Sports: Why People Love Them!

Why do billions of people around the world love sports? This informative book attempts to find out why--by examining sports in all its facets, providing an overview of the history of sports, with a constant focus upon the social conditions through which sport arises.

Tim Delaney is associate professor of sociology at State University of New York at Oswego. Tim Madigan is assistant professor of philosophy at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York.

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
What is Sport?	p. 1
Our Love Affair with Sports throughout History	p. 25
Sports as a Cultural Phenomenon	p. 49
Sport Socialization through Popular Culture	p. 78
Youth Sports: Growing Up with Sports	p. 101
High School and College Sports: The Passion Continues	p. 122
Sports Fans	p. 154
Sportsmanship	p. 182
Why We Love Sports	p. 208
Bibliography	p. 233
About the Authors	p. 243
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