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| List of Tables and Figures | |
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| Preface | |
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| Sport as a Microcosm of Society | |
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| Sports: An Offer We Can't Refuse | |
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| American Sport in the New Millennium | |
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| Sport in Society: An Inspiration or an Opiate? | |
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| For Further Study | |
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| Sport and Socialization: Organized Sports and Youth | |
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| Play Group versus Organized Competitive Team: A Comparison | |
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| Anyone Up for Stickball? In a PlayStation World, Maybe Not | |
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| Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities | |
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| For Further Study | |
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| Sport and Socialization: The Mass Media | |
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| The Televised Sports Manhood Formula | |
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| The Male Consumer as Loser: Beer and Liquor Ads in Mega Sports Media Events | |
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| Sport and Socialization: Symbols | |
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| American Flags as Big as Fields | |
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| Old Times Not Forgotten: A Battle over Symbols | |
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| The Problems with Native American Mascots | |
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| The De-Athleticization of Women: The Naming and Gender Marking of Collegiate Sport Teams | |
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| Problems of Excess: Overzealous Athletes, Parents, and Coaches | |
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| Female Gymnasts and Ice Skaters: The Dark Side | |
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| Swoosh Comes to Shove | |
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| One Coaching Style: The Total Control of Coach Bob Knight | |
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| Problems of Excess: Sport and Deviance | |
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| Ethical Dilemmas in American Sport: The Dark Side of Competition | |
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| Male Student-Athletes Reported for Sexual Assault: A Survey of Campus Police Departments and Judicial Affairs Offices | |
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| Crime and Athletes: New Racial Stereotypes | |
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| For Further Study | |
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| Problems of Excess: Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports | |
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| Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids: Incidence of Use and Health Implications | |
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| Finding the Golden Genes | |
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| Outraged over the Steroids Outrage | |
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| For Further Study | |
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| Problems of Excess: Big-Time College Sport | |
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| An Experiment Justified | |
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| Everybody Cheats-Just Not My School | |
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| The Big-Time College Sports Plantation and the Slaves Who Drive It | |
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| For Further Study | |
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| Problems of Excess: Sport and Money | |
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| The Commercial Beijing Olympic Games | |
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| New Deal Lets Colts Rake in Cash: Financial Terms of Team's Pact with Indy Are among the Most Lucrative in NFL | |
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| Follow the Money: The Cost of Youth Sports | |
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| The Changing Face of the Sports Fan | |
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| Structured Inequality: Sport and Race/Ethnicity | |
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| Sporting Dreams Die on the "Rez" | |
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| The 2008 Racial and Gender Report Card: National Football League | |
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| Say It Ain't So, Big Leagues: The Downside for Latin American Players | |
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| Structured Inequality: Sport and Gender | |
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| Sport and Gender | |
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| Who's Playing College Sports? Trends in Participation | |
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| The Meaning of Success: The Athletic Experience and the Development of Male Identity | |
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| For Further Study | |
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| Structured Inequality: Sport and Sexuality | |
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| Changing the Game: Homophobia, Sexism, and Lesbians in Sport | |
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| Gay Athletes' Dilemma | |
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| He Shoots, She Scores: The Story of a Transsexual Sportswriter | |
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| For Further Study | |
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| Expanding The Horizons: Sport and Globalization | |
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| Growing the Game: The Globalization of Major League Baseball | |
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| Globalization and Sports: Issues and Controversies | |
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| Corporate Globalization and Sporting Goods Manufacturing: The Case of Nike | |
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| For Further Study | |
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| About the Editor | |