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‘Full speed ahead Barcelona’: the social construction of Roy Keane’s 1999 semi-final performance versus Juventus
Full text linkFor over 30 years, the men's UEFA Champions League (UCL) has showcased Europe's most elite and wealthiest football clubs. Debates surrounding the competition’s best individual performance rarely reach a consensus. However, one common response points towards Manchester United’s Roy Keane versus Juventus in the 1999 semi-final second leg. After falling 2-0 behind within 11 minutes, Keane almost single-handedly swung the game in United's favour as the final in Barcelona loomed. This article examines Keane's performance through the lens of a sociological case-study, drawing on the circumstances of his career and the match itself. Critical attention is given to sociologist Everett Hughes’ conceptual belief of turning points, which has been innovatively applied to a single event in this paper. The author argues that, while statistics have typically driven performance analysis, only a sociological interpretation of Keane's performance provides an accurately sophisticated comprehension of, arguably, one of the UCL’s greatest individual performances
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[Book review] <i>The Circus is in Town: Sport, Celebrity, and Spectacle</i>, edited by Lisa Doris Alexander & Joel Nathan Rosen
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[Book Review] <i>Athlete Activism: Contemporary Perspective</i> edited by Rory Magrath
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From headlines to hashtags: is the FA doing enough to promote gender equality through social media?
No full textRecent studies suggest that social media can play a role in promoting gender equality in sport, but are the governing bodies taking sufficient action? Steph Doehler explores in this article
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The case of Simone Biles and perceptions of athlete mental health
No full textWhen Simone Biles withdrew from several events at Tokyo 2020 due to mental health struggles, the gymnast came under fire from both the global media and the general public. The social media response revealed a polarising narrative, with many supporting Biles and engaging in a broader discussion concerning athlete mental health, while others condemned her action, implying she quit on the biggest sporting stage
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Olympics 2021: The story of how a small Shropshire town influenced the modern Olympic movement
No full textWhilst this year’s Olympic Games will almost certainly suffer from COVID-19 constraints, the event remains the largest sporting spectacle in the world. Over time the Games have evolved from their modest beginnings into something incomparably grand. In this article, Steph Doehler discusses how a rural English town has closer links than most to the modern Olympics
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[Book Review] <i>The United States of Sport: Media Framing and Influence of the Intersection of Sports and American Culture</i>, by Brown, Dickhaus & Long-Anderson
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Sport, the media, and athlete activism
No full textThis chapter explores the evolving role of athlete activism, with a particular focus on American sport, in shedding light on social justice issues. It delves into the historical and contemporary context of athlete activism, drawing inspiration from recent Black Lives Matter protests to examine the development of the athlete activist. While sport provides a unique public platform for athletes to express social grievances, scholars have observed an unwritten understanding that activism should be kept separate from the field of play, leading to reprimands and backlash against athlete activists. The chapter investigates the reasons behind activism within sport, with an inevitable emphasis on racial and social justice issues. It also addresses the role of the media in framing athlete activism, introducing the concept of media framing and its influence on shaping consumer interpretations and emotions. The media’s tendency to focus on the method rather than the message behind activism is explored, alongside the shift in media coverage from portraying athletes as disrespectful and unpatriotic during their activism to more sympathetic characters in hindsight
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Why does the FA give the Lionesses less social media support than England’s men? It needs to up its game for the Women’s World Cup
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Taking the star-spangled knee: the media framing of Colin Kaepernick
Full text linkColin Kaepernick, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, opted to kneel during the American National Anthem throughout the 2016 NFL season as a symbolic protest against racial injustice and police brutality throughout the United States. His actions provoked criticism when the media focused on Kaepernick’s alleged unpatriotic and anti-military stance. Using the concept of media framing, this paper analyses the newspaper coverage of Kaepernick’s protest. We identify four key frames which can be scrutinized and understood using the theoretical framework of the protest paradigm. In an innovative approach the research also analyses the coverage of Kaepernick in 2020, in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a police officer, which sparked worldwide anti-racism protests. This paper builds on the understanding of media framing towards an individual’s protest and the consequences they face
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