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Loving sports when they don't love you back : dilemmas of the modern fan / Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Luther, Jessica, author.
- Davidson, Kavitha A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports spectators--United States--Attitudes.
- Sports spectators.
- Sports--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Sports.
- Sports--Social aspects--United States.
- Sports--Social aspects.
- Sports--Moral and ethical aspects.
- United States.
- Sports--Economic aspects--United States.
- Sports--Economic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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 bigotry takes the field, or when a relief pitcher accused of domestic violence saves the game, how is one to cheer? Welcome to the club for sports fans who care too much. In Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back, acclaimed sports writers Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson tackle the most pressing issues in sports, why they matter, and how we can do better. For the authors, "sticking to sports" is not an option--not when our taxes are paying for the stadiums, and college athletes aren't getting paid at all. But simply quitting a favorite team won't change corrupt and deplorable practices, and the root causes of many of these problems are endemic in our wider society. An essential read for modern fans, Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back challenges the status quo and explores how we might begin to reconcile our conscience with our fandom.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Luther, Jessica. Loving sports when they don't love you back.
- ISBN:
- 9781477322161
- 1477322167
- Publisher Number:
- 40030099228
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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