Introduction
Sports Issues for the Ages: Life Span and Career Span Narratives Ingrained in Sports Culture
Andrew C. Billings and Marie Hardin
Research Articles
“Crypt Keeper That She Is”: Mariah Bell and the Media Framing of Age in the 2022 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships
Heather J. Carmack and Braidyn S. Lazenby
“She’s Twice Their Age”: Representations of Aging and the Creation of an Age Order in Women’s Gymnastics
Kristi A. Allain and Stephanie Dotto
‘Your Strength Is Inspirational’: How Naomi Osaka’s Twitter Announcement Destigmatizes Mental Health Disclosures
Sushma Kumble, Pratiti Diddi, and Steve Bien-Aimé
“Save Our Spikes”: Social Media Advocacy and Fan Reaction to the End of Minor League Baseball
Virginia S. Harrison, Joseph Bober, Christen Buckley, and Victoria Vallos
Task and Social Determinants of Coaches’ Reports of Leader-Member Exchange
Gregory A. Cranmer, Rikishi T. Rey, Johnny Capra, Blair Browning, and Michael Sollitto
A Sense of Belonging: A Qualitative Investigation Into the Origination of Collegiate Sport Fanship and Fandom
Nathan A. Towery
Fanatic or Ultras: Tribune Culture in Turkey
Salih Tiryaki and Bünyamin Uzun
Fear of Missing Out: An Antecedent of Online Fan Engagement of Sport Teams’ Social Media
Younghan Lee and Sangwon Na
The Alphafly Outcry: Distance Running, Technological Doping, and the Rhetoric of Stigma
Mike Milford
