The game is not a game : the power, protest, and politics of American sports / Robert Scoop Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Robert, 1963 November 22- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Professional sports--Corrupt practices--United States.

Professional sports.

Sports--Social aspects--United States.

Sports.

Sports--Social aspects.

Corruption.

United States.

Physical Description:

217 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Haymarket Books, [2020]

Summary:

"Part play-by-play, part op-ed, The Game Is Not a Game is an illuminating and unflinching examination of the good and evil in the sports industry. Liberating and provocative, with sharp wit and generous humor, Jackson's essays explore the role that sports plays in American society and the hypocritical standards by which the athletes are often judged. The Game Is Not a Game is distinctly intended to challenge accepted ideology and to push the boundaries of mainstream sports media beyond the comfort zone. Chapters expose "Our Miseducation of LeBron James," "#ThemToo: The UnRespected Worth of the Woman Athlete," the duplicity of the NFL in its treatment of Colin Kaepernick and the anthem protests, the cultural bias of analytics, and the power of social activism versus the power and politics of professional sports ownership-all from the sharp, savvy, and self-critical perspective of one of the leading voices for social justice in sports media"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The "Race" to the Finish

NFL : The American Hypocrisy

#THEMTOO : The UnRespected Worth of the Woman Athlete

White and Woke : The Quiet, Not-So-Risky, but So Necessary Politics of Gregg Popovich and Steve Kerr (An Abstract Myth)

Colin Kaepernick : The Symbol versus the Shield versus the US versus Us

Ball or Fall : The Re-Characterization of LaVar Ball

Their Eyes Were Watching a God : Our Miseducation of LeBron James

Buoyancy Matters

Formation : An Interview with Jemele Hill

Illmatic : The NCAA's Fraud Perfection (A Novella)

#BaseballSoWhite : Making a Curious, Theoretical, Disturbing, Outrageous Case for Jackie Bradley Jr.

Fake News : The Tricknology of the Great American Sports Argument

The "Numb" in Numbers : How Analytics Is Becoming the NBA's NewJim Crow

I (Still) Can't Breathe : Players versus Ownership versus Community and the Politics of Social Activism in American Professional Athletics

Epilogue: Eddie.

ISBN:

9781642590968

1642590967

9781642590975

1642590975

OCLC:

1090443616