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• In Media Res
  Re: Too Busy (Stuck in Traffic) To Hate: Atlanta, Sports, and Urban Space

  Thanks for this, Chuck. Your

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  Travis Vogan University of Iowa

  Thursday, February 20, 2014 — 3:22 am

  Thanks for this, Chuck. Your comment on the oversimplified readings of "stadium hustle" and what we might even call "stadium flight" is well taken. And your attention to the particularity of the specific city is especially interesting. ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Still Crazy After All These Years: ESPN Films’ The Price of Gold

  Thanks for the comments. And

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  Travis Vogan University of Iowa

  Tuesday, February 18, 2014 — 9:40 pm

  Thanks for the comments. And good points, Cynthia. I suppose my reading located the doc as more of an exercise in containment--one that runs across much of ESPN's historical work, from SportsCentury to Nine for IX. Some of the WWL's productions ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Confinement and Contagion: Sports’ Desire for Inclusion without Politics

  Thanks, Markus. The everyday

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  Travis Vogan University of Iowa

  Friday, February 21, 2014 — 11:51 pm

  Thanks, Markus. The everyday politics of sport is something that I find particularly interesting--particularly as it is packaged for consumption. I would be very fascinated to see how these representations are (or are not) shifting when mediated through E ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Upon further review: Instant replay and sports

  To echo Markus’ great

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  Travis Vogan University of Iowa

  Friday, February 21, 2014 — 11:54 pm

  To echo Markus' great observation, I too am struck by sport controversy's "structural" and aesthetic dimensions. Indeed, I am reminded of the part of Harper's great essay on the production of narrative in golf that explains the ma ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Upon further review: Instant replay and sports

  I’m sure you’re already

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  Travis Vogan University of Iowa

  Saturday, February 22, 2014 — 7:14 pm

  I'm sure you're already familiar with this piece, but Greg Siegel has an article on Television & New Media on this topic. Very good and useful for class if you teach courses on sport media ...