Center on Sport Policy and Conduct

‘Hooligans’ abroad? Inter-group dynamics,

social identity and participation in collective

‘disorder’ at the 1998 World Cup Finals.

British Journal of Social Psychoogy

Face Offerings

SMALL CHANGES TD NHL RINKS ARE MINIMIZING THE RISK OF LACERAl'IDNS, AND EVEN CONCUSSIONS. BY PAUL STEINBACH

The Jeddah United women's basketball team trickled onto the court, each player wrapped in a black abaya and head scarf Within minutes, the women had shed their cloaks and were in uniform -- white pants and jerseys with their names in red -- practicing layups, passes and foul shots until they were wet with sweat. The team, made up mostly of Saudi students and housewives, is preparing for a local tournament this month. But what the women would really love to do, many said, is compete internationally and represent their country abroad, something Saudi Arabia does not permit. 

As elite competition increases in youth sports so, too, do the injuries.

By Greg Bach
and Adam Shilling

Character More Important than ever to teams.

A guide to dealing with a the very difficult subject of generational crosstalk. Ways of communicating gracefully through conversation. 

By Karen Arnold and Kevin Williams

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Appealed from the Fourth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Ouachita, Louisiana; Trial Court No. 87,3167; Honorable Michael S. Ingram, Judge.

COUNSEL: MICHAEL A. COURTEAU, Attorney for Plaintiff/Appellee Jimmie Baugh.

BLACKWELL, CHAMBLISS, HOBBS & HENRY, BY: Sam O. Henry, III, Kerry L. Kilpatrick, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant Maurice Redmond.

THEUS, GRISHAM, DAVIS & LEIGH, BY: David H. Nelson, Attorney for Third-Party Defendant/Appellee Aetna Casualty & Surety Company.
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A defining article defining the issue of harassment to diverse communities. 

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An article defining the environment of Dubai's staggering sport city. 

By Nigel Benton

Diving into the complexity and theoretical nature of feminism in sport. 

By Susan Birrell

Wishing to draw into relationship here the discourses, myths and ideologies of sport with those of the culture of national feeling and identity.

Neil Blaine, Raymond Boyle, and Hugh O'Donnell

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

331 So. 2d 40; 1976 La. App. LEXIS 4656

 
April 14, 1976

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Rehearings Denied May 21, 1976. Certiorari Denied July 1, 1976

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Appeal from the Fifteenth Judicial District Court, in and for the Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana; Honorable Allen M. Babineaux, Judge, presiding.

COUNSEL: Jas M. Cunningham III of Edwards, Stefanski & Barousse, Lucius A. Hornsby, Jr., Lafayette, for Appellant.
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An older article documenting the observance of extreme sports in the late 1990's.

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Victoria University

These pages argues that the teenage males draw variously on signifying contexts in football to tell them "who they are."

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By Ian Burgess, Allan Edwards, and Jame's Skinner

A in depth look into the development of adolescent males in and out of sports and recreation. 

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by Media Education Foundation

The recent coverage of the murder trial and subsequent conviction of a father who killed another father over a disagreement regarding the rules of hockey engagement was reported as having implications for youth sport and our sport culture in general. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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A general newsletter from California Parks and Recreation in spring 2005. 

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Yogi Berra visited his old neighborhood and made a memorable speech that had the audience raving. Here is transcription of that speech. 

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While most public aquatics programs focus on safety and exercise. directors are also aware of the benefits of developing swimmers with potential-both as a benefit to the community .

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BY HARVEY CHIPKIN

A sprawling complex of 28 16-story apartment buildings, Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes was known at the time of ii completion in 1962 as the largest public housing development in the United States. "It represents vision," said Maye Richard J. Daley at the project's grand opening. "It represents what all of us feel America should be, and that is decent home for every family in every great community." 

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By Martin Bynum

Communities are getting kids involved in sports.

Before his children were teens, Adam Vanderburg was dis-turbed to read about national rates of childhood obesity and diabetes. As the owner of a bike shop in Tulsa, Okla­homa, he observed fewer kids involved with physical activities and more who were immersed in electronics, with fingers glued to key­pads and eyes locked on various screens. 

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