Week 7 reading
When I was looking through this week’s articles, the one on wrestling in the south immediately caught my eye. Growing up in a thoroughly southern family, wrestling is a sport that was constantly brought
Week 7 – Fandom
For this week, the story I chose to read circled around sports fandom, as David Christopher Galindo wrote about the rise and impact of San Antonio Spurs fans in “Spurs Fandom in San Antonio.”
Week 7: Spurs Fandom
For this week’s reading I chose to read the article on the San Antonio Spurs and the Baseline Bums because the Spurs have been considered a model franchise with an intensely loyal fanbase for
Spurs Fandom
“McCombs claimed residents “learned to love the game of basketball” there, as the makeshift stadium allowed for everyone to show up and rally around “one common goal: kill the opponent.” From the ABA-NBA merger
Week 7
“The myth of the Rugged Individual is predicted on the belief that an American has a natural right to use ingenuity, chicanery, and personal grit to make ends meet, whether it suits some faraway
Week 7
I choose to read the Basketball Article for this week’s readings. The following quote of the essay is the thesis, “Although some scholars think of sports fandom as an obscene and dehumanizing obsession, fandom
Week 7- “Spurs Fandom in San Antonio”
“Since 1973, the Spurs have had the backing of their official supporters’ group, the Baseline Bums.” —–The article tells how at all times the city is fully behind the team and always giving their
Week 7 (Choose Your Story)
I chose to read “Boxing in the Making of a Costeño” by David Sheinin, which tells the story of Columbian boxing and its beginning in the coastal cities of Columbia. The origins of boxing in Columbia
Week seven
I read the article about Wrestling in the south, and the first thing I noticed was that the article did not seem very up to date so I looked up when it was written
Week 7 – Wrestling
I chose to read “The Tennessee Test of Manhood”: Professional Wrestling and Southern Cultural Stereotypes” by Louis M. Kyriakoudes and Peter A. Coclanis. The article gives a brief history of pro wrestling in the
