In an over-committed personal and professional life — which includes teaching, overseeing another blog, being an editor of an academic journal, trying to get better on electric guitar, running,...
https://thissportinglife.net/2012/02/18/shameless-linsanity-link/
Sumo, discussed in the previous post, is a rare example of a sport that is threatening to desportify. Perhaps the last one to do this was “professional” wrestling, which began as a version of...
https://thissportinglife.net/2011/02/22/is-there-nothing-we-cant-sportify/
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about sumo wrestling over at Ethics for Adversaries. A lot of the stuff I used to blog about here — especially issues over rules, regulations, and norms of sport...
https://thissportinglife.net/2011/02/22/is-sumo-a-real-sport/
I have a keen fascination with the territory between sportsmanship and gamesmanship in sports and other adversarial institutions. That is, between “the high road” of following both the letter...
https://thissportinglife.net/2011/01/19/gamesmanship-showmanship-and-sportsmanship-jets-v-patriots/
A well-rounded sport-spectator experience involves following several sports through the course of the year. Different sports showcase different features that make sports spectatorship rewarding: ...
https://thissportinglife.net/2010/10/04/the-end-of-the-beginning-of-the-2010-nfl-season/
US Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito visited the Law School at my university last week, and worked in a curious sports reference for those interested in reading the tea leaves of his moral p...
https://thissportinglife.net/2010/09/23/should-we-all-root-for-the-washington-generals/
It seems to make sense to enquire about the “primordial” roots of either
https://thissportinglife.net/2010/09/18/more-on-why-no-gather-sports/
It’s been a terrific World Cup so far. We all have to keep our fingers crossed for the semi-finals and the finals being as intriguing as the quarters, because our individual and collective memo...
https://thissportinglife.net/2010/07/06/luddite-officiating-divin/
In the previous post I began with the intention of quickly introducing a link my colleague David Wong sent me to a fun article in Slate called “The Underdog Effect: why do we love a loser?” B...
https://thissportinglife.net/2010/05/16/root-root-root-for-the-underdog/
An uncharitable, but not wholly inaccurate, line on This Sporting Life is that it’s all about how to be a sports snob while still being a genuine sports fan. Of course, nobody wants to admit th...
https://thissportinglife.net/2010/05/15/root-root-root-for-some-team-or-other/