Literary Sports Journalism: Beyond the Boundaries

Tom Bradshaw is an academic and journalist, based in Gloucestershire, UK, but working internationally. As an award-winning sports journalist, he has covered major events and stories across the globe, including spells in Japan and France. His journalism has appeared in a wide range of publications, including The Times (London), Guardian/Observer and Times Literary Supplement. He appears regularly on BBC radio. Tom is a passionate advocate of press freedom and has conducted extensive research into freedom of expression and censorship, as well as literary sports journalism. He is joint editor of Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics and has worked as a consultant to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office on media ethics issues abroad.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Drafting New Worlds - Aesthetics and Meaning.- Chapter 3. Still Searching for Heroes.- Chapter 4. The American Century.- Chapter 5. Doubles Partners: Sports Writing and Mainstream Fiction.- Chapter 6. Martin Amis: A Writer of All the Talents.- Chapter 7. Ernest Hemingway and Deaths in the Afternoon.- Chapter 8. Downstage Voices: The New Journalism and Sport.- Chapter 9. Hey Gonzo! Hunter S. Thompson, the Outlaw Sportswriter.- Chapter 10. A Writer's Self-Indulgence? Participatory Sports Journalism.- Chapter 11. Boxing - Fight or Write.- Chapter 12. Simon Barnes, Triviality and the Suspension of Disbelief.