Critical Sports Starter Pack
Critical sports accounts, mostly scholars and media members
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@nkalamb.bsky.social
@karleighchardonnay.bsky.social
unapologetically Black and trans. she/her. journalist, socialist, athlete. CEO/Executive Editor/Sportscaster For CharSports 1, Contributor to Outsports and the Transpositions video news magazine. Proud Lady Knight of the Fourth Estate #GoUNorthwestern
@brandontwallace.bsky.social
I talk way too much about sport, social movements, activism, and the attention economy. Assistant Professor Cinema and Media Studies Indiana University
@annaposbergh.bsky.social
PhD, Kinesiology | Assistant Professor at FSU | research in gender, sport, policy, media | intersectional feminist | Track & Field | she/her
@bcbsara.bsky.social
Words about baseball. Defending everyone breaking the unwritten rules.
@drpetewatson.bsky.social
Academic focusing on Latin American sport and its interrelation with history, politics and society; cricket coach on the side. Find my book, articles, podcasts etc here: https://linktr.ee/drpetewatson.
@k8henne.bsky.social
Prof at Australian National University studying how science, tech, + inequality affect the governance of health + public safety. Also sport. katehenne.com. New book, Violent Impacts, out in August: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/violent-impacts/paper
@differencemakin.bsky.social
@fossilfreefootball.bsky.social
Football fans kicking fossil fuel sponsors and ads out of football! linktr.ee/fossilfreefootball
@wtevs.bsky.social
basketballfeelings.substack.com Writer: NYT Mag, SLAM, The Believer, Rolling Stone, Flagrant, SB, Dime, Yahoo Sports, Hazlitt, a book, the list goes on brother
@jlcouture.bsky.social
educator | runner sociologist of sport & physical culture @ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 🇨🇦 living in 🇺🇸
@traciecanada.bsky.social
anthropologist of race and sport | ambivalent college football fan | assistant professor | she/her www.traciecanada.com www.theheartslab.com
@sportyprof.bsky.social
Historian. Goofball. Mom. Wife. Fitness freak. Canuck in Baltimore. Not necessarily in that order 😉… All views my own
@sszy.bsky.social
Harbors radical views...objectionable for several other reasons beyond the fact that they are fringe unreliable beliefs
@jackhardwicke.bsky.social
Concerned citizen and social scientist. Trying to do stuff that matters
@jeffersonlenskyj.bsky.social
Toronto Canada/Sydney Australia. Activist, author, researcher, Professor Emerita, University of Toronto helenlenskyj.ca My next book: *THE QUEST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SPORT* Emerald Publishing, 2025
@billshea19.bsky.social
Ex-journalist writing a shitty novel. Key West literary beach bum. Anti-fascist Leftist. Cleveland guy in Detroit. Filled with japery, rage, soup. Libertine degenerate descended from Welsh coal miners. Unhinged. No gods, no kings. Billshea.com
@chaoskat.bsky.social
I teach at a community college. I am a caretaker of elderly parents. Constantly and consistently failing at trying to find time to write. Rooting for funniest possible baseball outcomes Baseball. Chaos. She/her
@orarunswild.bsky.social
Nzee-ndoo-kee-yee-mah-nah, PhD -- Historian of Black sportspeople -- Assoc. Prof. StFX U -- Co-President of BCSA -- Editor, Sport History Review -- She/Her/Elle -- ✊🏾 🇷🇼 🇨🇦
@almansanarez.bsky.social
Writer, gym rat, book lover, supporting ppl fighting for liberation everywhere Profess: comms director, follow @eoionline.bsky.social • ex sports journo still addicted to the game
@warne.bsky.social
I talk about baseball on Locked On Twins & Access Twins. Jason Kubel enthusiast. I love my family, Jesus, sports cards, late 90s wrestling, Unsolved Mysteries & podcasts by Conrad Thompson & James Pietragallo/Jimmie Whisman.
@garyjames.bsky.social
Historian of sport, focusing on Manchester. Visiting Research Professor at NYU; Honorary Research Fellow at DMU. www.GJFootballArchive.com
@kaseysymons.bsky.social
Sports fan. Writer. Book lover. Lecturer of Communication - Sports Media at Deakin University in Melbourne/Naarm. Co-founder of Siren Sport. She/Her
@drgomezmontoya.bsky.social
Mexicano. Man. Papá. Husband. Educator. 1stGen. EdD. Knowledge. Sports. Justice. Feminist. Cultura. Woo. UMKC/KU. Jedi. Beer. CDMX/KCMO/LFK. He/Him. #AskForHelp
@drsilverwood.bsky.social
Criminologist, researcher, writer, advocate. Violence in Sport, concussion, hockey culture, social harm, Player Safety.
@morganpcampbell.bsky.social
Author, My Fighting Family: Borders & Bloodlines & The Battles That Made Us You might have read me at CBC, NYT, Toronto Star, Globe & Mail and elsewhere Maybe you saw me talking boxing on ESPN+
@ant-for-the-w.bsky.social
French-American. Assistant prof studying the intersection of sport with ethnonationalism, fascism, colonialism, and imperialism.
@dionnekoller.bsky.social
Professor of Law, Baltimore. Author of More Than Play: How Law, Policy, and Politics Shape American Youth Sport
@jennmcclearen.bsky.social
Scholarly Writing & Career Coach | Writer | Feminist Media Scholar | Scholarpreneur | Academic Ex | BJJ | 🇺🇸 ➔ 🇳🇱 https://www.jennmcclearen.com/ https://www.publishnotperish.net
@jakewdean.bsky.social
Posthumanist political ecology of fisheries, cetacean conservation, and ecotourism in Baja + Alaska | UCSB Anthro | Also interested in critical sports, infrastructure and agriculture studies
@ss4jpal.bsky.social
@taylormckee.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Brock University Managing Editor, Journal of Emerging Sport Studies Media/violence/cdn history
@davidkilpatrick.bsky.social
Professor of English and Program Director of Sport Management at Mercy University.
@tpoates.bsky.social
media and cultural studies | author of Football and Manliness | co-author of Forming the Public | views are my own
@yellowsweatygorilla.com
Union Organizer and Researcher (Healthcare + Sports Sectors), Lecturer at YorkU Social Work, Abolitionist ⚽🏴 Co-editor of Abolish Social Work (As We Know It) - Out Now! https://btlbooks.com/book/abolish-social-work
@hockeyinsociety.bsky.social
A collaborative blog (https://hockeyinsociety.com/) exploring a diverse range of critical social and political issues in the sport of hockey. Account is run by @brettpardy.bsky.social.
@markdoidge.bsky.social
Sociologist at Loughborough researching sport, environmental sustainability, antiracism & refugees. Member @fanseurope, trustee @britsoci
@daghanirak.com
Göçmen, akademik, kedici, iyi niyetli başıbozuk. Menşe İstanbul, ikâmet Yorkshire, istikâmet Foça. Chaotic good. Cat person. Immigrant. Istanbulite. Academic with one foot out the door. He/him. TR/EN/FR/GR
@laurensmith.bsky.social
Professor, Rowan University | Research Director - Center for Sports Comm & Social Impact | Researching effects of narratives & portrayals of gender, race, & social issues in sport | Triathlete | Ironman x 3 | Traveling the 🌎 w/ Kenny Smith | War Eagle
@kgier.bsky.social
KU Masters in Sports Management Editor: The Next, The IX, The Equalizer, JoeBlogs Production Assistant: If Not For Them (She/Her)
@lempika7.bsky.social
🏀📚Author #BasketballEmpire ⚽️📚#MakingOfLesBleus. Historian 🇫🇷 sports & #sportsdiplomacy, director FranceAndUS 🇺🇸🇫🇷 ✒️Writer 📣Comms Consultant, I also teach #globalsports at NYU. Former HistoryAtState. Views=my own https://linktr.ee/lkrasnoff
@daniellibit.bsky.social
(Un)covering stories for Sportico.com | Will sue for public records | dlibit@sportico.com
@michaelmirer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor studying sports-related media and journalistic professionalism at UW-Milwaukee. Aspiring boat guy.
@tammigaw.bsky.social
Sports Lawyer and strategist. Risk management nerd. Sports medicine in a former life. Purveyor of snark. Intolerant of racists, bigots and fascists. Lover of dogs, hiking, whisky and good music. Found in Scotland. She/her #InvestInWomen
@mingemi.bsky.social
Sports Reporter covering the Valkyries, Bay FC, women's college basketball, women’s sports enterprise and more at SF Chronicle | SFC Guild | AWSM Board | NSMA, USBWA | BU ‘17 | 🏳️🌈
@juliedicaro.bsky.social
Independent Journalist. IU alum. Recovering lawyer. She/her Author - Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being A Woman in America; Losing My Perspicacity (newsletter) DM for speaking requests https://losingmyperspicacity.beehiiv.com/
@sydney-bauer.com
🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️| Freelance Journalist for hire | she/her | Once, the Olympics in RJ. | Bylines all over; the Mets break me regularly | Sydneyerinwrites at gmail dot com Discord: sydneybauer Signal: SydneyBauer.30 www.sydney-bauer.com
@rachelallison.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Sociology at Mississippi State, studies gender and sport (mostly ⚽️). Loves women’s soccer, running, music, coffee. Stepmom to one human and mama to 🐶 🐶 🐱 🐱 🐱 🐱 🐱
@rachellemiele.bsky.social
🍉 adjunct faculty. PhD sociology. health & illness, qual & feminist research, injury & hockey. she/her. its ray-chel like from friends. zia to 2 incredible kids she/her
@deanasimonetto.bsky.social
Sociologist of gendered violence, brain injuries, and sports. Feminist. Cat lady. Knitter.
@profsuddler.bsky.social
writer. historian. sports guy. associate professor. @emoryUniversity. author of #PresumedCriminal and some other things.
@noahafrank.bsky.social
Writer. Days doing comms at Virginia Tech, evenings teaching at Loyola Maryland. Musing on baseball and other maddening pastimes. prettygoodat.substack.com noahafrank.com
@historiesderugby.bsky.social
Researcher focused on the social history of rugby in Catalonia and Spain during the interwar period. Exploring how sports reflect societal tensions and identities
@andyelrick.bsky.social
Dir. of Center for Sports Comm and Prof of Sports Comm at Marist University. Got a Ph.D. Never been invited on a podcast. Former cog at ESPN, CBS Sports and FIBA. QPR, Cubs and UConn. Views mine. Newsletter: https://andyelrick.substack.co
@bearpilot.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. @ Sacred Heart University | Director @shuesports.gg | Ph.D./M.S. U Texas-Austin | B.A. University of Portland | Sport history/diplomacy; sociocultural aspects of esports
@halloranphd.bsky.social
He/Him | Religion Ph.D. from @temple.edu | Researches Catholicism, Masculinity, & Sports in 20th c. U.S. | Philly Sports fanatic | History geek
@derekcrim.bsky.social
// prof & writer 🍉 // words in Time, LA Times, The Guardian, etc. // podcast @endofsportpod.bsky.social // new book link in bio @uncpress.bsky.social // hobby jogger 2:49 marathon https://uncpress.org/book/9781469683461/the-end-of-college-football/
@rexchapman.bsky.social
Team game https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Its-Hard-for-Me-to-Live-with-Me/Rex-Chapman/9781982197773
@thefrankiedlc.news
writing at the intersection of sports & gender / co-author of HAIL MARY: The Rise & Fall of the National Women’s Football League / they/them 🏳️⚧️🌈
@endofsportpod.bsky.social
A podcast on capitalist sport, labor, and justice for end times. Hosted by @derekcrim.bsky.social, @johannamellis.bsky.social, and @nkalamb.bsky.social. Patreon: https://t.co/cPzWKKoVLI
@maddyorr.bsky.social
PhD climate x sport 🤓Author of WARMING UP📙Assistant Prof #UofT 👩🏫👩💻Founder @ Sport Ecology Group. 🌱🤽🏻♀️🎿 Happy wife & mom. 💍👶🏼🩷 she/her. 📍Treaty 13/Toronto
@andygrainger.bsky.social
Nomadic Kiwi | Lecturer in the sociology of sport and physical cultural studies | UMD PCS Grad | Gadigal Lands
@tedtatos.bsky.social
Alex's dad. Empirical microeconomist & statistician. Assoc. Econ Editor @ The Antitrust Bulletin. Published papers available at https://utah.academia.edu/TedTatos. Mountain biker & roadie cyclist. #SlavaUkraïni
@jeanmariemaier2.bsky.social
Studying higher Ed and sports. Teaching a lot. Lurking for news/pet pics, posting and replying for woso.
@pcswakework.bsky.social
postdoc // interdisciplinary approaches to sport and physical cultural studies //
@linesindirt.bsky.social
Come for the baseball, stay for the social commentary and occasional wit.
@miggsolution.bsky.social
SoCal native. Xicano 🇲🇽 Applied Cultural Anthropologist (M.A.), Politics & sports. @sportsasaweapon.bsky.social @sportsasaweapon and @miggsolution on Twitter/X.
@markdavidnorman.bsky.social
Sociologist of sport. Assistant Professor in Human Kinetics at St. Francis Xavier University. Research on sport and incarceration, sport and crime prevention, and mental health in correctional work.
@noahcohan.bsky.social
Sports Studies Scholar. St. Louisan. Seattle ex-pat. Working on a cultural history of the football helmet. https://noahcohan.com/
@dansailofsky.bsky.social
Assistant professor, University of Toronto | Studying violence and harm, labour, gender and sport | Basketball obsessive, book reader | he/him To pre-order Playing Through Pain: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469685878/playing-through-pain/
@kristiallain.bsky.social
she/her. sociologist & canada research chair in physical culture & social life @StThomasU. anti-fascist feminist. settler on stolen Wəlastəkwiyik territory.
@katelynfoltz.bsky.social
Sociologist • She/Her • UMD PhD Candidate • GMU M.A • UVA B.A. • Research: Gender-Based Violence in Sport • Views=My Own
@rodneyfort.bsky.social
Sports economist. Emeritus Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan.
@wagesofwins.bsky.social
Professor of Economics at Southern Utah University. The latest book is Slaying the Trolls. Also author/co-author of The Wages of Wins Stumbling on Wins The Last Hero’s Lesson https://www.davidberri.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Slaying-Trolls
@profguyharrison.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville | School of Journalism and Media. Father of Twins+1. Philly sports fan.
@hollythorpe.bsky.social
Sociologist of Sport / Physical Culture / Bodies / Theory / Method / Gender / Power (She/Her) Pākehā living in Tairāwhiti Aotearoa New Zealand
@malcomaxx.bsky.social
UK-based settler scholar grappling with colonialism, sport, culture & activism; irredeemable Tsundoku; penchant for sardonic détournement https://labourbehindthelabel.org/; https://malcolmkmaclean.net/
@courtneyszto.bsky.social
Associate Professor. Author of “Changing on the Fly: Hockey through the voices of South Asian Canadians” 🏒🥅. Executive Producer of Revolutions 🚴🏻♀️. Co-host of Just Eats podcast 🍲🫔.
@punchingprof.bsky.social
No longer a lost Nova Scotian. Teaching Fellow, Saint Mary's University. #ldnont
@mollyyanity.bsky.social
Prof/chair Sports Media & Comm PhD 👩🏻🎓📚 Sportswriter ✍🏼🏀 Fan of my wife, free press, women’s sport & dogs 🏳️🌈📰⚽️🐶 Feminist ☮️❤️=
@sportmgmtprof.bsky.social
Sport mgmt prof 🇨🇦| gender equity | women in sport | digital sport | retired pickle baller |
@julesboykoff.bsky.social
Political scientist. Poetry enthusiast. Author of What Are the Olympics For? (Bristol UP 2024); The 1936 Berlin Olympics (Common Ground 2023); NOlympians (Fernwood 2020); Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics (Verso 2016). www.julesboykoff.org
@sportsasaweapon.bsky.social
A Xicana/o 🇲🇽 sports podcast on the entanglement of sports, radical politics, & working-class sports fan culture. We just talk sports too! @ ANTICONQUISTA
@jasonisasmith.bsky.social
Religion. Sports. Religion and Sports. Episcopalian. Zelda enthusiast. UGA nihilist turned believer. Trying to finish a book.
@burnedprof.bsky.social
🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸. academia has 4 parts: research, teaching, service & politics. i got the 1st 3 right. posts mine & might be info. my passport says i am 183cm tall. when you're burned, you've got nothing. no pets, no insta & you're not going anywhere. ça que c'tait.
@gabrownie.bsky.social
Wandering the mountains, lakes, trails, & waterfalls of NE Georgia...soon. I use #AltText. Banner: A mountain lake, surrounded by trees, reflecting a sky full of clouds. PFP: A Brownie with the words GA_Brownie written on top.
@brettpardy.bsky.social
Social, Cultural, and Media Studies assistant professor interested in media theory and history, film, comics, hockey, and empathy.
@brendaelsey.bsky.social
Prof at Hofstra, Historian of politics, gender, and pop culture esp fútbol in LatAm. Views expressed are my own. Co-host www.burnitalldownpod.com; anti-discrimination work with www.farenet.org; she/her, books on gender and sport: https://utpress.utexas.edu
@iankennedyck.bsky.social
Words for The Hockey News | Manager The Hockey News Women's | Author of “Ice In Their Veins: Women's Relentless Pursuit of the Puck” | Opinions are my own | He/Him | Critical sports journalist
@zbigalke.bsky.social
Husband. Puppy papa. Former pro cook. Unapologetically profane historian of football codes, winter sports, hot dog eating contests, and other pastimes traditional and non-traditional. Visiting Asst. Teaching Professor Penn State Kinesiology he/him
@shipster.bsky.social
Professor and purveyor of takes of all temperatures. All opinions my own but willing to share. Details: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/canada-in-the-world and https://linktr.ee/TylerShipley
@jschiller.bsky.social
acquisitions editor, University of Oklahoma Press | history | environment | North American West | Sports | joe@ou.edu Also: hockey Detroit Lakes, MN