When USA Today columnist Christine Brennan questioned a Black player over her striking Caitlin Clark during a game, it was anything but benign.
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Joan Whitney Payson, the first female owner to buy a baseball team, won over the press in the Mets’ disastrous 1962 season by treating them as partners, not adversaries.
The International Olympic Committee continues to add new sports to attract younger viewers. Will it work or could there be unintended consequences?
Sports media has typically operated under a ‘one and done’ model: focus on women’s sports during high-profile events, before returning to routine coverage of men.
A common criticism of women’s sports is that female players aren’t as entertaining or skilled as their male counterparts. Two researchers decided to put this notion to the test.
The opportunity to place bets has changed the way games look, the way they’re talked about – and, of course, how many people have money riding on the outcome.
Headlines about pickleball’s exploding popularity abound. But the less visible social undercurrents of an emerging sport ultimately shape its long-term future.
There is no understating the impact Williams has had on the game itself. But her role in helping sports journalists reimagine the scope of their work is a key part of her enduring legacy.
The media determines how Paralympians are depicted to viewers. What it chooses to focus on can help change attitudes about disability.
The Olympics are usually profitable for broadcasters and show off the future possibilities of media technologies.
The popularity of cricket is not as dependent on TV broadcasts as you might think.
A number of recent controversial stories show why the UK media needs a regulator with teeth.
Should sports journalists be able to hold athletes to account?
Female athletes barely receive more attention than horses and dogs. And if you’re a woman who wants to become a sports journalist, you should steel yourself for some social media venom.
A disc-golf boom is coinciding with a ball-golf bust.
With bettors clamoring for an edge, legacy media outlets could add a gambling beat to their daily sports coverage – or risk losing out.
Olympics have often provided the impetus for large-scale broadcasting innovations, such as when TV was introduced in Australia to broadcast the 1956 Games.
The new wave of athlete-to-fan digital products will be faced with a few challenges if they are to be successful.
Lack of trust between Australia’s cricketers and the game’s governing body delayed negotiations in their protracted pay dispute. This relationship will need to be rebuilt in the coming months.
Les Murray helped football transform itself from a predominantly migrant activity in Australia into what he loved to call ‘the world game’.
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
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Senior Lecturer in Sports Journalism, La Trobe University
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Deputy Associate Dean of Learning & Teaching, Senior Lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
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Honorary Fellow, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Communication, Boston College
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of Stavanger
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PhD Candidate in Kinesiology, Western University
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Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Purdue University
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Professor & Director, School of Kinesiology, Western University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor , Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick
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Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zurich
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Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
