Tag: David Owen

Drawing on examples from the past six centuries, David Owen’s Aux Armes!: Sport and the French, an English perspective (Harvester Press) explores sport’s philosophical standing in France’s cultural DNA; its role in the popularisation of the Republic; the birth of the Olympics, the Tour de France and the football World Cup. Seasoned sport historian Hans Bolling would have liked more of everything, but settles, quite content, with Owen’s choice of stories and format; an appetizer from which the reader can move on, and in doing so being a more well-read person.

JSB publishes original, empirical, investigative, and theoretical papers dealing with the studies of behavior in the areas of game and sport. Essentially, the JSB is interested in sociological, psychological, anthropological, and related applications to the science of sport. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: An Examination of Fan Support of Tanking in the NBA. by Michael Mudrick, Molly Hayes Sauder, Melissa Davies & Kevin Sheaffer.

The International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology (IJSEP) publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in the science of physical activity, human movement, exercise, and sport. The journal’s Editors and Editorial Board encourage researchers and scholars worldwide to submit their work for publication. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The effects of cognitive interference during the preparation and execution of the golf swing by Leo J. Roberts, Mervyn S. Jackson & Ian H. Grundy.

Rowing legend – slightly less as an athlete and more, and deservedly, as a leader of his beloved sport – Thomas “Thomi” Keller is portrayed in a new biography by David Owen, aptly entitled Thomi Keller: A Life In Sport (Independent Publishing Network). Göran R. Buckhorn of ‘Hear the Boat Sing’ fame is our knowledgeable reviewer, and he reallyenjoyed the read.