: Most-Read Full-Text Articles http://irs.sagepub.com/ Most-read rankings are recalculated at the beginning of the month based on usage of full-text and PDF views for the previous month. 2009-11-04 <![CDATA[PLAYING HURT: Managing Injuries in English Professional Football]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/35/2/165?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2000; 35:165-180
Article]]> Martin Roderick, Ivan Waddington, Graham Parker 2000-06-01 10.1177/101269000035002003 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Global Sport Mass Media Oligopoly: The Three Usual Suspects and More]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/37/3-4/279?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2002; 37:279-302
Article]]> Alan Law, Jean Harvey, Stuart Kemp 2002-12-01 10.1177/1012690202037004025 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Sport, Intellectuals and Public Sociology: Obstacles and Opportunities]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/44/2-3/115?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2009; 44:115-130
Article]]> Alan Bairner 2009-06-01 10.1177/1012690209338439 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Paradox of Social Class and Sports Involvement: The Roles of Cultural and Economic Capital]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/37/1/5?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2002; 37:5-16
Article]]> Thomas C. Wilson 2002-03-01 10.1177/1012690202037001001 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[`White Men Can't Jump': Race, Gender and Natural Athleticism]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/43/4/347?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2008; 43:347-364
Article]]> Laura Azzarito, Louis Harrison Jr 2008-12-01 10.1177/1012690208099871 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Benefits and Detriments of African American Male Athletes' Participation in a Big-Time College Football Program]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/43/4/399?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2008; 43:399-408
Article]]> John N. Singer 2008-12-01 10.1177/1012690208099874 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Is It Time for a Victory Lap?: Changes in the Media Coverage of Women in Sport]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/37/3-4/415?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2002; 37:415-428
Article]]> Alina Bernstein 2002-12-01 10.1177/101269020203700301 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Best Kept Secret in Sports: The 2010 Youth Olympic Games]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/44/2-3/173?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2009; 44:173-191
Article]]> Lawrence W. Judge, Jeffrey Petersen, Matt Lydum 2009-06-01 10.1177/1012690209335939 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Mediated Patriot Games: The Construction and Representation of National Identities in the British Television Production of Euro '96]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/39/4/437?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2004; 39:437-455
Article]]> Emma Poulton 2004-12-01 10.1177/1012690204049072 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Sport as a Vehicle for Social Mobility and Regulation of Disadvantaged Urban Youth: Lessons from Rotterdam]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/44/2-3/247?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2009; 44:247-264
Article]]> Ramon Spaaij 2009-06-01 10.1177/1012690209338415 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Sexuality as a Structural Principle in Sport Participation: Negotiating Sports Spaces]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/44/1/71?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2009; 44:71-86
Article]]> Agnes Elling, Jan Janssens 2009-03-01 10.1177/1012690209102639 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Sport, Social Change and the Public Intellectual]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/42/4/411?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2007; 42:411-424
Article]]> Grant Jarvie 2007-12-01 10.1177/1012690208089834 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Bending the Rules: Media Representations of Gender During an International Sporting Event]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/38/4/387?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2003; 38:387-396
Article]]> Emma H. Wensing, Toni Bruce 2003-12-01 10.1177/1012690203384001 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Slim Bodies, Eating Disorders and the Coach-Athlete Relationship: A Tale of Identity Creation and Disruption]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/40/3/377?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2005; 40:377-391
Article]]> R. L. Jones, N. Glintmeyer, A. McKenzie 2005-09-01 10.1177/1012690205060231 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Media Image: Sport, Gender and National Identities in Five European Countries]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/37/3-4/371?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2002; 37:371-395
Article]]> Gerd von der Lippe 2002-12-01 10.1177/101269020203700306 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Campus Newspaper Coverage of Varsity Sports: Getting Closer to Equitable and Sports-related Representations of Female Athletes?]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/44/1/25?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2009; 44:25-40
Article]]> Steph MacKay, Christine Dallaire 2009-03-01 10.1177/1012690208101484 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Public Sector Sport Policy: Developing a Framework for Analysis]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/40/2/163?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2005; 40:163-185
Article]]> Barrie Houlihan 2005-06-01 10.1177/1012690205057193 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Apologetic Behavior Among Female Athletes: A New Questionnaire and Initial Results]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/44/2-3/131?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2009; 44:131-150
Article]]> Laurel R. Davis-Delano, April Pollock, Jennifer Ellsworth Vose 2009-06-01 10.1177/1012690209335524 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Sports Participation Among Females From Adolescence To Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/41/3-4/413?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2006; 41:413-430
Article]]> Jeroen Scheerder, Martine Thomis, Bart Vanreusel, Johan Lefevre, Roland Renson, Bart Vanden Eynde, Gaston P. Beunen 2006-12-01 10.1177/1012690207077702 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Accounting for Mega-Events: Forecast and Actual Impacts of the 2002 Football World Cup Finals on the Host Countries Japan/Korea]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/39/2/187?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2004; 39:187-203
Article]]> John D. Horne, Wolfram Manzenreiter 2004-06-01 10.1177/1012690204043462 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Sport as a Drug and Drugs in Sport: Some Exploratory Comments]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/38/3/351?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2003; 38:351-368
Article]]> Eric Dunning, Ivan Waddington 2003-09-01 10.1177/10126902030383006 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Sport and Belonging]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/41/3-4/447?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2006; 41:447-464
Article]]> Kristin Walseth 2006-12-01 10.1177/1012690207079510 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Understanding Sport Clubs as Sport Policy Implementers: A Theoretical Framework for the Analysis of the Implementation of Central Sport Policy through Local and Voluntary Sport Organizations]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/43/2/181?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2008; 43:181-200
Article]]> Eivind A. Skille 2008-06-01 10.1177/1012690208096035 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Dominant Discourses about Race/Ethnicity and Gender in Sport Practice and Performance]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/39/3/301?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2004; 39:301-321
Article]]> Jacco van Sterkenburg, Annelies Knoppers 2004-09-01 10.1177/1012690204045598 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[A Content Analysis of News Coverage of Asian Female Olympic Athletes]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/44/2-3/283?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2009; 44:283-305
Article]]> Chia-Chen Yu 2009-06-01 10.1177/1012690209104796 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Adult Participation Sports as Cultural Capital: A Test of Bourdieu's Theory of the Field of Sports]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/40/4/411?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2005; 40:411-432
Article]]> Carl Stempel 2005-12-01 10.1177/1012690206066170 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Elite Women Wrestlers' Muscles: Physical Strength and a Social Burden]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/44/2-3/231?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2009; 44:231-246
Article]]> Mari Kristin Sisjord, Elsa Kristiansen 2009-06-01 10.1177/1012690209335278 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Sport, Celebrity and Popular Culture: Sachin Tendulkar, Cricket and Indian Nationalisms]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/40/4/433?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2005; 40:433-446
Article]]> Abilash Nalapat, Andrew Parker 2005-12-01 10.1177/1012690205065750 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Femininity, Masculinity, Physicality and the English Tabloid Press: The Case of Anna Kournikova]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/37/3-4/397?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2002; 37:397-413
Article]]> John Harris, Ben Clayton 2002-12-01 10.1177/1012690202037004024 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Establishment of the World Anti-Doping Agency: A Study of the Management of Organizational Change and Unplanned Outcomes]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/43/3/227?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2008; 43:227-249
Article]]> Dag Vidar Hanstad, Andy Smith, Ivan Waddington 2008-09-01 10.1177/1012690208100552 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Media Portrayals of Male and Female Athletes: A Text and Picture Analysis of British National Newspaper Coverage of the Olympic Games since 1948]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/42/2/187?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2007; 42:187-199
Article]]> Christopher King 2007-06-01 10.1177/1012690207084751 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Social Capital and Social Responsibility in Denmark: More than Gaining Public Trust]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/43/1/35?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2008; 43:35-51
Article]]> H. Thomas R. Persson 2008-03-01 10.1177/1012690208094655 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Sport and Violence: A Typological Analysis]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/39/1/45?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2004; 39:45-55
Article]]> SEbastien Guilbert 2004-03-01 10.1177/1012690204040522 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[SPORT, THE MEDIA AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF COMPULSORY HETEROSEXUALITY: A Case Study of Women's Rugby Union]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/34/3/227?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 1999; 34:227-243
Article]]> Jan Wright, Gill Clarke 1999-09-01 10.1177/101269099034003001 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[From Inside the Newsroom: Paralympic Media and the `Production' of Elite Disability]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/43/2/135?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2008; 43:135-150
Article]]> P. David Howe 2008-06-01 10.1177/1012690208095376 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Protection of Children in Competitive Sport: Some Critical Questions for London 2012]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/44/1/55?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2009; 44:55-69
Article]]> Romana Weber 2009-03-01 10.1177/1012690208101485 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Knowledge, Power and Politics: Contesting `Evidence-based' National Sport Policy]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/44/1/87?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2009; 44:87-101
Article]]> Joe Piggin, Steven J. Jackson, Malcolm Lewis 2009-03-01 10.1177/1012690209102825 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Politics of Sport Diplomacy and Reunification in Divided Korea: One Nation, Two Countries and Three Flags]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/43/3/289?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2008; 43:289-311
Article]]> Udo Merkel 2008-09-01 10.1177/1012690208098254 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[`Keeping It Real': Subcultural Media and the Discourses of Authenticity in Alternative Sport]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/38/2/155?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2003; 38:155-176
Article]]> Belinda Wheaton, Becky Beal 2003-06-01 10.1177/1012690203038002002 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[`Imagine, a Man Playing Netball!': Masculinities and Sport in New Zealand]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/43/4/409?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2008; 43:409-430
Article]]> Brendon Tagg 2008-12-01 10.1177/1012690208099875 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[De-Sportization of Fighting Contests: The Origins and Dynamics of No Holds Barred Events and the Theory of Sportization]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/41/3-4/259?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2006; 41:259-282
Article]]> Maarten van Bottenburg, Johan Heilbron 2006-12-01 10.1177/1012690207078043 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Evolution of Urban Society and Social Changes in Sports Participation At the Grassroots in China]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/42/4/441?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2007; 42:441-471
Article]]> Huan Xiong 2007-12-01 10.1177/1012690208089836 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Revisiting the `Physical Activity, Sexual Health, Teenage Identity Construction Nexus']]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/42/3/309?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2007; 42:309-319
Article]]> Elizabeth C.J. Pike 2007-09-01 10.1177/1012690207088114 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Islam's View on Physical Activity and Sport: Egyptian Women Interpreting Islam]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/38/1/45?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2003; 38:45-60
Article]]> Kristin Walseth, Kari Fasting 2003-03-01 10.1177/10126902030381003 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Skating on Thin Ice: Human Rights in Youth Figure Skating]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/38/1/79?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2003; 38:79-97
Article]]> Christopher C. Grenfell, Robert E. Rinehart 2003-03-01 10.1177/10126902030381005 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Evaluation of the Elite Schools of Sport: Empirical Findings from an Individual and Collective Point of View]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/44/2-3/151?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2009; 44:151-171
Article]]> Eike Emrich, Michael Frohlich, Markus Klein, Werner Pitsch 2009-06-01 10.1177/1012690209104797 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Public Broadcasting, Sport, and Cultural Citizenship: The Future of Sport on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation?]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/44/2-3/213?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2009; 44:213-229
Article]]> Jay Scherer, David Whitson 2009-06-01 10.1177/1012690209104798 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Red Feminism and Propaganda in Communist Media: Portrayals of Female Boxers in the North Korean Media]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/44/2-3/193?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2009; 44:193-211
Article]]> Jung Woo Lee 2009-06-01 10.1177/1012690209338438 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Building Social Capital Through an `Active Community Club']]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/41/3-4/283?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2006; 41:283-294
Article]]> Cora Burnett 2006-12-01 10.1177/1012690207078381 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Using Social Movement Theory To Study Outcomes in Sport-Related Social Movements]]> http://irs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/43/2/115?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2008; 43:115-134
Article]]> Laurel R. Davis-Delano, Todd Crosset 2008-06-01 10.1177/1012690208095375 SAGE Publications