Bridging the gap between scholarship and journalism, Sport in Society takes on major contemporary topics - race, gender and violence - as they play out in the world of sports. The editors bring together well known writers to examine many of the more pressing issues that sports are confronting. The role of the media, the international scene and some real life heroes are also discussed.
Introduction PART ONE: RACE IN SPORT Race and College Sports - Richard E Lapchick A Long Way to Go Higher Education and the Plight of the Black Male Althlete - Donald Siegel Cultural Diversity on Campus - Dean F Anderson A Look at Intercollegiate Football Coaches A Step in the Right Direction - Richard E Lapchick The Presidents Meet the Black Coaches The 1994 Racial Report Card - Richard E Lapchick There is Gold at the End of this Rainbow - Richard E Lapchick Jesse Jackson Steps Up to the Plate The Use of Native American Names and Mascots in Sports - Richard E Lapchick Seated at the Table of Brotherhood - Richard E Lapchick Sport Transforms LaGrange, Georgia PART TWO: GENDER IN SPORT Growing Up with Gender Discrimination in Sports - Donna Lopiano Gender Equity in Athletics Title IX Fact Sheet - National Collegiate Athletic Association Masculinity and Sports Culture - Jackson Katz The Image of the Black Male - Byron Hurt How Jocks View Women - Alison Bass David Williams and Family Choices - Richard E Lapchick Slow Progress on Equity - Debra E Blum Eliminating the Battle of the Sexes in College Sport - Richard E Lapchick PART THREE: ATHLETIC USES AND ABUSES Knowns and Unknowns in Intercollegiate Athletics - Stanton Wheeler A Report to the President's Commission Athletic Scholarship Disarmament - Raymond Yasser Academic Standards for Athletes - Richard E Lapchick A Debate in Black and White Two Ways to Go - Richard E Lapchick Only One Is a Winner Student-Athletes - Ed Sherman and Barry Tempkin So Much Work, So Little Time Spotting, Treating Troubled Athletes Can Be Difficult - Shelly Sanford and Suzanne Halliburton Athletes Learn the Lesson - Richard E Lapchick The Lou Harris Survey A New Beginning for A New Century - Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Intercollegiate Athletics in the United States PART FOUR: STEREOTYPES, MYTHS AND REALITIES ABOUT ATHLETES Intersections as Dangerous Places - Lawrence A Wenner Theories and Role Models in Sport Studies Gender Violence and Lessons Learned from the Simpson Case - Richard E Lapchick Violence in Sports - Richard E Lapchick An Investigation of Campus Stereotypes - Gary A Sailes The Myth of Black Athletic Superiority and the Dumb Jock Stereotype The Rules of the Game Are Changing - Richard E Lapchick College Coaches in the 1990s The Need for a New Code of Ethics Going Beyond the NCAA - Richard E Lapchick PART FIVE: MEDIA AND SPORT Black Faces Still Rare in the Press Box - Ron Thomas The State of Women in Sports Media - Mary Schmitt Gender Equity in Sports Media Coverage - Bethany Shifflett and Rhonda Revelle A Review of the NCAA News Hear No Evil, See No Evil - Sandy Padwe PART SIX: SPORT IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA The Modern Olympic Games - Richard E Lapchick A Political Cauldron Under African Skies - Richard E Lapchick The Role of Sport in the Destruction of Apartheid - Richard E Lapchick PART SEVEN: THE BEAUTY OF SPORT Hope - Richard E Lapchick and Mary Frances Anderson Reggie Lewis - Richard E Lapchick An Incredible Tribute to a Remarkable Man Tom Osborne and Willie Stewart - Richard E Lapchick Two Coaches Linked by Commitment Muhammad Ali - Richard E Lapchick The People's Champion, Once and Still Darryl Williams - Richard E Lapchick The Ultimate Role Model Conclusion - Richard E Lapchick
