CSMRE Publications

A primary aim of the CSMRE is to promote and support interdisciplinary research specific to the sport and athletics industry.

To that end, we are pleased to make the following publications freely available for all to access.


Anti-Racism in Sport Organizations (Download)

Chapter 1 Anti-Racism as a New Paradigm for 21st Century Sport Organizations (Joseph N. Cooper) (Download)

Chapter 2 Roadmap to Racial Equity in Youth and Interscholastic Sports: Advancement for Blacks in Sport (ABIS) as an Anti-Racism Framework in Sport Organizations (Lori Latrice Martin) (Download)

Chapter 3 The Time is Now: Restructuring Intercollegiate Athletic Governance through an Anti-racist and Equitable Lens (Joy Gaston Gayles, Wayne L. Black, Ezinne D. Ofoegbu, and Dion Harry) (Download)

Chapter 4 Beyond Building Character: Addressing Racial Inequities In and Through Youth and Interscholastic Sport (Rhema Fuller) (Download)

Chapter 5 The Fire This Time: Prioritizing Critical Research on Racism and Antiblackness in Athletics (Eddie Comeaux, Dresden June Frazier, and Briana A. Savage) (Download)

Chapter 6 Athlete Branding in the 21st Century: Former Athletes’ Voices and Vision for More Education and Life After Sport Content, Messaging, and Representations (C. Keith Harrison, Whitney Griffin, Amanda Schweinbenz, and Krisztina Szabo) (Download)

Chapter 7 Humble Beginnings: The Depiction of Black Athletes’ Upbringings in Commercials between 2016 and 2019 (Drew D. Brown) (Download)

Chapter 8 A Noble Cause or Wishful Thinking?: Exploring the Trajectory of Corporate Social Responsibility in Sport (Shaun M. Anderson) (Download)


Sociology of Sport and Physical Activity (3rd ed.) (Download)

Chapter 1 Foundations of the sociology of sport and physical activity (George B. Cunningham and Jon Welty Peachey) (Download)

Chapter 2 Sociological theory and research (George B. Cunningham) (Download)

Chapter 3 Social class (George B. Cunningham) (Download)

Chapter 4 Sport and health (Michael B. Edwards and Jonathan Casper) (Download)

Chapter 5  Sport and the economy (Emily Sparvero and Marlene A. Dixon) (Download)

Chapter 6 International sport (Brandon Brown, Chanho Kang, and Woojun Lee) (Download)

Chapter 7 Sport, physical activity, and the environment (Brian P. McCullough) (Download)

Chapter 8 Sport for social change and development (Adam Cohen and Jon Welty Peachey) (Download)

Chapter 9 Deviant behavior in sport (D. Scott Waltemyer) (Download)

Chapter 10 The role of sport in creating community (Stacy Warner) (Download)

Chapter 11 Youth sport (Marlene A. Dixon, Ted Burden, Mike Newhouse-Bailey, and Arden J. Anderson) (Download)

Chapter 12 Intercollegiate sport (Calvin Nite) (Download)

Chapter 13 Race and ethnicity in American sport (Trevor Bopp and Joshua D. Vadeboncoeur) (Download)

Chapter 14 Gender issues in sport and physical activity (Melanie L. Sartore-Baldwin) (Download)

Chapter 15 Religion, sport, and physical activity (Calvin Nite and Michael Hutchinson) (Download)