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Journal of Sport & Social Issues is an international leader in the publication of critically oriented, interdisciplinary research on sport, its structure and its role(s) in the contemporary, global world. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/JSS
*CFP: Special Issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport: "Women's Football in a Global Era"* think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
New Research Alert! "Recreational Drug use at Sports Events in the US and UK" by Martha Newson, Linus Peitz, and Mollie Ruler
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New Research Alert! "Do Antidoping Interventions Work?" by Girginov et al.
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New Research Alert! "Forbidden Fruits? Institutional Rules, Agency, and Structure in European Football" by Radosław Kossakowski and Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
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New Research Alert! "Addressing Gender Inequity in Australian Sports Leadership: A Postfeminist Policy Paradox" by Jude Blacklock, Kathryn Henne, Kate Starre, and Tate Morgan
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A reminder that the call for early abstracts to present at the November 2026 conference in Calgary (and online) closes February 13, 2026, at 11:59 pm U.S. Central time. For more information head over to LinkedIn:
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New Research Alert! "Parental Expectations for Children's Future Athletic Achievement: The Roles of Socio-Economic Status, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Athletic Experiences and Identities" by Christopher M. McLeod and Chris Knoester
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New Research Alert! "Narrating Multiculturalism: Lydia Ko, Model Minorities, and the Mediated Kiwi Sporting Nation" by Mark Falcous and Georgia Scott
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Call for Papers - Contributions to Anthology on Queering Sport/Physical Culture #SportHistory #Skystorians #NASSH2026 @mjveri.bsky.social
New Research Alert! "Exploring Latina Adolescent Athletes’ Sport Models: Profiles and Analysis of Favorite Athletes" by Alisia G.T.T. Tran, Alejandra Hernandez, Maria F. Torres, and Vera Lopez
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New Research Alert! "Articulations of Ableism in Sport and Physical Activity" by Townsend et al.
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"The Rise of Private Club and Travel Teams in the U.S.: Generational Changes in Youth Sports Participation and Associations with Socioeconomic Statuses and Family and Community Sport Cultures" by Chris Knoester and Chris Bjork
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"Deliberative Spaces of Elite Athlete Representation in Transnational Sport Governance" by Lisa A Kihl, Daryl Adair, Annette Greenhow, and Lisa Gowthorp
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"The Grass Ceiling: An Investigation into What Drives Gender Exclusion in Golf" by Deborah M. Gray, Sean P. Goffnett, and Richard Divine
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"What Can the Running Body Do? The Running Machine's Affective Possibilities and the Limits of Language" by Jean Ketterling and Bridgette Desjardins
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"Many Ways to Lead: A Discourse Analysis of Sport as an Influencer for Climate Action" by Emma M. McMain, Alex C. Gang, and Eunah Jo
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"Athletic Fat and Disidentification: Reading Gender, Sport/Exercise, and Fatness on YouTube" by Yeomi Choi
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"Challenges to Olympic Inclusion: A Critical Analysis of the International Wushu Federation’s Strategies in Aligning With International Olympic Committee Program Reforms" by Qing-song Han, Inge Derom, Marc Theeboom, Xi Jiang, and Dong Zhu.
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"Maradonna and Public Diplomacy" by Gabriel Cătălin Gherasim
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"The Queen's Gambit: Race, Gender, and Feminist Reclamation of Athletic Histories" by Janelle Joseph, Ornella Nzindukiyimana, Shireen Ahmed, and Sarah Barnes
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In the final piece reflecting on Cole's editorial legacy, Grant Farred refers to them as a "curator," writing that, "The editorial world will be poorer without their understated but intellectually voracious disposition."
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...that provides significant insights into the ways that gender and capitalism become mobilized within neoliberalism and broader global capitalist regimes."
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Dafna Kaufman writes about Cole's contributions to scholarship on women's sport: "Following Cole, we ought to regard women's sports and the branding of women's sports culture not as a site of imminent liberation, but as a critical space...
About past JSSI editor Cole, Holly Thorpe writes, "the highly original and critical questions Cole has been asking for more than three decades now, and the approaches used to articulate the complex workings of power in sport, have significantly shaped our field"
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In "Visions of Field," Pirkko Markula writes that past JSSI editor CL Cole "...opened up the landscape of sport sociology to critically and theoretically consider what counts as the study of sport"
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"...of sport-society relations and oftentimes presaged unfolding social problems within the sporting world and and in terms of sport's impacts in the wider world"
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