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		<title>How Big-Time Sports Ate College Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Laura Pappano, The New York Times It was a great day to be a Buckeye. Josh Samuels, a junior from Cincinnati, dates his decision to attend Ohio State to Nov. 10, 2007, and the chill he felt when the band took the field during a football game against Illinois. “I looked over at my brother [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportandsociety.com/2012/01/24/how-big-time-sports-ate-college-life-2/</link>
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		<title>Tebow Time: Is God or Math the Explanation for Tim Tebow&#8217;s Success?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Honan, BigThink.com In a very short time, Tim Tebow has become the most polarizing NFL player in a generation. There are many reasons for this, but one thing that has fascinated fans and foes alike is Tebow&#8217;s apparent ability to rally his team, the Denver Broncos, when it matters the most. Tebow&#8217;s performance on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kim Jong-il, the Sportsman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By  Jeré Longman, The New York Times In the political world, Kim Jong-il of North Korea was a despot and nuclear antagonist. In the sporting world, he might have been the only guy ever to wear platform shoes, a bouffant hairdo and “Dear Leader” embroidered on his bowling shirt. In his first match at Pyongyang [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportandsociety.com/2011/12/31/kim-jong-il-the-sportsman/</link>
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		<title>Hockey as a Religion: The Montreal Canadiens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sport is all about play and game, aesthetic and strength, passion and emotion, challenge and rivalry. But because sometimes players and fans look for a little extra help from God, gods, spirits or any other Supreme Being, sport is also a matter of beliefs and Faith. Often, sport uses religion if the sport itself does [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportandsociety.com/2011/12/19/hockey-as-a-religion-the-montreal-canadiens-2/</link>
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		<title>Announcing the Winner of the International Award for Excellence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Rylee A. Dionigi, Joseph Baker and Sean Horton the winners of the International Award for Excellence in the area of area of Sport and Society for their paper Older Athletes’ Perceived Benefits of Competition. Abstract: Intense sport competition is typically associated with young people. Also, much of the literature on exercise for older adults focuses on benefits derived from regular physical activity, such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportandsociety.com/2011/11/28/announcing-the-winner-of-the-international-award-for-excellence-2/</link>
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		<title>Finalists for the International Award for Excellence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to all of the Award finalists: Georgina K. Crossman and Rita Walsh - The Changing Role of the Horse: From Beast of Burden to Partner in Sport and Recreation Natalie Darko - ‘‘Get Up, and Shut Up, You Play like Tarzan and Moan like Jane”: Rugby Union Men and their Suppression of Body Anxiety Jess Dixon, Sean Horton and Patricia Weir - Relative Age Effects: Implications for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportandsociety.com/2011/11/24/finalists-for-the-international-award-for-excellence-2/</link>
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		<title>Hockey as a Religion: The Montreal Canadiens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hockey as a Religion: The Montreal Canadiens by Olivier Bauer is now available as part of the  Sport and Society series. Sport is all about play and game, aesthetic and strength, passion and emotion, challenge and rivalry. But because sometimes players and fans look for a little extra help from God, gods, spirits or any other Supreme Being, sport is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportandsociety.com/2011/11/23/hockey-as-a-religion-the-montreal-canadiens/</link>
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		<title>Sport and Society Journal Volume 2, Issue 3 now available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The third issue of Volume 2 of The International Journal of Sport and Society is now available. Volume 2, Issue 3 contains: The Effect of Load Distribution on Body Balance and Heart Rate in Children by Sonal Atreya, R. Periyasamy and Sneh Anand. The Reconstruction, Development and Transformation of South African Diversified Society through Sport: Cherished Ideals of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportandsociety.com/2011/11/14/sport-and-society-journal-volume-2-issue-3-now-available/</link>
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		<title>London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Posters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From dezeen magazine Here are twelve posters that have been created by leading British artists to celebrate next year’s London Olympic and Paralympic Games. &#160; &#160; To see more&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://sportandsociety.com/2011/11/11/london-2012-olympics-and-paralympics-posters/</link>
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		<title>Sport &amp; Society Journal Associate Editors listing available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the process of publishing The International Journal of Sport and Society all submissions are sent for peer review, prior to publication. Assessment, comments and guidance by the referees are an essential part of the publication process and invaluable to the authors of the submitted papers. In recognition of the important role of referees, the international [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportandsociety.com/2011/11/08/sport-society-journal-associate-editors-listing-available/</link>
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