"This book centralizes media, sports, and athlete identity while providing an in-depth evaluation of the role that media play in how society views and discusses sports and athletes, highlighting several types of intertextuality and intersectionality while doing so"--.

• Cover
• Stories of Sports
• Stories of Sports: Critical Literacy in MediaProduction, Consumption,and Dissemination
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1
• Using Critical Media Literacy Pedagogy to Analyze Colin Kaepernick’s Athletic Activism
  • CML and CML Pedagogy
  • Additional Components of CML Pedagogy
  • Colin Kaepernick’s Athletic Activism and CML Pedagogy
  • Conclusion
  • References
• Chapter 2
• Selling Patriotism On and Off the Field
  • CML: A Framework for Inquiry
  • Ideology and the Politics of Representation
  • Production of Media
  • Conclusion
  • References
• Chapter 3
• Relationships between Youth-Sports Coaches and Athletes
  • Critical Media Literacy (CML)
  • Defined Expectations of Coaches within the Profession
  • Methods of Inquiry
  • Divergent Characterizations of Hollywood’s Coach-Athlete Relationships
  • Critically Examining Hollywood’s Messages in Sports-Related Films
  • The Critical Consumption of Sport in Popular Media
  • References
• Chapter 4
• Truth be Told
  • History or Not?
  • Artists as Social Activists
  • Ethical Considerations
  • The Responsibility of Artists and Consumers
  • CML in the Classroom
  • The Seductive Nature of Media
  • Ethical Implications
  • References
• Chapter 5
• Telling the Story of Youth, Sports, and Disability in the Television Series, Friday Night Lights
  • Sports and Youth Identity
  • Sports Culture and Disability in Fictional Television
  • Scene Selection
  • The Gritty World of Quad Rugby and Jason’s Search for a New Identity
  • Conclusion
  • References
• Chapter 6
• Transforming Diabetes Stigma
  • What Is Diabetes? Reality and Stigma
  • Sports Media, Representation, and the Supercrip Stereotype
  • Counternarratives and Sports Media: Sports Participation and Athletes with Diabetes
  • The Importance of “Getting it Right”
  • Notes
  • References
• Chapter 7
• Languaging Actions in Sports Media and Students’ Writing about Sports
  • Languaging Actions in Sports Commentary and Reporting
  • Students’ Writing about Sports Participation
  • Summary and Implications
  • Note
  • References
• Chapter 8
• Performance, Style, and Substance
  • The Gaze
  • Function Over Form
  • Physicality over Sexuality
  • Media’s Influence Is Powerful
  • Penalizing Is a Form of Oppression
  • All Gear Is Not the Same
  • The Game Changers
  • Taking Small Steps Forward
  • References
• Chapter 9
• Booth, Sidelines, or Studio
  • Why Media Matters
  • Have a Seat: The Studio Host
  • Close to the Action: Sideline Reporting
  • The Broadcast Booth: Does It Have a Glass Floor?
  • Where Women Are Defines Who Women Are
  • References
• Index
• About the Contributors