Why Losing Bonds Sports Fans
A study on team loyalty among British football fans shows that the success of the team plays an important role in how strongly supporters identify with one another.
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Tackling Care and Capitalism in College Football
This year’s college football season—which has continued in the U.S. despite serious risks to players—has put deep social inequalities in stark relief.
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What’s Behind Humanity’s Love-Hate Relationship With Exercise?
Evolutionary history can help resolve the question of why so many people desire a physical break even when their bodies need movement.
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What Does Baseball’s Bilingualism Reveal?
A linguistic anthropologist who is also a baseball aficionado reflects on what can be learned from how language mashups play out on and off the baseball diamond.
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Why Are Sports Fans So Bereft Without Live Games?
Two anthropologists and diehard sports enthusiasts reflect on why documentaries and draft coverage only go so far in filling the void amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sweating Through a Gym’s Gender Barriers
Training with macho bodybuilders, a female powerlifter and anthropologist muscled through grueling rites of passage—and forged unexpected bonds.