The rise of online hate speech in sports is a growing concern, with fans, players and officials
subject to racist, sexist and homophobic abuse (in addition to many other prejudices) via …

The aim of this study was to provide an international panoramic of fair play and sporting
competition; identifying, categorising and analysing the scientific articles about this topic …

Sport has traditionally been a hostile environment for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB)
people. More recently, however, research on a range of British sports has documented a …

This study investigates how bullying and banter are conceptualised and rationalised by
those in male adolescent community football. The authors employ a social constructivist …

Trash talking is a contentious and prevalent practice in traditional sports but few studies
have examined its practice in esports–a computer-mediated form of sports competition in …

This article explores ageing in alternative cultures and co-existing forms of hyper and
alternative masculinity in the US film Jackass Forever released in 2022. The film is a …

Whilst understanding the social norms of trash talking is an emerging field of research, the
extent to how esport consumers perceive its practice in esports is currently limited. Guided …

Sporting excellence is a function of physical, cognitive and psychological capacities: its
standard requires demonstration of superlative physical and strategic skills and the …

Paul McBeth, one of the greatest disc golfers of all time, was feeling small. On September
16, 2017, only days after dropping out of the Green Mountain Championship due to injury …

Introduction This research examines the perceived age of Premier League basketball
players as they near retirement, focusing on the complex interplay between players, fans …