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    “Study of the lives of women who are married to professional baseball players a true delight to read”

    In his book The Sport Marriage: Women who make it work (University of Illinois Press), author Steven M. Ortiz draws on studies he conducted over nearly three decades focusing on the marital realities confronted by women married to male professional athletes. We gave this book to Norwegian sport sociologist Anne Tjønndal, who had a delightful time reading it. She concludes her appreciative review with warm recommendations.

    Sociology of Sport Journal, Volume 38, 2021, Issue 3

    SSJ publishes original research, framed by social theory, on exercise, sport, physical culture, and the (physically active) body. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical, theoretical, and position papers; book reviews; and critical essays. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Mamba in the Mirror: Black Masculinity, Celebrity, and the Public Mourning of Kobe Bryant by A. Lamont Williams.
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