Keywords

Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, New Jersey, Blacks, Racism, Wrestlers, Andrew Jackson, Hair, Haircutting, Dreadlocks, National Anthem, NFL, Colin Kaepernick, Blacklisting of athletes, Black Lives Matter, Free speech, Patriotism, Star-Spangled Banner, Concussions, CTE, TAU, Brain damage, NHL, Rick Nash, John Engler, Larry Nasser, MSU, Child sexual abuse, Abuse of power, Pedophiles

Subjects

New Jersey; Wrestling; Jackson, Andrew; Racism; Hair; Haircutting; Dreadlocks; National Football League; Blacklisting of athletes; Star-spangled banner (Song); Patriotism; Freedom of speech; Kaepernick, Colin, 1987-; Black lives matter movement; National Hockey League; Brain concussions; Brain damage; Nash, Rick; Engler, John, 1948-; Nasser, Larry; Michigan State University; Child sexual abuse; Child abuse; Child molesters

Introduction

As 2018 gave way to 2019, Sportsworld passed through a deluge of meaningless bowl games, a scattering of interesting bowl games, and this season’s push toward the Super Bowl. The highlights of these days and weeks are now part of the record. As significant as these events are for some sports fans, there were other less significant and insignificant developments that may have been overlooked.

Publication Date

1-16-2019

Document Type

Commentary

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Source Title

Sport and Society for Arete

Language

English

Publication Version

Author's version

College

College of Arts and Humanities

Department

History

Creator (Linked Data)

Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)

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