Kirk Packwood (North Texas): Sports Commentators and Late Monopoly Capitalist Indoctrination in the United States. James W. Satterfield and Michael Gary Godfrey (Clemson): The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Football: A Metaphorical, Symbolic and Ritualistic Community Event. Why you should always go for it on 4th and short. From Scientific American, an in-depth report on the science of pro football. Football wasn’t always as dangerous as it is now — it used to be far, far worse. How college bowls got over-commercialized: Like many sports traditions, the college football bowl system keeps getting bigger — and sillier. Game of Numbers: How the BCS rules college football (and more). A look at the argument against college sports. For the US academy, sport — particularly American football — isn't a matter of life and death: it's much more important than that. Whose best interests does the NCAA serve? College players are being deprived of some basic American labor rights. Susan Ferguson on Marxist theories of sport: Nation, commerce and pleasure. Major League Soccer foolishly ignores the sport's American history. The meaning of Russia 2018: What the World Cup says about the world. The ugly prejudice that casts a shadow over the beautiful game: Twenty years after Justin Fashanu came out football remains out of step with the real world. GeoCurrents on the Nations of Rugby.
