Introduction
1,001 Manuscript Data Points: The State of Communication & Sport in 2025
Andrew C. Billings and Marie Hardin
Editorial Essay
Open Access
Embracing Computational Approaches to Social Media Research: Implications for Theory and Praxis in Sport Communication
Brandon C. Boatwright
Research Articles
“I’m Worried They Will Come Back to Haunt Me”: Examining How Retired National Football League Players Make Sense of Concussion Risks
Joseph McGlynn and David Cassilo
The Role of Gender in Evaluating Athletes’ Endorsements of Corporate Social Advocacy Initiatives
Kenon A. Brown, Joshua R. Jackson, Mackenzie Quick, and Vernon Ray Harrison
Athletic Insiders or Nowhere Men?: NBC’s Primetime Television Coverage of Male Figure Skaters at the 2018 Olympic Games
Lauren Reichart Smith and Paul J. MacArthur
Open Access
Exposing a Motherhood Penalty in Sport: A Feminist Narrative Inquiry of Media Stories of Canadian Athlete Mothers’ Journeys to the 2020 Tokyo Games
Kerry R. McGannon, Shaantanu Kulkarni, Willa Hladun, Andrea Bundon, and Ann Pegoraro
Open Access
Sport Celebrities’ COVID-19 Prevention on Social Media: The Effect of Credibility, Social Distance, Identification, and Message’s Power Style on Health Behavioral Intentions
Kyu-soo Chung and Chad Goebert
The Popularity Gap: Effects of Social Status on the Visibility of Lifestyle Sports Stars on Instagram
Joshua Woods, Leah Oldham, Stephanie House-Niamke, and Matthew Hartwell
“Why Can’t We Play on Grass?”: An Investigation of Discourse on Sterling Shepard’s ACL Tear
Emma G. Cox, Gregory A. Cranmer, and Brandon Boatwright
Core and Catalyst Criteria Motivating CrossFit Athletes to Reveal or Conceal Their Non-Visible Health Conditions
Shana Makos and Charee M. Thompson
