commercialized, even at grassroots and youth levels), one group that has become even ...
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Black on Both Sides: Toward an Understanding of the Athletic and Career Aspirations of Black Males who Play Sports Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-12-29 Adeoye O. Adeyemo
This article investigates the experiences of Black males who play sports and aspire to achieve athletic and non-athletic careers. In-depth interviews and observations highlight the experiences, bel...
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Black Mothers and NFL Moms Safety Clinics: An Ethnography of Care in American Football Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Tracie Canada
Drawing on years of ethnographic research, this article highlights the importance of Black women's mothering, care work, and labor as their sons find success in American football. By centering Blac...
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Coaching While Black: Race, Leadership, and the National Football League Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Justin Gomer, Shaun Ossei-Owusu
This article examines the lack of racial diversity among the National Football League's (NFL) head coaches. Focusing on each new coaching cohort since 2013, when all eight of the newly hired head c...
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Alcohol use by Athletes: Hierarchy, status, and Reciprocity Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Marc Harris, Carwyn Jones, David Brown
Sport is considered a positive, health enhancing lifestyle choice. However, there is considerable evidence that many athletes, particularly those at university, engage in harmful levels of alcohol ...
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Race and Occupational Mobility in the National Football League Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Carlton Keith Harrison, Scott Bukstein, Danielle Heceta McArdle, Jessie Dickens, Whitney Griffin
The Rooney Rule was implemented in the National Football League (NFL) in 2003 to increase levels of employment for ethnic-minority coaches by requiring teams within the league to interview candidat...
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“Argentina's National Style: Maradona, Peronism, and Metaphysical Football.” Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Adriana Novoa, Robert Koch
This essay analyzes how Peronist politics explain the emergence of Diego Maradona as a player that represented authentic Argentine football. We explain how the political radicalism popular during h...
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Women from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds in Sport Leadership: A Scoping Review of Facilitators and Barriers Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Kara Dadswell, Marie Mandicos, Elliott P Flowers, Clare Hanlon
Women from culturally diverse backgrounds are underrepresented in sport leadership, often experiencing increased oppression and discrimination based on intersectionality. The aim of our paper was t...
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Branded Media Representations of Coach Sarah Murray: The Intersection of Olympic Nationalism, Gender, and Whiteness in ice Hockey Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-11-14 DooJae Park, NaRi Shin
This study offers a critical discourse analysis of media representations of coach Sarah Murray, the first foreign, the first female, and the youngest head coach of the South Korean women's national...
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Assemblage Thinking as Attunement to Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Youth Sport Research Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-10-22 Martin Camiré
Youth sport is often prefaced as an accessible social practice facilitating development and wellbeing, yet social controls and inequalities abound along racial, gender, and sexual divisions. In eff...
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Exploring Stakeholders’ Interpretations of Safe Sport Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-10-22 Joseph John Gurgis, Gretchen Kerr, Anthony Battaglia
In response to numerous highly publicized cases of athlete maltreatment, sport organizations have developed prevention and intervention strategies under the umbrella term of Safe Sport; however, co...
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From Despair to Glory, and Back: The Rags to Riches to Rags Story of Antonio Cervantes, Kid Pambelé Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-08-31 Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste
Born on December 23, 1945, in the village of San Basilio de Palenque, Antonio Cervantes, aka Kid Pambelé, epitomizes the extreme nature of the marginalization of the population of African descent i...
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A Scoping Review of the Causes and Consequences of Fraud in Sport Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Lucie Vanwersch, Annick Willem, Bram Constandt, Wim Hardyns
This study provides a structured overview of the literature published between 2010 and 2020 on the causes and consequences of fraud in sport using a systematic search strategy. Our results show tha...
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Reconceptualizing Women's Wellbeing During the Pandemic: Sport, Fitness and More-Than-Human Connection Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-06-22 Holly Thorpe, Allison Jeffrey, Simone Fullagar, Adele Pavlidis
This paper explores the gendered, disruptive effects and affective intensities of COVID-19 and the ways that women working in the sport and fitness sector were prompted to establish more-than-human...
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“Riverboat Ron”: A Critical Reading of Ron Rivera, American Brownness & Latino Masculinities in the NFL Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Jorge E. Moraga
Ron Rivera, after eight and a half years as the only Latino Head Coach employed by the NFL, was fired in 2019 by Carolina Panthers’ new ownership. Soon after, Rivera was hired as the new Head Coach...
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The Anti-Intellectual Coach: The Cultural Politics of College Football Coaching from the New Left to the Present Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Andrew McGregor
College football coaches often position themselves as defenders of American values. As popular figures with influence, coaches are able to shape public views about a variety of political and social...
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Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Studies: A Manifesto1 Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-05-12 Brynn Adamson, Matthew Adamson, Caitlin Clarke, Emma V. Richardson, Synthia Sydnor
This manifesto reimagines social justice in physical cultural studies by renaming, broadening, and building new characterizations of the body, dis/ability, mental health, exercise, social oppressio...
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A few Weeks in Dirt City:1 Sport-Related Gentrification, Mobilizing Resistance, and the Art of Failure in Edmonton, Alberta Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-04-26 Jay Scherer, Rylan Kafara, Judy Davidson
There is no shortage of sociological research that explores the successes and failures of various sport-related social movements. However, a more capacious approach to understanding the significanc...
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Decolonizing the Sneaker: Sneaker Customization and the Racial Politics of Expressive Popular Culture Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-04-19 Brandon Wallace, David L. Andrews
Epitomized by the athletic sneaker industry's lucrative mining of Black bodies and Black culture, the colonization of the racial “Other” by the forces of Western consumer culture has become a defin...
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A Foucauldian Analysis of the Romanian School of Gymnastics as a Superpower Between 1976-1981: What Securitatea Knew About Bela Karolyi’s Method Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2022-04-13 Simona Petracovschi
During the Cold War, the Romanian school of gymnastics represented a superpower in the world of WAG and became a part of Romania’s international politics strategy. This ascension started under the ...
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Sport Fan Attitudes on Alcohol: Insights from a Survey of Football Supporters in Scotland and England Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-12-23 Richard I. Purves, Nathan Critchlow, Richard Giulianotti, Kate Hunt, Stephen Morrow, Angus Bancroft
Availability of alcohol at football matches in the UK is much debated and subject to multiple restrictions, yet there is little understanding of supporters’ attitudes. A cross-sectional survey of f...
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Kicking It Out? Football Fans’ Views of Anti-Racism Initiatives in English Football Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-12-13 Connor Penfold, Jamie Cleland
This article explores the views of 906 football fans (96% of whom selfidentified as White), collected via an online survey from May-June 2019, regarding the impact of the leading equality and inclusion organization, Kick It Out, in delivering initiatives to challenge the multifaceted expressions of racism by some White English football fans. Whilst fans recognize the importance of raising awareness
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Fighting for Family and Glory: Hope, Racialization, and Exploitation in a U.S. Boxing Gym Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-12-06 Gabriel A. Torres Colón
Relaying on years of ethnographic research and boxers’ life stories, this article examines how boxers from racialized and marginalized communities hope for family and glory in a Midwestern U.S. gym. Hope for family is embraced by youth and young adults who develop familial ties with trainers and fellow boxers. Hope for glory begins in gyms but ultimately must be sought in competitive arenas of elite
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Queering Indoor Swimming in the UK: Transgender and Non-binary wellbeing Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-11-15 Jayne Caudwell
This paper draws from a research project that was initiated in 2017 and continued in to 2020. It followed on from previous University-LGBT + community projects (e.g., football versus homophobia 2012–2018) and involved working with a local transgender social group, specifically, their engagement with once-a-month recreational swim sessions. The research findings that are discussed come from sixty-three
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Fan Reflections on Sexuality in Women's Football in the United Kingdom Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-11-13 Jamie Cleland, Ellis Cashmore, Kevin Dixon, Connor MacDonald
This article presents the responses of 1,432 male association football fans, collected via an online survey from March 2020 to April 2020, regarding their views on sexuality in women's football in the United Kingdom. The analysis focuses on two broad themes that emerged from the data: (1) the association of women footballers with masculinity and how they subsequently transgress the traditional characteristics
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Examining Stakeholder Outlooks on Football Policing and Security: The Case of Euro 2020 Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-10-30 Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
In the case of the 2020 Union of European Football Associations European Championship in men's football (‘Euro 2020’), this article investigates stakeholder perceptions on the ‘policing’ of fans. On a European-wide scale, the policing of fans is a contested topic. Meanwhile, the policing and security efforts required for sport mega-events like Euro 2020, uniquely planned to be staged in 12 different
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An Empirical Investigation of Violence Against Women in the NFL Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-10-21 Krystyna Gotberg, Jacquelyn D. Wiersma-Mosley
The purpose of this study was to examine violence against women (VAW) in the National Football League (NFL). Since Ray Rice assaulted his partner on video, VAW by NFL players has received more public attention. However, there is little empirical research that examines VAW in the NFL and player suspensions compared to other violations. Data come from a public list of 176 NFL players known to have violated
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Does Protest “Distract” Athletes From Performing? Evidence From the National Anthem Demonstrations in the National Football League Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-10-21 Daniel N. Hawkins, Andrew M. Lindner, Douglas Hartmann, Brianna Cochran
While there is a long tradition of activism within sport, a popular criticism of athlete protest is that it is a “distraction” that hinders on-field performance. The widespread demonstrations against racial injustice in 2017 among players in the National Football League (NFL) provided an opportunity to test this “distraction hypothesis.” Using data drawn from multiple sources, we first explored which
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Interpersonal Violence (IV) in Sport and Mental Health Outcomes in Teenagers Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-10-21 Sylvie Parent, Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel, Allyson Gillard
The aim of the present study was to examine the associations between interpersonal violence (IV) experienced in the context of sport by teenagers and three mental health outcomes: self-esteem, psychological distress, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. A convenience sample of 1055 French-Canadian athletes between the ages of 14 and 17 who were participating in an organized sport was
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White Property Interests in College Athletic Admissions Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-05-18 Kirsten Hextrum
Dominant cultural narratives position college sports as engines of racial integration and upward mobility. Previous studies examined the chances for low-income men of color becoming athletes in two sports: men’s football and basketball. While highly visible, these athletes represent the minority of participants. The majority of college athletes are White and middle class. In this conceptual article
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The Impact of a Sport Mega Event in the Right to Access Public Education: The Case of the Porto Alegre Communities Affected by the 2014 Brazil World Cup Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-05-13 Billy Graeff, Micheli V. Ghiggi, Jorge Dorfman Knijnik
This article addresses key issues of sport mega events’ social and educational legacies. The rhetoric of the “legacy” of mega events has been imprinted in every bid presented to different countries and cities to influence their decision whether to host or not this type of event. Visible and also intangible effects are often cited as part of the “legacy” packaged to convince host citizens to adhere
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Feminist Sociology Confluences With Sport Science: Insights, Contradictions, and Silences in Interviewing Elite Women Athletes About Low Energy Availability Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-05-11 Katherine L. Schofield, Holly Thorpe, Stacy T. Sims
This article explores the socio-cultural dimensions of elite sportswomen’s experiences of low energy availability (LEA), focusing particularly on elite track cyclists. With a multidisciplinary research team (two sport scientists and a feminist sociologist), the project began with a suite of quantitative measures that identified five of eight women track cycling athletes categorized with LEA and three
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Reifying Contemporary Versions of Liquified Racism: Black Representation in Competitive Swimming Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-05-06 Anthony C. Peavy, Emilee T. Shearer
Throughout history, water as a tool for racialized oppression has been in constant evolution. From utilizing water as a passage to transport slaves, to using fire hoses as a form of punishment toward Black people, liquified racism is a concept we coined to represent past and present racial discrimination through the use of water. In this paper, we conducted a critical content analysis of the USA swim
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MLB’s Neocolonial Practices in the Dominican Republic Academy System Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Patrick C. Gentile
This essay investigates the early stages of the Major League Baseball (MLB) pipeline by focusing on the Dominican academy system. Once an international player is signed to a professional contract, they report to the team’s academy in the Dominican Republic. All 30 teams have an academy located on the island, where they house, feed, train, and educate players on American culture. I argue that MLB maintains
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Sport for Sustainability? The Extractives Industry, Sport, and Sustainable Development Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Rob Millington, Audrey R. Giles, Nicolien van Luijk, Lyndsay M. C. Hayhurst
This article investigates the intersection of three interrelated trends: first, the positioning of sport as a contributor to sustainable development, particularly in regard to the increasing corporatization of sport for development (SFD); second, the trend toward sustainable development in the extractives industry, as taken up within a corporate social responsibility (CSR) approach; and intersection
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Are Athlete-Owned Leagues a Viable Alternative for Professional Sport? Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-11-20 Christopher M. McLeod
Sport leagues have been critiqued for their cartel-like behavior, monopsony power, and many occupational health risks to athletes. Athlete-owned sports leagues are an alternative way of organizing professional sport that may benefit athletes and the industry. This article examines the viability of athlete-owned leagues by reviewing theory and research on worker-owned firms and applying the findings
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Magnitude and Risk Factors for Interpersonal Violence Experienced by Canadian Teenagers in the Sport Context Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-11-19 Sylvie Parent, Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel
Recent studies demonstrate that interpersonal violence toward athletes (VTA) is a significant problem in some countries. However, in Canada, little scientific evidence on the prevalence of this issue exists. The objective of this study was to describe the magnitude of interpersonal violence toward young Canadian athletes in the context of sport and to explore associated risk factors. A total of 1,055
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The Neoliberal Disciplining of LeBron James and Kevin Durant: Sports Media Discourse on NBA Free Agency as Ideological Critique Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-11-18 Matt Foy
Through content analysis of sports media commentary focusing on the high-profile free agencies of NBA stars LeBron James and Kevin Durant, the author demonstrates how commercial sports media discourse responding to these critical exigencies strategically reinforces neoliberal ideology and parlays its disciplinary rhetoric into a derogatory ideological critique of James, Durant, and their contemporaries
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The Calgary 2026 Olympic Bid Plebiscite as Affective Urbanism Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-10-22 Harry H. Hiller
An analysis of the Calgary 2026 Olympic bid plebiscite/referendum held in 2018 adds a new perspective to the literature on bidding by shifting from the cognitive/organizational elements of the bid to the emotive dynamics within the bid city conceptualized as affective urbanism. The socioeconomic and political context and the binary nature of the plebiscite question provide the framework to explain
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“Pretty Disgusted Honestly”: Exploring Fans’ Affective Responses on Facebook to the Modified Rules of Australian Football League Women’s Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-10-17 Adele Pavlidis, Kim Toffoletti, Kellie Sanders
In this article, we argue that the “turn to affect” can provide a generative framework for working through key sticking points for women in sport. Through an analysis of the rule changes and subsequent social media comments in the lead-up to the inaugural Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW) competition, we demonstrate the power of emotions for intensifying and resisting discussion about women’s
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Specific Detriment: Barriers and Opportunities for Non-Binary Inclusive Sports in Scotland Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-10-09 Sonja Erikainen, Ben Vincent, Al Hopkins
While non-binary gender identities have become increasingly visible in recent years, little research currently exists on the experiences that non-binary people have in sport, where most opportunities to participate are limited to two, mutually exclusive female and male categories. This article provides a starting point for addressing this gap, by reporting findings from a participatory scoping study
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Gender Relations, Gender Equity, and Community Sports Spaces Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-10-09 Ruth Jeanes, Ramòn Spaaij, Karen Farquharson, Georgia McGrath, Jonathan Magee, Dean Lusher, Sean Gorman
This study employs a spatial analysis to critically examine gender relations within an Australian football and netball community sports club that has sought to address gender inequity and promote the participation of women across the club. Notable changes included increased female representation in the club’s decision-making structures, growing numbers of female members, and the establishment of a
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Print Media Narratives of Bullying and Harassment at the Football Association: A Case Study of Eniola Aluko Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-09-19 Philippa Velija, Louie Silvani
In this article we draw on critical theory to discuss how power frames the media “narratives” of Eniola Aluko, a Black, female footballer who accused an established (White) football coach of bullying, harassment, and racial comments. We critically discuss data analyzed from 80 print media articles from three British newspapers (with circulation figures ranging from 1.4 million to 135,000 a day), from
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Gnarly Freelancers: Professional Skateboarders’ Labor and Social-Media Use in the Neoliberal Economy Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-09-18 L. Dugan Nichols
The working conditions of professional skateboarders are rarely investigated in academic literature or traditional skate media (e.g., Thrasher Magazine). This article contextualizes skateboarding labor and compares its professionals with other freelance contractors in the precarious neoliberal economy. It also explores the role of social media in skateboarders’ careers; while experiencing data mining
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The Journey of Professional Football Career: Challenges and Reflections Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Ernest Yeboah Acheampong
The problem of corruption and mismanagement of state resources by governments in Africa has impoverished the continent, throwing many families into daunting challenges. The youth, consequently, is underpowered and unproductive to self-support their own social lives. To accomplish their dreams, some youths turn to social groups through football. This study analyzes the profile of a boy enduring several
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Can Sport Build Peace After Conflict? Public Attitudes in Transitional Northern Ireland Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-09-11 David Mitchell, Ian Somerville, Owen Hargie, Victoria Simms
The growth of the Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) movement has provoked considerable scholarly interrogation of the claimed social benefits of sport. However, little is known of public attitudes to the topic. This article reports research carried out in Northern Ireland regarding sport as a means of bringing divided communities together. Respondents viewed sport as effective in breaking down
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Understanding Blue Spaces: Sport, Bodies, Wellbeing, and the Sea Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-08-24 Rebecca Olive, Belinda Wheaton
This article introduces the special issue on ‘Understanding Blue Spaces’ which examines relationships between blue spaces, sport, physical activity, and wellbeing. The articles progress conversations across humanities, social sciences and inter-disciplinary areas of research on diverse sporting practices, that span local to trans-national contexts. This collection offers new insights into politics
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Segregation and the Sea: Toward a Critical Understanding of Race and Coastal Blue Space in Greater Miami Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-08-20 Cassandra Phoenix, Sarah L. Bell, Julie Hollenbeck
There is a growing body of research signaling the health and wellbeing benefits of being in blue space. Here, we advance this intellectual agenda by critically examining perceptions and experiences of coastal blue space among residents of a disadvantaged, predominantly African American community who report limited engagement with their local coastal blue space, despite beachgoing being considered mainstream
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“Real Men Stand for Our Nation”: Constructions of an American Nation and Anti-Kaepernick Memes Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-08-14 Nik Dickerson, Matt Hodler
On September 1, 2016, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeled for the playing of the national anthem arguing that he was “not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” noting that “this is bigger than football and it would be selfish . . . to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave
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Skateboarding’s Olympic Moment: The Gendered Contours of Sportification Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-07-06 Dax D’Orazio
Skateboarding will be included in the 2020 Olympics, representing a new crescendo of the activity’s “sportification.” Although some celebrate increased exposure and legitimacy, others bemoan the incursion of outsiders. Nonetheless, it is widely believed that women in particular have much to gain from the Olympic inclusion. This article begins by summarizing the literature on women’s marginalization
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Bluespace, Senses, Wellbeing, and Surfing: Prototype Cyborg Theory-Methods Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-06-17 lisahunter, Lyndsey Stoodley
Bluespace, where water people immerse themselves for thrills, therapy, or thalassography, is constantly fluctuating, influenced by materials, nature, and discourse. Drawing on onto-epistemological aspects of embodied theory-method, we report entangled prototype “cyborg” in situ strategies (mobile, sensory [auto]ethnography, and self-interview) to notice, record, and ultimately create human–water relations
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Migration for Work: Brazilian Futsal Players’ Labor Conditions and Disposition for Mobility Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-06-15 Renato Francisco Rodrigues Marques, Wanderley Marchi Júnior
Migration is a crucial topic for athletic career development. Despite the challenges and issues that sport migrants face, little is known about Brazilian context. On Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological approach, this study aims to analyze the Brazilian men elite futsal players’ job conditions and their influence on athletes’ dispositions for labor sport migration. On quali–quantitative approach, interviews
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Paddling Through Bluespaces: Understanding Waka Ama as a Post-Sport Through Indigenous Māori Perspectives Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-06-15 Lucen Liu
In this article, I review and revive the concept of post-sport in the intersecting contexts of oceanic bluespace and Māori waka ama [outrigger canoe] paddling. In doing so, I seek to achieve two objectives: first, to enrich understanding of the human–nature interaction in bluespaces and, second, to contribute to an indigenous reading of post-sport experiences. Drawing on ethnographic and interview
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The Social World of Outdoor Swimming: Cultural Practices, Shared Meanings, and Bodily Encounters Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-06-14 Kate Moles
This article examines the particular relations and entanglements of practices, bodies, and water in the social world of outdoor swimming. Using ethnographic data to describe how the relations, inte...
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Sensing Water: Uncovering Health and Well-Being in the Sea and Surf Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-06-13 Easkey Britton, Ronan Foley
This article considers how different recreational users engage with and utilize blue spaces as health-enabling. Informed by empirical and participatory fieldwork with surfing and sea swimming group...
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Swimming With the Bicheno “Coffee Club”: The Textured World of Wild Swimming Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 1.785) Pub Date : 2020-06-13 Shane Gould, Fiona McLachlan, Brent McDonald
Wild swimming is currently experiencing a surge in popularity as people avowedly attempt to reconnect with the natural world. Previous research has positioned wild swimming as a solitary pursuit wh...