The decline of racing

I was considering the idea of racing recently. Not any particular kind of racing, but all kinds of racing: of motorsport, of flat /jump raci...

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Getting to transformation

At the close of WW1, we shifted from seductive “great man” leadership (Carlyle, 1840) to trait theory (Fleenor, 2006). Where once we were bo...

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Sports project data sources

The American Psychological Association regularly run webinars on style, referencing, data, and library services, which are then made public ...

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Sport Sociology in Aotearoa New Zealand

I recently read a great article on the history of sports sociology in New Zealand, and how it has developed as a field of expertise at our...

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Research Methods in Sports Studies and Sport Management

Anthony Veal and Simon Darcy have a research book out, this time totally focused on sport.  The research, figures and cases us ed thro...

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