Sport, Rhetoric, and Political Struggle

Daniel A. Grano (Ph.D., Louisiana State University) is Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the author of The Eternal Present of Sport. Michael L. Butterworth (Ph.D., Indiana University) is Director of the Center for Sports Communication & Media and Professor in the Department of Communication Studies in the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Baseball and Rhetorics of Purity, co-author of Communication and Sport, and editor of Sport and Militarism.

Acknowledgments – Contributors – Daniel A. Grano/Michael L. Butterworth: Rhetoric, Sport, and the Political: An Introduction – Abraham I. Khan: Curt Flood, Confrontational Rhetoric, and the Radical’s Constellation – Katherine L. Lavelle: "Change Starts with Us": Intersectionality and Citizenship in the 2016 WNBA – Karen L. Hartman: The New Rhetorical Space for Political Activism – Jeffrey A. Bennett: Diving into the Past: Greg Louganis, Queer Memory, and the Politics of HIV Management – Lisa M. Corrigan: Touching Ali: Rhetorical Intimacy and Black Masculinity – Mike Milford: Spirits in the Material World: The Rhetoric of the Iroquois Nationals – Daniel C. Brouwer/Katrina N. Hanna: (Re)Articulations of Race, Sexuality, and Gender in U.S. Football: Investigating Tyrann Mathieu as Honey Badger – Anna M. Young: Richard Sherman’s Rhetorical Witnessing – James L. Cherney/Kurt Lindemann: Ableism and Paralympic Politics: Media Stereotypes and the Rhetoric of Disability Sport – Meredith M. Bagley: Athletes and Assemblage: Political Struggle at the ESPYs – Raymond I. Schuck – "I’d Just Like to Let Everybody Know": Pete Harnisch on the Disabled List and the Politics of Mental Health – Barry Brummett: When Sport Facilitates Saying the Unsayable at the Boundaries of Race and Sexuality: Jason Collins and Michael Sam – Thomas P. Oates/Kyle W. Kusz: My Whole Life Is about Winning": The Trump Brand and the Political/Commercial Uses of Sport – Index.