Jan Halak and Ivo Jirasek (Palacky) and Mark Stephen Nesti (LJMU): Phenomenology is Not Phenomenalism: Is There Such a Thing as Phenomenology of Sport? Gottfried Schweiger (Salzburg): What Does a Professional Athlete Deserve? Benjamin Burroughs (USC) and Adam Rugg (USF): Extending the Broadcast: Streaming Culture and the Problems of Digital Geographies. Thomas F. Carter (Brighton): Game Changer: The Role of Sport in Revolution. Amanda Danielle Watson (Ottawa) and Heather Hillsburg and Lori Chambers (Lakehead): Identity Politics and Global Citizenship in Elite Athletics: Comparing Caster Semenya and Oscar Pistorius. Ryan M. Rodenberg and John T. Holden (FSU) and Anastasios Kaburakis (SLU): “Whose” Game Is It? Sports-Wagering and Intellectual Property. Jaimie K. McFarlin and Joshua Lee (Harvard): A European Solution to America’s Basketball Problem: Reforming Amateur Basketball in the United States. With the NBA’s new broadcasting deal, the players now have all the power. Theodore Turocy (East Anglia): An Inspection Game Model of the Stolen Base in Baseball: A Theory of Theft. Will Leitch on what Bud Selig hath wrought — and not just in baseball. Mark Varga on how Chris Christie's quest to legalize sports gambling could destroy professional athletics. Derek Thompson on how TV's sports addiction could destroy its business. Dayna Evans on the real secret to talking sports with any woman. From The Critique, is it morally irresponsible to be consumed with the FIFA World Cup? Stephen Mumford wonders; and does God care about football? Graham Oppy investigates (and part 2). Why rugby players are turning to Aristotle for inspiration: Jules Evans explains how one rugby club is beefing up its back row with Buddha, Aristotle and Epictetus the Stoic. Cricketing dynasties seem to imply that talent is genetic — yet the evidence from other sports queers the pitch.
