Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, ESPN, NFL draft, Football, Brain concussion, Gender
Subjects
ESPN (Television network); National Football League; Football; Brain concussion; Masculinity in sports
Introduction
ESPN, the Worldwide Breeder of ludicrous sports programming, reached a new low this week. The Network that brought you the biggest non-event on the annual sports calendar, the NFL draft, and then took it down another notch by televising the announcement of the NFL schedule, outdid itself once again by having a countdown to the unveiling of Mel Kiper’s mock draft. Did anyone care? Is Mel anything more than a parody of himself? Has ESPN totally lost its way? (The correct answers are no, no, and maybe.)
Publication Date
1-17-2014
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "Manhood and Football" (2014). On Sport and Society. 1.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/1
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