Tag: cultural sport studies

Sports offer entry to culture, history, and intellectual debate for people who enjoy the world of ideas yet find academia inaccessible. Meeting readers where they are, this issue activates humanities research to unpack the hidden histories and surprising depths of sports around the world – from tennis and football to basketball and cricket – unfurling the intricacies of athletes, fans, and the cultures that surround them, providing readers with new understandings of their favorite past-times and conversation starters for their pregame rituals.