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English Football and Working-Class Culture
On the afternoon of Saturday, September 23rd, 1933, Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) played Liverpool in a match at Tottenham’s home ground, White Hart Lane, in North London. About a mile away, at the same time, my grandmother went into labour with … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Issues, Sarah Attfield, Working-Class Culture
Tagged Class and sports, European Super League, football, Tottenham Hotspur
1 Comment
Working-Class People on the Snowfields: Class at the Winter Olympics
The combination of renewed interest in Tonya Harding (due to the film, I, Tonya) and the winter Olympics made me think of class and sport lately – especially sports that involve snow and ice. Although winter sports might be considered … Continue reading
Posted in Class and the Media, Contributors, Issues, Sarah Attfield
Tagged Class and sports, Tonya Harding, Winter Olympics
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The Lunch Bucket Award
One of my grandsons won the Lunch Bucket Award on his high school football team a couple weeks ago. And his father’s reaction to it and mine surprised me, especially for what it showed about class differences across generations. The … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Issues, Jack Metzgar, Understanding Class, Working-Class Culture
Tagged Class and sports, grit, parenting, work, working-class culture
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Class and the Olympics
By the time you read this the Olympics and Paralympics will be over in London. Both sets of games have been very popular in Britain and have stimulated thousands of column inches of media interest. In amongst the coverage of … Continue reading
Posted in Class and the Media, Contributors, Issues, Tim Strangleman
Tagged Class and sports, IOC, London, Olympics, workers, Working class
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Hoop Dreams and Bootstrap Journalism
Sports and class go way back. Sports writers often talk about teams, coaches, and players in terms borrowed from the language of class. That was evident last week as the NCAA basketball tournament drew to a close. As many commentators … Continue reading
Posted in Class and the Media, John Russo
Tagged basketball, bootstraps, Class and sports, Journalism, Michigan State
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