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“Who Am I ... a Hockey Player”: Indigenous Generosity and the Transformative Power of Education in Hockey Spaces

Davina McLeod, Sam McKegney, Darren Zanussi, and Shane Keepness

love: both for their people and their sport. And it is their sport. As Jacobs declares, “when people ask who I am, I introduce myself as a hockey player.” We can only hope that settler players and the hockey establishment will honor these efforts with reciprocal determination to pursue positive

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Investigating the Nexus of Paralympic Bodies With Medicine

Nancy Quinn and Laura Misener

: Social suffering in contemporary society . Stanford University Press . Brittain , I. , Biscaia , R. , & Gérard , S. ( 2020 ). Ableism as a regulator of social practice and disabled peoples’ self-determination to participate in sport and physical activity . Leisure Studies, 39 ( 2 ), 209 – 224

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A Critical Examination of Race and Antiracism in the Sport for Development Field: An Introduction

Meredith A. Whitley, Joseph N. Cooper, Simon C. Darnell, Akilah R. Carter-Francique, and Kip G. O’Rourke-Brown

, 2020 ). And yet, how did stakeholders across the SfD field respond? The Black Lives Matter movement was not the only race-centric movement focused on advancing justice, equity, and self-determination in society and sport in recent years. In 2018, for example, Crystal Echo Hawk launched the IllumiNative

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A Baltimore Benevolence Thing? American Philanthropy, Neoliberal Fitness, and the Persistence of “Colorblind” Racial Silencing

Ronald L. Mower

-intentioned certainty that their “creative” intervention could improve the health of all Baltimoreans, the perception of Black youth as a “problem” nevertheless remained entrenched. Subsequently, the determination to reform those assumed to otherwise be “wayward, hapless Black youth,” to instead become “fitness

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Whitewashed and Blacked Out: Counter-Narratives as an Analytical Framework for Studies of Ice Hockey in Canada

Alex I. McKenzie and Janelle Joseph

while trying to succeed” (p. 32). Washington’s ideologies emphasized self-determination and skill development in the Black community to achieve recognition and equality in society. His philosophy echoes the SBYD concept of using intentional self-regulation to harness skills (i.e., confidence, competence

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“Sorry If I Offended”: The Art of Nonapology, Racism, and White Supremacy in Sport

Jessica W. Chin and Matthew R. Hodler

, institutional, and discursive determinations that suture the event into the conjuncture of which it is a constituent element” (pp. 56–57). We saw the Morris incident as an exemplar of other nonapologies that we—as sport fans, scholars, critics, and consumers—had recognized previously. We presumed that the

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Athlete–Student–Influencer: How the Introduction of Name, Image, and Likeness in Intercollegiate Athletics Further Complicates Applications of Role Theory

Alison Fridley, Daniel Springer, Sarah Stokowski, and Arden Anderson

The Ninth Circuit’s determination in O’Bannon v. NCAA (2015 ) represented a deviation from previous legal challenges to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA’s) long-standing amateurism defense. Although the court’s decision did not explicitly grant college athletes’ name, image

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Constructing Diaspora Space and Consciousness Through Sport and Livelihoods in Kampala, Uganda

Mitchell McSweeney

the health of displaced populations. In contrast, research has found that refugees may face numerous barriers (e.g., language) to sport participation, be discriminated against by local community members, and sport programs may be overconcerned with a focus on integration rather than promoting the self-determination

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Concussion Reporting and Racial Stereotypes: ESPN’s Role in Shaping Public Perception About Athletes of Color

Niya St. Amant

ESPN broadcasts all Monday night NFL games and the NFL draft, as well as select play-off games ( ESPN, 2021 ), it is a fair assumption that many NFL fans may gravitate to ESPN for sports-related news and updates on their favorite teams and players. The determination over whether an athlete was White

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“A Breath of Fresh Air”: Media Framing of a Unique National Football League Draft Pick

Adam Love, Alexander Deeb, and Lars Dzikus

passion, hard work, and determination were central to sporting cultures” ( Leonard, 2017 , p. 7). Similar to the ways in which a German player may serve the NFL’s interests in expanding its market internationally, a White player, who symbolically represents the previously mentioned attributes, may benefit