Today we are talking about: the beautiful game, beautiful poems, beautiful plays, poetic players playing beautifully, players that play beautifully, beautiful games played ugly, ugly games played beautifully, and playing in beautiful ways. This episode is a beauty. 

The Ode is one of the oldest known poetic forms and it has often been used to depict athletic performances. Today we are going to discuss its evolving role in the depiction of athletic performance, which means we're talking about: John Keats, Michael Phelps, the Pankration, Grecian Urns, and Bob Costas. Come along! 

Are legendary athletes or teams becoming ... the stuff of legend? Is NBA Top Shot an attempt to commoditize legend? Did Shirley Jackson really write The Lottery that easily? This week, we discuss what a legend is, whether or not legends still exist in sport, and what it takes to create a legend in sport and literature.

Who owns a piece of literature, sports franchise, trophy, movie, or song?

Is it whoever pays the franchise fee? the original author? the best players? he community? the fans? Is the answer to all of these questions Lebron James?

Today we discuss the thorny issues surrounding ownership and authorship in literature, art, and sport!

This week, we discuss our upcoming edited collection with the Journal of Emerging Sport studies focused on the 1972 Summit Series! We are committed to creating a collection that looks at the series in an innovative way and welcome creative submissions to our collection as well. Come listen to us talk about the series, its legacy, and the many (mis)interpretations of series itself. 

Make it new! Make it new...er! Make it new...est? Well, our newest episode deals with sport and the postmodern, a term you likely know/loathe/AreKindaFamilarWith. In this episode we connect sport, texts, the modern, and the postmodern, and what exactly all that means. 

Arthur Schopenhauer wrote that: “The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.” Well, dear listeners, if you hear this episode know that you are indeed a part of a very small, and therefore non-foolish, group! This week we talk about the notion of the 'fool,' and its role in sport and literature.  

Wouldn't it be amazing if there was some person in your life that could tell you what was going to happen in your future? Except, they don't really tell you, more warn you in inscrutable phrases like "the ides of march." Actually, it doesn't sound too good... We talk today about the role of the soothsayer in sport and literature, and that includes: Julius Caesar, Tony Romo, the Weird Sisters, and Woj. We predict you'll enjoy it...