Loving sports when they don't love you back : dilemmas of the modern fan / Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson.
"Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty--it's fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hit to the head after yet another study has warned of the dangers of CTE, or when a team whose mascot was born in an era of racism and bi...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Texas Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Watching football when we know (even a little) about CTE
- Forgiving a doper
- Cheering for a team with a racist mascot
- Caring about tennis when it's a racist, sexist, and classist sport
- Standing it when sports are so homophobic and transphobic
- Why you should watch the WNBA even if no one dunks
- Consuming sports media when you don't look like the people who are creating it
- Rooting for your team when the star is accused of domestic violence
- Loving your team and hate your owner
- How I l learned to stop worrying and love baseball's free market
- Watching March Madness when you know the athletes aren't getting paid
- Going to a game in that brand new stadium you didn't want to pay for (but did anyway)
- Loving the Olympics while hating what they do to communities
- Embracing that athletes
- and sports
- are political.