The “Beautiful Weirdness” of NBA League Pass
Branden Buehler / Seton Hall University
Branden Buehler considers the kitsch and local specificity of NBA League Pass in-arena feeds.
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The “Beautiful Weirdness” of NBA League Pass
Air and the Managerial Sports Film
Branden Buehler / Seton Hall University
Branden Buehler discusses Air, the latest entry to the managerial sports film subgenre.
Read moreFIFA’s Fraught Recognition of the Women’s World Cup as Marketable Media Event
Charlotte Howell / Boston University
Charlotte Howell explores the struggles between FIFA and other stakeholders over valuing the 2023 Women’s World Cup in terms of investment and access.
Read moreDisrupted Flow: The Indian Premier League (IPL) Rain Delay
Kathryn Hartzell / University of Texas at Austin
Kathryn Hartzell assesses how the IPL final’s rain delay interrupted transnational flow and exposed the industrial, technological, and ideological arrangements on which sports media operate
Read moreTraces of Failure in Skateboarding Videos
Sander Hölsgens / Leiden University and Paul O’Connor / University of Exeter
Sander Hölsgens and Paul O’Connor locate the persistent presence of failure within the evolution of skateboarding videos.
Read moreBorn into Failure: Disrupting Narratives of the WNBA Through Remembrance of the abl
Dafna Kaufman / University of North carolina at Chapel Hill
Dafna Kaufman explores media representation of the American Basketball League, positing it was born into failure well before the creation of the WNBA.
Read moreTHE EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE: DISRUPTION IN FOOTBALL AND TELEVISION
KATHRYN HARTZELL / UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Kathryn Hartzell discusses the failed European Super League and the influence of television rights and growing global audiences on football.
Read moreActivism or Performative Activism?: Investigating Jimmy Butler’s “No Name” NBA Jersey
Jas L. Moultrie and Ralina L. Joseph / University of Washington, seattle
Jas L. Moultrie and Ralina L. Joseph illustrate the power and limitations of players’ voices in the midst of branded corporate activism.
Read moreYour Mascot Could Never: The Effectiveness of Benny the Bull on Tiktok
James Bingaman / University of Delaware
Using the Chicago Bull’s Mascot, Benny the Bull, as a case study, James Bingaman considers how TikTok is used in NBA branding to create parasocial bonds with fans.
Read moreNFL 2020: Football in the Time of Trump, COVID-19, and Mass Protests
Brett Siegel / University of Texas at Austin
Brett Siegel examines the NFL’s developing response to the Coronavirus and the George Floyd protests as an extension, and in many ways a culmination, of Trump era anxieties and tensions.
Read moreGender and the Soundscape of Major League Baseball
Kathy Cacace / The University of Texas at Austin
Kathy Cacace considers where and how women’s voices are used within Major League Baseball broadcasts.
Read more“It’s All American Stuff”: Sports Champions in the Trump White House
Brett Siegel / University of Texas at Austin
Brett Siegel analyzes some of the more recent White House ceremonies that have been held to honor championship-winning sports teams, investigating the ways in which a mundane public relations ritual has been disrupted by Trump-era politics and a corresponding surge of athlete activism.
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