• #Authoring Episode 25: How to Be a Sports Fan in 2020 (or “Searching Constantly for That Middle Space That Allows You to Quiet Your Conscience and Indulge Your Fandom”)

  • Oct 28 2020
  • Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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#Authoring Episode 25: How to Be a Sports Fan in 2020 (or “Searching Constantly for That Middle Space That Allows You to Quiet Your Conscience and Indulge Your Fandom”)

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  • That parenthetical quote above comes directly from the fantastic new book Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Fan, and we are very excited to have that book’s authors, Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson, on #Authoring this week. The sports journalists have written a deeply insightful and thoughtful examination of the many issues that today’s thinking sports fan faces when considering their fandom.

    From the life-altering brain injuries plaguing NFL players and insensitive mascots rampant throughout sports at all levels to the legal problems some of our favorite sports stars find themselves in to the systemic racism and sexism that is at the center of many ongoing sports problems, Jessica and Kavitha tackle all those issues and more, and offer a nuanced, hopeful look at how, as the book title says, the modern fan can feel better, and maybe even take some action, about loving sports.

    Resources:

    • Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Fan
    • Jessica Luther on Twitter
    • Kavitha A. Davidson on Twitter
    • Jessica Luther at the Burn It All Down sports podcast
    • Kavitha A. Davidson at The Lead sports news podcast
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