Deeside, Wales, one of the largest indoor skate parks in Europe, was demolished not to curb lifestyle sport participation, but to make room for more hospital beds to treat recovering COVID-19 patients ( Shaw, 2020 ; see Figure 2 ). Figure 2 —Deeside Skate park, Deeside, Wales. The Experience of Lifestyle
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A Post-COVID-19 Lifestyle Sport Research Agenda: Communication, Risk, and Organizational Challenges
William Roth Smith
Habitually Scrolling: An Examination Into How Sport Consumers Use Social Media
Heather Kennedy and Daniel C. Funk
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Theory and Social Media in Sport Studies
Gashaw Abeza and Jimmy Sanderson
from others who share a research interest in social media. This commentary is a basic review and introduction that aims to draw the scholarly community’s attention to the issue. Our own experiences as researchers, readers, and reviewers on the topic of social media in sport have also highlighted the
When Sport Event Work Stopped: Exposure of Sport Event Labor Precarity by the COVID-19 Pandemic
R. Dale Sheptak Jr. and Brian E. Menaker
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Do We Really Want Sports Public Relations to Return to Normal?
Christie M. Kleinmann
no game to hype and no sports moment to celebrate. There were no sports, but there were still sports people. This essay is about those people and the experience that moved us—league personnel, athletes, fans—from the shadows of superficiality to the light of authentic connection. To do so, this essay
Making Sense of Coach Development Worldwide During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bettina Callary, Abbe Brady, Cameron Kiosoglous, Pekka Clewer, Rui Resende, Tammy Mehrtens, Matthew Wilkie, and Rita Horvath
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Rebooting Content: Broadcasting Sport and Esports to Homes During COVID-19
Michael M. Goldman and David P. Hedlund
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Everyday Things Change: Australian Athlete Communication During the Coronavirus Lockdown
Lewis Whales, Stephen Frawley, Adam Cohen, and Natalia Nikolova
sporting organizations (SSOs), clubs, and players association (ANPA). As the crisis hit Australia, they were all required to understand, determine, and communicate a path forward. To understand how these requirements played out, we chose to interview two players based on their experience, one a
Social Media and Sport Research: Empirical Examinations Showcasing Diversity in Methods and Topics
Jimmy Sanderson and Gashaw Abeza
. Their research also illustrates compelling future directions for both sport organizations and athletes to consider, including athletes potentially being required to engage in virtual sport as part of their job. Their work also offers a baseline for future work to investigate immersive sport experiences
Critiquing the Social Media Scholarship in Sport Studies: Looking Beyond Content and Adopting Critical Approaches
Jimmy Sanderson
digital and social media context ( Kavanagh et al., 2019 , 2022 ; MacPherson et al., 2022 ). The work of these scholars has been insightful in revealing the abuse that athletes encounter on social media. In my own experience, I have often heard that such behavior is merely something athletes “must live