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Join us at Breaking Barriers, a transformative conference exploring Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Sports. Unveil the power of equality and sustainability, disrupting norms in the sports industry.
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Call for Papers | Breaking Barriers 2026: Reimagining Inclusion and Innovation in Sport | Weetwood Hall Estate, Leeds, June 12, 2026. Call ends April 1, 2026
Join us at Breaking Barriers, a transformative conference exploring Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Sports. Unveil the power of equality and sustainability, disrupting norms in the sports industry...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
HOW ENGLAND’S PREMIER LEAGUE IS TRYING TO STOP FOOTBALL’S FINANCIAL ARMS RACE – WITHOUT A SALARY CAP
By James Skinner, Professor of Sport Business, University of Newcastle, and Danny F Hill, Assistant Professor Finance, Providence College
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How England’s Premier League is trying to stop football’s financial arms race – without a salary cap
The Premier League’s new financial rules shift focus from backward-looking accounting to real-time cost control.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
NEW BOOK REVIEW
Our reviewer of Joseph Darda’s «Gift and Grit: Race, Sports, and the Construction of Social Debt» (Cambridge UP), Duncan R. Jamieson, finds that the author does not present a clearly organized and defined response to his title.
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Important issues, but ‘social debt’ needs further elucidation
In 1998, Bill Clinton hosted a town hall on race and sports. ‘If you've got a special gift,’ the president said of athletes, ‘you owe more back.’ The idea is that a gifted athlete who received somethi...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
NEW ARTICLE ALERT
“The Well-Being Value of Sport for Loneliness and Depression”, by Jelle Schoemaker, Willem De Boer, Larissa Davies and Themis Kokolakakis, available online ahead of print in Journal of Sports Economics.
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The Well-Being Value of Sport for Loneliness and Depression - Jelle Schoemaker, Willem De Boer, Larissa Davies, Themis Kokolakakis, 2025
This study examines the extent to which participation in sport has a causal effect on subjective well-being among individuals experiencing loneliness and depres...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The University of South-Eastern Norway is looking for applicants with an exciting research idea who is motivated to pursue a doctorate in the fields of humanities, culture, and educational sciences in an academic and social scholarly environment.
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PhD studentship opportunities at the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) | Apply before February 1, 2026
We are looking for applicants with an exciting research idea who is motivated to pursue a doctorate in the fields of humanities, culture, and educational sciences in an academic and social scholarly e...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT
Sport Sciences for Health, Volume 21, Issue 4, December 2025
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Sport Sciences for Health
The journal Sport Sciences for Health publishes reports of experimental and clinical research on the physiology and pathophysiology of physical exercise. The ...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
NEW ARTICLE ALERT
“Exploring young children's enjoyment of physical education using the Write, Draw, and Tell method”, by Katie Fitton Davies and colleagues, available online and open access ahead of print in EPER
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Exploring young children's enjoyment of physical education using the Write, Draw, and Tell method - Katie Fitton Davies, Emma Ball, Farid Bardid, Lawrence Foweather, James R Rudd, Zoe Knowles, 2025
Although young children generally enjoy physical education (PE), little is known about what they enjoy and why. The aim of this study was to qualitatively explo...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
GEORGE PLIMPTON’S 1966 NONFICTION CLASSIC ‘PAPER LION’ REVEALED THE BRUISING TRUTHS OF DETROIT LIONS TRAINING CAMP
By Stephen Siff, Associate Professor of Journalism, Miami University
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George Plimpton’s 1966 nonfiction classic ‘Paper Lion’ revealed the bruising truths of Detroit Lions training camp
George Plimpton, then a 36-year-old literary editor, endured the brutal realities of a professional football quarterback despite barely ever playing the sport.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
NEW ARTICLE ALERT
“Blind spenders? The social meaning of money in youth sport”, by Lars Erik Espedalen and Åse Strandbu, available online and open access ahead of print in International Review for the Sociology of Sport.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT
Journal of Applied Biomechanics, Volume 41 (2025): Issue 6 (Dec 2025)
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November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT
Journal of Physical Activity and Health, Volume 22 (2025): Issue 12 (Dec 2025)
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November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT
Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Volume 47 (2025): Issue 6 (Dec 2025)
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November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap vid Malmö universitet söker doktorander inom Idrottspsykologi med inriktning mot mindfulness, samt Idrottspedagogik med inriktning idrottsdidaktik och praktiknära forskning.
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Lediga platser | Doktorander i idrottsvetenskap med inriktning samhällsvetenskap och humaniora | Sök senast 2026-01-20
Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap vid Malmö universitet söker doktorander i idrottsvetenskap med inriktning samhällsvetenskap och humaniora. Vi önskar få in ansökningar inom något av följande två omr...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW BOOK REVIEW
«Hockey on the Moon: Imagination and Canada’s Game» by Jamie Dopp (Athabasca University Press is reviewed by ice hockey historian and enthusiast Dr. Tobias Stark.
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Soaring on Ice: A Critical Appreciation of Jamie Dopp’s Hockey on the Moon
Fantasy and reality come together in sports, and in his latest book, Hockey on the Moon: Imagination and Canada’s Game (Athabasca University Press), Jamie Dopp argues that nowhere is this blurring of ...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
NEW ARTICLE ALERT
“Growing similarities? how family background influences grades in physical education and health and overall academic achievement in Sweden”, by Alexander Jansson, available online and open access ahead of print in Sport, Education and Society.
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Growing similarities? how family background influences grades in physical education and health and overall academic achievement in Sweden
In many welfare states around the world, including Sweden, a central goal of education is to compensate for the influence of family background on academic outcomes and ensure equal opportunities fo...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT!
idrottsforum’s weekly newsletter gives you the past week’s on-site activities in your mailbox every Monday morning, in the form of a letter with a link to a web page presentation of new publications.
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That Was The Week That Was, November 17–23, 2025
idrottsforum.org’s weekly newsletter gives you the past week’s on-site activities in your mailbox every Monday morning, in the form of a letter with a link to a web page presentation of new publicatio...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Mens vi venter på vinterlekene i Cortina 2026, går vi tilbake i historien til OL i Cortina i 1956 og tar en tur innom det i Oslo noen år før, i 1952. Vi får høre Andrea Goldstein og Tor Bomann-Larsen.
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Oppfordring til deltakelse | Cortina 1956 – Oslo 1952 | Oslo, November 27, 2025
Mens vi venter på vinterlekene i Cortina 2026, går vi tilbake i historien til OL i Cortina i 1956 og tar en tur innom det i Oslo noen år før, i 1952. Vi får høre Andrea Goldstein – økonom og sakprosaf...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
BASEBALL IN CANADA IS THRIVING — BUT NOT ON CAMPUS
By George S. Rigakos, Professor of the Political Economy of Policing, Carleton University
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Baseball in Canada is thriving — but not on campus
Baseball’s exclusion from the varsity system in Ontario and its absence from university athletics bodies in the rest of the country doesn’t square with fan interest and cross-Canada baseball participa...
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT
Journal of Global Sport Management, Volume 10, Issue 4 (2025)
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Journal of Global Sport Management
Volume 10, Issue 4 of Journal of Global Sport Management
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November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, Volume 20 (2025): Issue 12 (Dec 2025)
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November 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT
Annals of Leisure Research, Volume 28, Issue 5 (2025)
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Annals of Leisure Research
Volume 28, Issue 5 of Annals of Leisure Research
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November 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW ARTICLE ALERT
“Parental Expectations for Children's Future Athletic Achievement: The Roles of Socio-Economic Status, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Athletic Experiences and Identities”, by C. M. McLeod and C. Knoester, available online ahead of print in JSSI.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, Volume 33 (2025): Issue 6 (Dec 2025)
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November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Volume 96, Issue 4 (2025)
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Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
Volume 96, Issue 4 of Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
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November 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
NEW ARTICLE ALERT
“Civil repair and children's sports: The Norwegian welfare-state's reconstruction of unhealthy, undemocratic and unsafe sports”, by Trygve B Broch, available online and open access ahead of print in IRSS.
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Civil repair and children's sports: The Norwegian welfare-state's reconstruction of unhealthy, undemocratic and unsafe sports - Trygve B Broch, 2025
How can state politics reconstruct unhealthy, undemocratic and unsound sports as a common good? This study explores the convergence of state and sport politics....
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November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM