Behind Enemy Lines: Sports Fans in Opponent Territory
Anton Lee proudly joins his Zoom interview sporting a white and orange Cleveland Browns jersey.
“You catch the game yesterday?” Lee said, grinning. “Fields never stood a chance.”
Lee, 21, is a diehard Cleveland sports fan. The only problem? He doesn’t live in Cleveland…
Do Sports Teams Have an Impact on Local Communities?
With an increasingly-saturated sports market around the globe, now more than ever there are many sports teams crammed into cities and towns.
So, do they have an effect on the cities and towns that they reside in?
Sports in times of crisis: Red Sox winning the 2013 World Series after Marathon Bombings
Eight years after the Boston Marathon, I sat down with my fellow co-hosts Kyle Bray and Jordan Leandre to discuss the Boston Marathon and their recollections of that tragic day. Bostonians, what do you remember from that day in 2013?
Sports Communication Ph.D. Explains Reasons for Fan Behavior
Dr. Lauren Anderson joined me to talk about the different reasons people root for teams and why they love sports in general. Topics discussed include the New England Patriots, Dallas Cowboys…and competitive marble racing?
Why sports? An investigation into why we love them
Over the course of these three months, I have examined four unique aspects of sports fandom in order to discover why people care about sports. In this final culmination of my reporting, I combine all my elements into one 12-minute podcast to discuss my findings.
Jeremy Guerin 