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Talking Baseball When There Is No Baseball: Reporters and Fans During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Alexander L. Curry and Tiara Good

On March 12, 2020, one day after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, Major League Baseball (MLB) canceled the remainder of its spring training games and postponed the start of its regular season. Two months later—at the time of this writing—MLB remains suspended

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Broadcaster Choice and Audience Demand for Live Sport Games: Panel Analyses of the Korea Baseball Organization

Kihan Kim, Hojun Sung, Yeayoung Noh, and Kimoon Lee

the “broadcaster choice model.” This study is conducted in the context of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), the highest-level professional baseball league, serving in Korea since 1982. The KBO provides a unique research setting not available in other professional leagues in that, with only a few

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Application of Social Work Theory in Sport Management Curriculum: Ecological Systems Theory

Amy E. Cox, Lauren Beasley, and Robin Hardin

macrolevel societal culture and belief systems. Finally, the chronosystem includes changes in time and eras in which an individual is living. A sport-specific example is the “steroid era” in baseball. A professional baseball player playing in the steroid era is going to have a different playing experience

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You Study Like a Girl: Experiences of Female Sport Management Students

Erin Morris, Ryan Vooris, and Tara Q. Mahoney

.S. Department of Labor, 2017 ), women only hold 27.7% of administration positions among Major League Baseball teams and 31.8% of positions at Major League Baseball’s home office ( Lapchick, 2018a ). In addition, women hold 39.6% of National Basketball Association front office positions, 31.6% in National

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Self-Categorization and Sport Management Students: Perceptions of Industry and Discipline by Self-Identified Gender

Mike Ross, Bobby Berry, and Mark Vermillion

-covered stories include the hirings of both Jen Welter as an assistant coach for the Arizona Cardinals (National Football League) and Kim Ng as a general manager of the Miami Marlins (Major League Baseball). While widely consumed and touted for their impact, these examples do not help explain social dynamics

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The Fractured Messaging of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Its Members in Response to COVID-19

Timothy Mirabito, Robin Hardin, and Joshua R. Pate

. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, for instance, wrote then–Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis “The Green Light Letter” on January 15, 1942. Roosevelt implored Landis to play the 1942 baseball season despite the involvement of the United States in World War II so that

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Making an Impact: An Initial Review of U.S. Sport League Corporate Social Responsibility Responses During COVID-19

Danielle K. Smith and Jonathan Casper

organizational decision making not found in external communications. Todd Jacobson, senior vice president of social responsibility for the National Basketball Association (NBA), and Melanie LeGrande, vice president of social responsibility for Major League Baseball (MLB), offered their professional perspective

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Role of Sport Public Relations for the COVID-19 Outbreak: Interview With Kwon Heo, Public Relations Manager at Kia Tigers

Sungwook Son, Antonio S. Williams, and Yoon Heo

Kwon Heo —Public relations manager, Kia Tigers. Following a successful flattening of the curve in terms of the spread of COVID-19, the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) became one of the first professional-level sport leagues to start its season in early. With limited programming available due to

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Do We Really Want Sports Public Relations to Return to Normal?

Christie M. Kleinmann

their fear for health and safety. For example, Major League Baseball’s #openingdayathome created a full day of at-home festivities for baseball fans to relive one win for each ballclub. The event was designed to create a digital community among baseball fans and players who were separated physically

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Just a Fantasy? Examining Fantasy Sport in a Time Without Sport

Brody J. Ruihley and Jacob Chamberlin

primarily has had to prepare for two types of business obstructions prior to sport’s cancellation and postponement due to COVID-19. The first type involves stoppage of business for legal reasons. For example, in 2006, fantasy sport operator CBC Distribution and Marketing, Inc. sued Major League Baseball