'Space'and'place'are concepts central to both geography and sport. Places, for example, are
the means of identifying most sports teams, while sport both affects, and is affected by, the …

Sports geography: new approaches, perspectives and directions nicholas Wise a and
Geoffery Z. Kohe b aLiverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK; bUniversity of Kent …

Sport is a geographic phenomenon. The physical and organizational infrastructure of sport
occupies a prominent place in our society. This important book takes an explicitly spatial …

The geographical approach to sports studies recognizes that just as sports have evolved
over time, they have also diffused over space; just as different social groups participate in …

Jordan and Rowntree, 1982) as an exemplification of popular culture, a geography of sport
remains in its formative stages. It has tended to adopt empiricist or positivist philosophies …

The book is about British football and the urban milieux in which it is found. Hillsborough
brought the state of the British football environment to the attention of the world while the …

The contributions to a geography of football have steadily increased over the last few
decades. The kinds of geographic research undertaken during that period may be …

From Major League Baseball to English soccer's Premier League, all successful
contemporary professional sports leagues include a wide diversity of nationalities and …

ABSTRACT The geographer Yi-Fu Tuan has undertaken a wide variety of studies in the field
of human and cultural geography. His work has shown a concern for themes ranging from …

Sport Worlds: A Sociological Perspectivetakes a novel approach to tracing the intimate and
extensive relationships between sport and other social worlds. By examining classic issues …