Politics and Sports in America: Parallels and Intersections

Politics and Sports in America offers a fresh perspective on the dynamic relationship between athletics and political life in the United States. While recent scholarship has focused on the rise of athlete activism, few political scientists have examined sports through a distinctly American lens. Most existing studies emphasize international contexts.

Thomas R. Morris and Daniel J. Palazzolo address this gap by examining the intersections of sports and politics across multiple dimensions: cit...