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…
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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…
The year so far has been terrible for the reputation of sport. Lance Armstrong confessed (sort of) to Oprah; Europol discovered widespread match-fixing in European football; the Australian Crime Commission…
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor, School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Media Sport, University of Stirling
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Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation Law; Director Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Managament (CIPPM), Bournemouth University, Bournemouth 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
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Associate professor and Head of department for sport and event management, Bournemouth University
