The Lou Marsh Trophy was named after the famous sports journalist and editor. But Marsh's sports coverage of racialized athletes was problematic — should this prompt a renaming of the award?
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Extreme pace bowling has been thrilling crowds but scaring batters since the Bodyline tour of the 1930s.
About 47 million adults in the US are expected to gamble on March Madness this year. A growing share of the bets will actually be legal.
No ordinary sports writer: Hugh McIlvanney was one of the greats of 20th century journalism.
The new wave of athlete-to-fan digital products will be faced with a few challenges if they are to be successful.
Finding a balance between providing information on public figures like James Hird and minimising harm often is a delicate pickle for journalists.
Two AFL club presidents have created a furore with their 'banter' about the drowning of a female journalist. Here's how it happened, and why it's unacceptable.
Two ESPN NFL reporters ordered in on New Year's Eve. They just didn't tell anyone they'd been paid to do so.
Despite the website's hype, Grantland was never anything more than window dressing for ESPN's brand.
With teams providing less and less access to journalists, Simmons always prioritized the interests of the common fan.
The legendary commentator perfectly understood the rhythms of cricket.
The sports media has a fascination with concussions. Not only is there a huge volume of stories about the issue, but there’s also an urgency to the tone of the reporting. The heightened coverage has served…
In the 1920s American sports became big business, a billion dollar industry with “stars” created by the media and represented by professional agents and promoters. One of the pioneers of this new industry…
When it comes to physical exercise, we don’t tend to take into account how important our brain is for keeping our whole body going. But our ability to control our muscles – to keep them contracting and…
One of the legacies of the Hillsborough stadium disaster in 1989 is the widespread and high-profile boycott in Liverpool of The Sun. That Britain’s biggest selling national newspaper experiences a circulatory…
Just before a critical World Cup game against Spain in Rio de Janeiro, scores of ticketless Chile fans broke into the expensively rebuilt Maracana Stadium at its least secure point – the media centre…
The Sochi Winter Olympics has seen the return to Australian television screens of sport parodists extraordinaire “Rampaging” Roy Slaven and HG Nelson. Roy and HG’s Russian Revolution presents the familiar…
Cricketer Jonathan Trott went home early from the Ashes last week citing a stress-related condition. While the Australian team said they would not use his illness as a sledging opportunity, Trott’s illness…
The AFL world has had a tough week, with racism rearing its ugly head again. For an organisation that likes to think of itself as a leader in combating prejudice, the repeated comments about Adam Goodes…
Former Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett says Hawks’ coach Alastair Clarkson should leave or be sacked at the end of the year. Angry at the Hawks’ seven-point loss to Geelong at the MCG on Monday – their…
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Media Sport, University of Stirling
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University
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Dean Laureate and Professor of History, Victoria University
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Associate professor, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Fitness, The Open University
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Principal Lecturer in Journalism, University of Brighton
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Professor of Exercise and Cardiovascular Physiology; Director, Centre for Human Performance, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Brunel University London
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Professor of HIstory, Lafayette College
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Associate Professor of Communications, Penn State
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Sports Media; Director of the National Sports Journalism Center, Indiana University
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Assistant Professor / School of Journalism & Mass Communication and Department of American Studies, University of Iowa
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Senior Lecturer in Sports Journalism, La Trobe University
