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Loving sports when they don't love you back : dilemmas of the modern fan /

"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 bi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Luther, Jessica (Autor), Davidson, Kavitha A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2020.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.