| Description |
xv, 209 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Rhetorical resurgence of Pete Rose : a second-chance apologia / Todd F. McDorman -- Hoop games : a narrative analysis of television coverage of women's and men's professional basketball / Leah R. Vande Berg, Sarah Projansky -- Dueling genders : announcer bias in the 1999 U.S. open tennis tournament / Andrew C. Billings -- Talk of the town : a rhetorical analysis of the Browns' departure from and return to Cleveland / Daniel J. O'Rourke III -- Sport, (dis)ability, and public controversy : ableist rhetoric and Casey Martin v. PGA tour, Inc. / James L. Cherney -- Regulating sport rationality in America through the moral controversy of extreme fighting / Thomas Vaughn -- Resignification of risk in marketing whitewater : ritual initiation and the mythology of river culture / Elliot Gaines -- Coachtalk : good reasons for winning and losing / John Todd Llewellyn -- Metaphor in sport policy debate : parliament and British soccer violence / Robert S. Brown -- Fifty-eight American dreams : the NBA draft as mediated ritual / Richard Olsen. |
| Subject |
Mass media and sports -- Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Brown, Robert S., 1968-
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O'Rourke, Daniel J.
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| ISBN |
0275975312 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0275975304 (alk. paper) |
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