Thomas P. Oates is a professor in the Department of American Studies and School of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Football and Manliness: An Unauthorized Feminist Account of the NFL. Travis Vogan is a professor in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication and Department of American Studies at the University of Iowa. He is the author of LeRoy Neiman: The Life of America's Most Beloved and Belittled Artist.

• Introduction• Thomas P. Oates and Travis VoganPart One: Imagining BelongingChapter One• Abraham Khan, "The Racial Contract, the Discourse of Ignorance, and Black Coaches inthe National Football League"Chapter Two• Michael L. Butterworth, "The Team that United a City: Sports Documentaries and theRhetorical Construction of Unity"Chapter Three• Theresa Runstedtler, "White Hopes in a Black Game: Race and the 1974 NBA Finals"Chapter Four• Victoria E. Johnson, "'I Was Raised on the Sport: Football and Female Expertise"Part Two: Athletes and ResistanceChapter Five• Jaime Schultz, "Women's Distance Running, Disordered Eating, and Sport Autopathography"Chapter Six• Adrian Burgos, "In Clemente's Wake: Afro-Latino Players and the Quest for Respect"Chapter Seven• Noah Cohan, "Raising a Glass Helmet: How Black Athletes and Artists Resist Football's Head Gear"Chapter Eight• Samantha N. Sheppard, "'Bout that Action, Boss: Signifying and the Cultural Politics of Marshawn Lynch's Sporting Celebrity and Media Persona"Part Three: Political ActivismChapter Nine• Travers, "Transgender Participation in Sport: The Fight for Inclusion in Public Space"Chapter Ten• Jason Kido Lopez, "Weaponizing Sport Ideology: Outkick's 'Anti-Woke' Brand and Women's Sports"Chapter Eleven• Douglas Hartmann and Ali Bouterse, "The WNBA and the 2020 Georgia Senate Race: A Multimethod Case Study of the Cultural Power of Sport"

Thomas P. Oates is a professor in the Department of American Studies and School of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Football and Manliness: An Unauthorized Feminist Account of the NFL. Travis Vogan is a professor in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication and Department of American Studies at the University of Iowa. He is the author of LeRoy Neiman: The Life of America's Most Beloved and Belittled Artist.

• Introduction• Thomas P. Oates and Travis VoganPart One: Imagining BelongingChapter One• Abraham Khan, "The Racial Contract, the Discourse of Ignorance, and Black Coaches inthe National Football League"Chapter Two• Michael L. Butterworth, "The Team that United a City: Sports Documentaries and theRhetorical Construction of Unity"Chapter Three• Theresa Runstedtler, "White Hopes in a Black Game: Race and the 1974 NBA Finals"Chapter Four• Victoria E. Johnson, "'I Was Raised on the Sport: Football and Female Expertise"Part Two: Athletes and ResistanceChapter Five• Jaime Schultz, "Women's Distance Running, Disordered Eating, and Sport Autopathography"Chapter Six• Adrian Burgos, "In Clemente's Wake: Afro-Latino Players and the Quest for Respect"Chapter Seven• Noah Cohan, "Raising a Glass Helmet: How Black Athletes and Artists Resist Football's Head Gear"Chapter Eight• Samantha N. Sheppard, "'Bout that Action, Boss: Signifying and the Cultural Politics of Marshawn Lynch's Sporting Celebrity and Media Persona"Part Three: Political ActivismChapter Nine• Travers, "Transgender Participation in Sport: The Fight for Inclusion in Public Space"Chapter Ten• Jason Kido Lopez, "Weaponizing Sport Ideology: Outkick's 'Anti-Woke' Brand and Women's Sports"Chapter Eleven• Douglas Hartmann and Ali Bouterse, "The WNBA and the 2020 Georgia Senate Race: A Multimethod Case Study of the Cultural Power of Sport"

Thomas P. Oates is a professor in the Department of American Studies and School of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Football and Manliness: An Unauthorized Feminist Account of the NFL. Travis Vogan is a professor in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication and Department of American Studies at the University of Iowa. He is the author of LeRoy Neiman: The Life of America's Most Beloved and Belittled Artist.

• Introduction• Thomas P. Oates and Travis VoganPart One: Imagining BelongingChapter One• Abraham Khan, "The Racial Contract, the Discourse of Ignorance, and Black Coaches inthe National Football League"Chapter Two• Michael L. Butterworth, "The Team that United a City: Sports Documentaries and theRhetorical Construction of Unity"Chapter Three• Theresa Runstedtler, "White Hopes in a Black Game: Race and the 1974 NBA Finals"Chapter Four• Victoria E. Johnson, "'I Was Raised on the Sport: Football and Female Expertise"Part Two: Athletes and ResistanceChapter Five• Jaime Schultz, "Women's Distance Running, Disordered Eating, and Sport Autopathography"Chapter Six• Adrian Burgos, "In Clemente's Wake: Afro-Latino Players and the Quest for Respect"Chapter Seven• Noah Cohan, "Raising a Glass Helmet: How Black Athletes and Artists Resist Football's Head Gear"Chapter Eight• Samantha N. Sheppard, "'Bout that Action, Boss: Signifying and the Cultural Politics of Marshawn Lynch's Sporting Celebrity and Media Persona"Part Three: Political ActivismChapter Nine• Travers, "Transgender Participation in Sport: The Fight for Inclusion in Public Space"Chapter Ten• Jason Kido Lopez, "Weaponizing Sport Ideology: Outkick's 'Anti-Woke' Brand and Women's Sports"Chapter Eleven• Douglas Hartmann and Ali Bouterse, "The WNBA and the 2020 Georgia Senate Race: A Multimethod Case Study of the Cultural Power of Sport"