Sociology+of+Sports

Sociology of sports is the study of the relationship between sports and society. Sports sociologists examine how culture and values influence sports, how sports influences culture and values, and the relationship between sports and politics; economics; religion; race; gender, youth, and sexual orientation. L[|arry Nassar Michigan State, Enablers,] USA Gymnastics? What should be done? Who fired? Who charged? [|OTL comprehensive-ish report] Drugs and Sports and NFL
 * What is Sociology of Sports?**
 * Adapted from NSSS**

[|This Wash Postarticleon the NFL is good.]

[|Colin Kapernick didn't get a contract. That's weird, man.] [|Pop Warner- Class action suit. Good SI summary.] Mini-Olympics Unit? [|Colin K anthem protest.] [|Washington Post-on Colin Kapernick.] [|Colin Kapernick boycotts the National Anthem. Is this a golden age of athlete activism?]--vox [|Here's a great slideshow from the Washington Post] on the issues raised by the Olympics. There are 20 of them. Pick the top 5 most significant issues from a sociological standpoint. And then we will debate and discuss.

Why are the People of Brazil so unhappy about hosting the Olympics? Class assignment? Competitive, answer. [|Here's what happened at six other former sites of the Olympics] [|Olympics and Doping/Natural Athletes? What is a natural athlete?] [|Caster Semenya episode of Hang Up and Listen] http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/let-caster-run-we-should-celebrate-semenyas-extraordinary-talent/ [|Drugs? Legalize them all. Sally Jenkins, Wpost]

[|Eugene Monroe on medical marijuana and opiods.]

WNBA Controversy [|Wiggins] [|Response from Boyette]

30 for 30s Watch the OJ part 1 doc, up through 1968. media type="youtube" key="yqy1pdYRVIo" width="560" height="315"

[|NBA takes away All-Star Game from Charlotte. Let's discuss.]

[|Muslim Female Athletes Compete Covered] [|Also, Gladwell's pod on free throws for the analytics unit. And thresholds].

Topics for Documentaries or Podcasts Rajon Rondo vs. Billly Kennedy Opiods in the NFL North Carolina's anti-transgender law and how sports responded- HB-2 The US Women's National Soccer Team Pay Dispute [|The Karolyis and abuse of young gymnasts--] How the Missouri team got the university's president fire Bad stadium deal? Don Imus vs. Rutgers women's basketball team Carter's decision to boycott the 1980 games--Should be able to find some athletes who weren't able to go. Martina Navratilova---LBGT pioneer. The Gay Games Craig Hodges--Muslim, anti-war martyr? Eating disorders in sports? Wrestling? Women's sports? Gymnastics. Zirin has a section on this on page 221 Michael Jordan and politics? Republicans buy shoes too? Girls sports injuries---Why? Bill Veeck's stunts Hank Greenberg Jewish pioneer. Sandy Koufax Jewish baseball Ted Williams at war? Other athletes during the war. Wimbledon-the evolution of women's dress. Women's dress in other sports. Stephon Marbury in China Ichiro's first season UTEP Negro League--find a specific story Jackie Robinson West [|Lawsuit] TR and the committee to save football. Russian Doping 2014 The U of C gets rid of football sports after 9/11 documentary [|Female sports reporters and the abuse they get?] done The Dictator and the Dickhead--Dennis Rodman's North Korean Adventure Robeson vs. Robinson Lance Armstrong dope Jackie Robinson for Richard Nixon Floyd Patterson? Sonny Liston and the mob? Was he murdered in Las Vegas? US boycotts Moscow games 1980 Race and Gender at The Masters--Tiger Woodsd Magic Johnson and AIDS Greg Louganis comes out Billie Jean King Comes Out Marvin Miller/Curt Flood and free agency Ernie Banks-first black player in Chicago The Williams Sisters at Indian Wells Arthur Ashe and AIDS Michael Sam's NFL adventure. Jason Collins comes out Renee Richards Brittany Griner at Baylor Malcolm and Muhammad Ali? Incognito and Martin Qatar World Cup Loretta Lynch vs. Fifa Steubenville Ohio Rape Case Special Olympics? Paralympics--that organization that did the MX last year. St. Sabinas? Father Pfleger NCAA? North Carolina scandal. Check Zirin Ed O'Bannon? NFL Cheerleaders [|E-Sports?] How Soccer Explains the World-Topics
 * Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf ** (born ** Chris Wayne Jackson ** on March 9, 1969) and his protests against American imperialism.

Documentary Topic Guide How do I know if this is a good topic? Answer these questions. 1) Does your topic transcend sports? In other words, does it serve as a prism and illuminate larger social issues, such as race, class, ethics, commerce, gender, sexual orientation, etc? If the answer to that question is yes, use these questions to help you determine if you have a good topic. 2) Can you find detail about the event from books and articles? 3) Can you get an interview with the subject or subjects of your movie? 4) Can you get interviews with witnesses to the event or people who knew the subject of your movie? 5) Can you get interviews with experts on your topic, including sportswriters, biographers and academics? 6) Can you find footage or audio of the events involved? 7) Can you find pictures of the event or headlines about the event from old newspapers? 8) Is there already a 30 for 30 or any other documentary already on this topic? If so, what will your documentary add? What new perspective will you add or fresh insight?



Here's our updated, without Mianne version of the movie: And here's the link if you want to post it. https://youtu.be/HSwB7dmk-X8 media type="youtube" key="HSwB7dmk-X8" width="560" height="315"

[|If you're looking for old assignments and links---click on the Sociology of Sports Class Archive Page]

Looking for a public event---here's a whole series at U of C that sounds terrific: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fellows-seminars-juliet-macur-the-power-and-politics-of-sports-why-games-arent-just-games-anymore-tickets-20020698448

Monday, January 4th Happy New Year! [|Here's our guide to promoting the movie.] [|Here's the guide to our final debates] Update on movie. Release day! Homework = spend 30 minutes reading about your debate.   Updates on movie. Spend 20 minutes letting folks know about the movie- Work on debates. **Homework = spend 30 minutes reading and working on your debate.**   [|What's it like to be a Buffalo Jills Cheerleader?]  **Wednesday, January 6th ** Mianne Strikes back
 * Tuesday, January 5th**
 * Homework = Spend 30 minutes working on your debate. Don't forget the outline.**

Greenstone takes the _ road? Work on debate.
 * Thursday, January 7th**
 * Homework = spend one hour working on your debate. Don't forget the outline.**

Updates on film? Did anyone hear from Christina Kahrl? Work on debates. **We are extending the rebuttal period to 12 minutes.** Watch video on HS sports. Mini-debates on the topics we didn't choose.
 * Monday, January 11th**
 * Do you want a closing statement, too?**
 * Homework = work on debate. **

[|Vox on Tamir Rice] Work on debate. Mini-debates on the topics we didn't choose.
 * Tuesday, January 12th**
 * Homework = prepare for debate.**

Debate 1. Mini-debates.
 * Wednesday, January 13th**
 * Homework = prepare for debates**

Debate 2. Mini-debates.
 * Thursday, January 14th**
 * Homework = prepare for debate.**

Course evaluation.

Homework =
 * [|Thabo Sefelosha, Race, and Civil Rights] **

Homework = for Read this excellent article http://www.vox.com/2015/5/28/8676185/fifa-corruption . As you read, annotate for this question: 1. To what extent, are the problems in FIFA related a function of corrupt individuals and to what extent are they deeper, and structural. Relatedly 2. Identify specific corrupt individuals that are a particular problem, and identify what the root, structural problems are that make FIFA so corrupt.


 * Social Media Strategy**
 * Twitter**
 * Facebook**
 * Premiere?**

Homework = For Monday read How Soccer Explains the World and annotate for the following questions: 1. What were the political goals of teams like Hakoah? 2. How successful were Jewish athletes in the early 20th century? 3. What does European Anti-Semitism look like today? 4. How did Tottenham come to be associated with Jews? 5. How great was the Tottenham response to the foreskin chant, I mean, really, how great is that? I can't believe I just typed that sentence. 6. How did Ajax become known as a Jewish club? 7. Has being known as a Jewish club helped MTK or hurt them? 8. Finally, there are a lot of difficult references in this article. Come to class with questions about three things you read but didn't fully understand (this could be ideas, or vocabulary).

FIFA? Boycott Qatar? Big Data and Sports? Public Financing of Sports? Cultural values and sports? Jews and Soccer?

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 * [|Vox's Primer on NFL Concusssions]**
 * Use your books to defend or contradict it.**
 * Ali/Liston I--Round 1. Time 11:50**

Finish Clay Liston I Current Events -OSU player dead. --Ray Rice Update --Ferguson and the Rams --Malcolm and Ali
 * Tuesday, December 2nd**

Malcolm and Ali. Defending MLK and questioning Malcolm. Thurgood Marshall The Ballot or the Bullet 1. How weird was the atmosphere in Maine before the fight? Seriously, how weird? What were the weirdest parts? 2. Do you think there was a fix? Why or why not? Explain.
 * Thursday, December 4th **
 * Homework = read "King of the World" pages 253--266 and annotate for the following reading question: **

Grantland 4th Down Hot Hand?
 * Friday, December 5th**
 * Homework = read "King of the World" pages 267-280 and annotate for the following reading question: **
 * 1. What was the source of the problems between Ali and his wife Sonji? Who do you blame for these problems? **
 * 2. What did Patterson think of Ali and vice versa? Who do you think handled this situation better? **


 * Grantland 4th Down**

Liston-Ali Malcolm: Name one thing he did to help people. Ballots or Bullets Big Data and the Hot Hand Robbed Homework = read " ** King of the World" pages 283-292 and annotate for the following reading question and be ready for Monday's test: ** 3. How did the public react to his position on the war and the draft at first? Why do you think Ali's reputation has improved so much as time has gone on?
 * Monday, December 8th**
 * 1. Describe the fight between Ali and Patterson. **
 * 2. Explain Ali's long saga with the draft and his position on the war. **
 * [|Robbed]**
 * Thursday 11/12**
 * Stansbury**


 * Tuesday 11/17**
 * Ilhan**


 * Thursday 11/19**
 * Zoe**

Here are some links that may be helpful, depending on what your topic is. [|Here's an update on post-Olympics on Caster Semenya] [|Lana Lawless--transgender golfer] [|NCAA Report on Transgender Athletes]
 * R[|ead this fascinating article about a transgender mtf UFC fighter.]**
 * [|Here's a really long, really good article on Caster.]**

[|Canadian Report "Sports in Transition"] 538 did a[| pod on defining an athlete's gender.]

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Begin reading Caster Semenya article "Either/Or" by Ariel Levy.
 * Homework = read "Either/or" and be prepared to discuss the following reading questions.**

Fifa Arrests

[|Here's the indictment.]

[|Really good Vox Article on Fifa's awful history.] Should we take the games away from Qatar? Panel of interests Should US boycott? Should Corporate Sponsors Cut Ties [|538's take] [|Flowchart of corruption] [|Qatar Longform]

[|John Oliver on Building Sports Stadiums]

[|Serena and Race and Gender] Women Coaching: [| Wilmore on NFL hiring an intern assistant.] [|Is Becky Hammon a candidate for NBA head coaching jobs?] [|July a big month for women's sports] [|Profile of the first female coach in the NFL]

[|Sex vs. Gender from Wikipedia] [|Very Cool Slideshow on Gender Testing in Sports. Use this.] [|Caster Semenya New Yorker Article] Read only up until after the part about how to divide up sports competitions. "Nobody knows why. "

It's really good. Activity: the judge that heard Chand's case put the onus on the IAAF association to prove that her elevated testosterone levels gave her an unfair advantage. The class researches and writes up their findings. Read Sports Gene: Evaluate the options---Presentations-- History Pros and cons of each Write a paper addressing this.

1. Mandatory physical exam of organs on race day. This was practiced before 1968. 2. “Natural born woman” test-meant to exclude transgender athletes ( [|__Lana Lawless__] --Renee Richards). 3. Mandatory Chromosome Swab/DNA Spanish runner (Maria Jose Martinez Patino). 4. Pre Semenya--IAAF Policy on Gender Verification: if an athlete's sex is challenged they must undergo a barrage of tests by a medical team comprised of a "gynecologist, endocrinologist, psychologist, internal specialist and expert on gender/transgender issues." This was used in the Caster Semenya case. 5. Compete by testosterone classification levels, not by gender or sex. 6. Effective Testosterone testing (Duttee Chand case). 7. Give up on sex testing altogether and separate events into self-identification of gender.

[|Here's the ruling.] It's really long. Robert Garofalo from Lurie is an expert. Or have them craft a rule on how to test for sex in these events. [|NYTIMES On line between male and female blurred.] [|Here's a good TImes article on the confusion.] Task--define the line for female and male competitors? Task--Answer the question: Does elevated testosterone give an "unfair" advantage? Task-If there are no tests for sex for athletes, can anyone compete in women's sports by claiming gender identification (pre-surgical, pre-hormone treated transgender women, who were born as men)? And here's another article on from the Times that's really good. [|Original Dutee Chand Article] [|Dutee Chand Update] [|FIFA-Sex testing] (Read the comments if you can handle human beings being terrible to each other).

Brittany Griner arrest domestic violence compare to R. Rice http://espn.go.com/wnba/story/_/id/12755858/a-conversation-brittney-griner-arrest

__ [|Sports Sociology Current Events Assignment] __ Win the [|New Yorker's Caption Contest] and you will earn a bucket of extra credit.

[|History Writing Website] Give it a look. It's actually quite good and quite helpful.

@http://972mag.com/palestine-v-jordan-how-a-soccer-match-tells-the-story-of-a-nation/101374/

[|538 movie on big data analytics in sports]

[|Introduce NCAA Project] Divide into 5 groups How to read a court case. The O'Bannon case. The groups! Ashley--Claire Sam--Big 5 Lyle--Danilo--Teddy O'Bannon Folex-Willy Tom Kessler--Jenkins Jake-Paris--Unionization Zoll--Joey--Status Quo
 * Monday, January 5**
 * Homework = Read and take notes for 30 minutes about your proposal.**

[|As a reminder, here's a primer on Title IX law.] [|And here's a good summary of antitrust law.] Work on your slideshow.
 * Tuesday, January 6**
 * Homework = Work for 30 minutes on your slideshow.**

Work on your slideshow.
 * Thursday, January 8**
 * Homework = Work for 30 minutes on your slideshow.**

Watch The U
 * Friday, January 9**
 * Homework = Work for 45 minutes on your slideshow.**

The U!
 * Monday, January 12**
 * [|Update on the changes happening in the NCAA.] Tonight's game shows them coming fast and furious.**
 * Homework = Work for 30 minutes on your slideshow.**

The U!
 * Tuesday, January 13**
 * Homework = Be ready to present your slideshow. Remember you must master your material. Reread the rubric!**

Present on Fix the NCAA.
 * Thursday, January 15**

Present on Fix the NCAA
 * Friday, January 16**

No School Monday, January 19th

Our Final is Tuesday.

To prepare for finals, you will write 3 amendments to the NCAA's bylaws. Your amendments should address some of the topics we've covered in this final unit, including: 1) Pay for Athletes 2) Scholarship Rules 3) Health and Travel Benefits for Players 4) Gender Equity 5) Parity and Balance Amongst NCAA Schools 6) Exceptions for Certain Sports 7) Amateurism 8) Endorsements 9) Compensation for the use of Players' Likeness and Image 10) Transfer Policy 11) Consultation with Lawyers and Agents

Your amendments should be drafted in the style of actual the actual NCAA Rulebook. Here's a[| link to a pdf of the NCAA's massive rulebook] (2012 Edition)

Here's an example of a rule.

12.3.1 general rule. An individual shall be ineligible for participation in an intercollegiate sport if he or she ever has agreed (orally or in writing) to be represented by an agent for the purpose of marketing his or her athlet- ics ability or reputation in that sport. Further, an agency contract not specifically limited in writing to a sport or particular sports shall be deemed applicable to all sports, and the individual shall be ineligible to participate in any sport. 12.3.1.1 Representation for Future Negotiations. An individual shall be ineligible per Bylaw 12.3.1 if he or she enters into a verbal or written agreement with an agent for representation in future professional sports negotiations that are to take place after the individual has completed his or her eligibility in that sport.

[|Hot hand/streak shooting-does it exist? How might we tell?]

Introduce Field Study-[|Sample Field Study] Discuss Brittany Griner.
 * Homework = 2 parts **
 * Part 1 read article about Transgender Athletes and come ready to discuss the following questions: **
 * 1) Under what conditions should transgendered athletes be allowed to compete against athletes of their new gender? **
 * 2) Under what conditions should transgendered athletes NOT ** ** be allowed to compete against athletes of their new gender? **

[|Serbia and Albania Suspend Soccer Match]

1. To this day, most Americans have heard the false story that Abner Doubleday invented baseball. Where did this myth come from and who promoted it? 2. Greenberg says that "baseball did not grow rapidly among Southern men of honor because it seemed to embody a set of values at odds with their culture." What values did baseball embody? Why were these values at odds with Southern culture. Be specific. 3. Why did baseball suit the north better? 4. In what ways did hunting suit the culture of Southern men of honor better than baseball?
 * Homework = Read "Honor and Slavery," by Kenneth Greenberg pages 115-127 and answer the following questions: **

What purposes do sports serve in society? For you?


 * The way we play and watch sports reflects our values provide us a way to instill and inculcate those values.**
 * Start reading Greenberg.**

[|The Shame of College Sports] Atlantic from 2011 Update? [|Atlantic Debate on how to fix.]

Reform the NCAA project:[| Big 5 Conference Plan] Must address Title Nine and non-revenue sports. O'Bannon Issues-NW suit-and Kessler Suit (anti-trust) [|O'Bannon Case Analysis: and implications for Title IX]

Northwestern Union Title IX

Introduce "You Gotta Have Wa"

Discuss Honor and Slavery reading questions. How did baseball suit the North better?

Watch Ken Burns Baseball (part 1) 17-47.

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 * Homework = for Read pages 27-51 of "You Gotta Have Wa" and answer the following questions: **

// 1. Describe how the Japanese felt about Sports before the Meiji Period. //

// 2. Describe how the Japanese infused baseball with their traditional values. What are those traditional Japanese values? //

// 3. Describe the Imbrie incident? How did it intersect with international diplomacy? //

// 4 Based on this reading, how good do you think Japanese baseball was before World War II. Why do you think that? //

// 5. What did General Nogi think about baseball? Why //

// 6. Explain Tobita's philosophy of baseball. Was it borrowed or native Japanese? //

// 7. What were the highlights of the US/Japanese games of the 1930's? //

// 8. The author argues that baseball suits the Japanese national character. How so? //

Here's George Carlin on the differences between baseball and football. Good stuff.

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 * Friday, September 5th**

Continue to discuss Greenberg's "Honor and Slavery."

Japanese baseball fans.

Introduce current events assignment.

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 * Homework = for Read pages 27-51 of "You Gotta Have Wa" and answer the following questions: **

// 1. Describe how the Japanese felt about Sports before the Meiji Period. //

// 2. Describe how the Japanese infused baseball with their traditional values. What are those traditional Japanese values? //

// 3. Describe the Imbrie incident? How did it intersect with international diplomacy? //

// 4 Based on this reading, how good do you think Japanese baseball was before World War II. Why do you think that? //

// 5. What did General Nogi think about baseball? Why //

// 6. Explain Tobita's philosophy of baseball. Was it borrowed or native Japanese? //

// 7. What were the highlights of the US/Japanese games of the 1930's? //

// 8. The author argues that baseball suits the Japanese national character. How so? //


 * Thursday, September 12th**

Discuss Japanese baseball. Cultural values.

Current Events


 * Friday, September 13th**

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 * Monday, September 16th**

Work on your presentation.


 * Thursday September 19th**

Introduce Shadow of a Nation.

Slideshows.

[|Shadow of a Nation, by Gary Smith]


 * Homework = For Monday, write and answer four of your own reading questions for Shadow of a Nation**.


 * Friday, September 20th**

Slideshows.

[|Shadow of a Nation, by Gary Smith]

Assign current events.


 * Homework = For Monday, write and answer four of your own reading questions for Shadow of a Nation**.


 * Monday, September 23rd**

Discuss Shadow of a Nation.

Find a cool old article on sports.

Search Google archives for early sports reports.

[|Google Advanced book search for early sport]. This link is fascinating. It's about golf and basketball at Vassar.

[|White Men Can't Pass]


 * Homework = Read A People's History of Sports in the US pages 11-13, 29-30, 59-61 94-96 and 201-204 and as you read be prepared to discuss the following question: for every time period discussed, what were the obstacles standing in the way of women athletes?**


 * Tuesday, September 24th**

Current events. Here's the assignment sheet __ [|Sports Sociology Current Events Assignment] __

[|Sayyid Qutb on American Society and sports.]

Discuss women in sports history. Obstacles and changes.

Homework = 1) R[|ead this blog]post and

2) engage on [|my discussion board]with your classmates on the issues raised by the author.

Incognito /Martin Report [|Boomer Esiason on Incognito/Martin Relationship] [|Weiss Report] Act out report, ask class to be witnesses based on testimony and sections, be sure to redact about sister. Class will make recommendations on

1) Punishment for Incognito/Pouncey/Jerry/Turner/Ireland/Philbin/[| and Murtha] maybe not Murtha. Each group gets x-examined about their behavior and then rejoins the x-exam panel.

2) Diagnose Incognito Essay [|Bipolar Disorder?] Or [|Antisocial Personality Disorder]

It's not just football players who get concussions. [|Here's a really scary story] about Brianna Scurry, who was a key reason the US won the 1999 Women's World Cup.

[|Atlanta Hawks' owner's racially troubling email.]

[|Does the hosting the Olympics pay off, economically?]

[|Richie Parker by Gary Smith] A trial? An admission committee? Invite Celso.

[|Interesting article on the US style of soccer with a section on how different nations score goals in soccer.] Check out Spain.

[|"How Title IX Went Wrong"]

[|Ann Coulter on Soccer (brace yourself to be offended)] [|Stuff Ann Coulter said during USA Germany]

[|American Football in China]

[|Tottenham and the Holocaust] [|Brazils' Stadiums, Good For Economy?] [|NW NLRB Decision]

[|Incognito Martin Report]

[|Belgian National Soccer Team]

[|538 on concussions]

[|Jackie Robinson was a Republican for most of his life.] [|Satchel Paige---So unfair.] [|Hank Greenberg-good article]
 * [|Women should play baseball.]**

1. Social/Cultural Values and Sports (How the values of a society shape sports, and how sports instills those values). 2. Race, Ethnicity and Sports 3.Sports and Gender and Sexual Orientation 4.The Complex Relationship Between Spectator and Athlete 5. Sports and Ethics 6. Sports and Commerce
 * Big units:**

BRRR. It's Cold In Here, There Must Be Some Colonels In the Atmosphere.

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Happy New Year! 1. Course Evaluation. 2. Our final project. Debates. [|Here's the assignment sheet for the Debates.] media type="custom" key="24824698" media type="custom" key="24824722"
 * Thursday, January 9**
 * Dennis Rodman, North Korea and the intersection of politics, ethics and sports.**
 * Charles Smith's Epic Fail**

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 * [| Kim Jong Un finally got a ski lift. Rodman is going.]**
 * [|This article in the NYTimes describes his visit.]**
 * [|And this article gives a nuanced a discussion of the pros and cons of his visit.] **
 * Q: Why did Rodman lose it, during the CNN interview. A: [|Demon Rum.] **
 * Unlike Rodman, Charles Smith seems actually smart and conflicted. [|But his realization that he's a pawn came too late.] **
 * [|John Carlos and Tommie Smith] in NYTIMES from 1968. **
 * [|Zirin on why Carlos and Smith are heroes.] **
 * [|Wikipedia's article on the protest] **
 * Homework = read the** ** first half of the Gary Smith article "Why Don't More Athletes Take a Stand?" pages 308-top of 321. We will likely have a quiz on this article on Monday. **


 * the John Carlos and Tommie Smith packet for tomorrow and watch this video:**

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Assign Debates. Zirin on Mandela. Mandela slideshow. John Carlos and Tommie Smith--video and the Mexico massacre of '68.
 * Friday, January 10**
 * [|Here's the Korean official account of the Rodman game.]**
 * Homework = finish the Gary Smith article "Why Don't More Athletes Take a Stand?" We will likely have a quiz on this article on Monday. **

Quiz on "Why Don't More Athletes Take a Stand?" Discuss Mandela and Sports---
 * Monday, January 13**
 * Homework = begin researching your final debate question. **

[|Inequality is growing.] [|And social mobility is declining, and we do poorly on this measure relative to other countries.]
 * Tuesday, January 14 **

[|Meanwhile Congress has cut off unemployment benefits for the long term unemployed] [|and has cut food stamps] for the poor. [|and one party opposes a hike in the minimum wage] [|Even though the minimum wage is lower now in real dollars than it has been for years.]

Debate prep.
 * Homework = continue researching your final debate question. **

Debate prep.
 * Thursday, January 15 **
 * Homework = continue researching your final debate question.**

First debates? I'll grade a bit easier if you go today.
 * Friday, January 16**
 * Homework = debate prep.**

Tuesday, January 20 Debates!


 * Debate Topics**
 * 1. Should the Olympics only be hosted by democratic countries with good human rights records?**
 * 2. Should football be exempt from Title IX regulations?**
 * 3.** ** “Collegiate Sport is one of the greatest forms of forms of labor exploitation in contemporary America. ** " Debate the validity of this statement.
 * 4. Is there an ethical difference between athletes using performance enhancing drugs and performance enhancing technologies such as training, nutrition and equipment?**
 * 5. Should football be banned?**
 * 6. Do Division I college athleti**** cs programs do more harm than good for their universities? **
 * 7. Should post-operative transgender females (who were born male) be allowed to play women's sports?**
 * 8. When athletes speak out on political matters do they achieve any lasting, or worthwhile, good?**
 * 9. Should Human Growth Hormone use be accepted in sports.**
 * 10. American cities should not subsidize sports teams by paying for stadiums. **

[|SI's slideshow of Mandela] [|Mandela and the Use of Sports--by our guy Dave Zirin] [|Brazilian Protests and the World Cup] [|Mandela and Sports] [|Does the World Cup Help or Harm the Economy?] [|MMA---Not so safe after all.]

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[|Mussolini and Football]

NFL Salute To Service/Berlin Olympics http://www.nfl.com/photos/09000d5d823c087a



[|Is it immoral to watch football?]

Introduce current events project.

Did Bobby Riggs throw his match against Billie Jean King? This link is to the PBS documentary on Billie Jean King [|American Masters]

[|Don Van Natta's article] [|Gail Collins] [|Fresh Air]

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Here's a bonus reading on why the basketball community sees the game mostly in black and white.

Introduce "Shadow of a Nation." [|Sayyid Qutb on American Society and sports.] __ The Gathering of the Tribes---Lacrosse __ Write and answer four of your own reading questions for The Gathering of the Tribes. Soccer by Eduardo Galeano--excerpts. Answer the following questions:
 * Homework = for Thursday Write and answer four of your own reading questions for Shadow of a Nation**.

[|Google Advanced book search for early sport]. This link is fascinating. It's about golf and basketball at Vassar. [|Who said it, Hitler or Taylor Swift?]

[|All American Girls Professional Baseball League code of conduct] [|Native American Lacrosse] as described by George Catlin



Ken Burns Baseball minute 17-46

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 * Homework = read Zirin, A People's History of Sports in America Chapter 1 pages 1-11 and answer the following questions:**
 * 1. What purposes did Lacrosse serve for the Choctaw?**
 * 2. What was the reaction of George Catlin, the Anglo observer, to the games of the Choctaw/**
 * 3. What was the attitude of King James toward sports?**
 * 4. What did the Puritans think of sports?**
 * 5. What kind of sports were played in the Dirty South?**

Rotating assignment: Read the sports news and find a current article that touches on any of our course themes. Race and Ethnicity and sports The Complex Relationship Between Spectators and Athlete- Sports and childhood Sports and Gender and Orientation Sports and Societies Values (quants vs character?--baseball in North and South) Sports and Ethics (Drugs/Horses/Boxing/MMA) The Business of Sports
 * Introduce People's History of Sports in America.**

Be prepared to show the article, or video clip, to the class and to explain its significance. Here are some good sources but feel free to find your own:

Grantland.com ESPN.COM CNNSI.COM ESPNW.COM http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/

Afterballs


 * Primary document on women's baseball league.**
 * Most important athletes of all time?**
 * Introduce Ali. Ali vs. Liston.**

pages to skip 18-25 bottom of 36-39 59-69
 * Describe Liston's life and background.**

Classic Sportswriting collected by The Stacks at Deadspin http://thestacks.deadspin.com/

College Syllabi


 * [|__https://www.coursera.org/course/sports__] **
 * [|__UNC Sports Sociology Syllabus__] **
 * __ [|SUNY Geneseo] __ **

One Shot at Forever Wonder Girl Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life =How Soccer Explains the World = Strong Women Deep Closets Friday Night Lights What's My Name Fool Levels of the Game Among the Thugs Fever Pitch You Gotta Have Wa And the Walls Came Down Moneyball The Sweet Science Beyond A Boundary Eight Men Out The Girls of Summer The Rivals Baseball's Great Experiment The Last Shot The Fight Beer and Circus Touching the Void
 * Read a Book on Sports and present it.**

Making Movies

Here's a guide. @http://www.shawnhaley.ca/soci110/pdf/chapter02.pdf http://www.academia.edu/1411178/Ethnographic_fieldwork_A_beginners_guide_Blommaert_and_Dong_2010_
 * Doing Sociology: Ask a question (gender?) and do some field work:**

Finally, students will put together a film reporting their findings in a documentary film.
 * Doing Sociology Project. Students will conduct their own sociology field study observations about gender and will report their findings in a documentary film. **
 * Step 1: students will ask a guiding question such as: **
 * “How does coaching in boys and girls youth sports differ?” **
 * “How do parents cheer differently in boys and girls sports?” **
 * “How do male and female athletes talk differently about competition?” **
 * Next students will research the literature on the question and come up with a testable hypothesis. **
 * Then the students will conduct some sociological observations (watching youth sports, high school practices, or visiting a gym class) and test the hypothesis. **
 * Then students will conduct follow up interviews. **

Brackets---which African-American had biggest impact 1-16 seeds Jr ali Texas Miners Moses Unforgivable blackness

Roman Gladiators
 * Hoop Dreams**

[|Royko Jackie's first trip to Wrigley]

@http://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Sports_ (1633)

[|Amish Baseball]

Gary Smith Crow article Off the Res documentary.

[|Afghanistan Basketball] N + 1

[|Coursera Sports]

Hoop Dreams?

Hot Hand Debate?

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[|A Christian on Football] [|Longform Guide to Football, concussions etc.]

[|Black Fives--Negro League of Hoops] John Watterson "Political Football" Journal of Presidential Studies. Check Proquest

Honor and Slavery Greenberg [|Gould on the Baseball Creation Myth] Robeson Robinson Integration Title 9 Native American Lacrosse article You gotta have Wa. Ballard Japan DF Wallacew http://www.esquire.com/features/sports/the-string-theory-0796 http://harpers.org/archive/1993/04/the-last-shot/

Yao Ming and Red Guard

Soccer Stuff---Franklin Foer [|History of Pickup Soccer---SI] [|German Soccer Dominance--a product of cultural traits?] nytimes [|soccer riots as a key part of the Egyptian rev.]

Here's a[| great article on Brittany Griner and her sexuality/orientation] [|Exploitation of NCAA transfer rule]

on Transgender athletes from the last year, in SI: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2862c5; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1198744/index.htm

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">For a historical perspective, which can show how this was addressed at the time, check out this seminal story on the black athlete: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2862c5; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1081325/index.htm

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Disco Demolition--Check ProQuest <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Discophobia---Project Muse-- Jounal of History of Sexuality <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">media type="custom" key="24762904"

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Bill Simmons List http://www.themillions.com/2008/10/best-sports-journalism-ever-according_12.html

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