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1. Sports Journalism, Jason Collins and Michael Sam

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Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of this book which examines how Sports Journalists covered the coming out stories of National Basketball Association (NBA) veteran Jason Collins and football All-American Michael Sam, who was drafted by the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL). This chapter also introduces the reader to sports journalism’s status as “the toy department,” an area perceived as having lower and less rigorous standards than other forms of journalism. However, the bulk of this chapter offers a detailed account of the events surrounding Collins’ and Sam’s respective coming out announcements.

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Nächstes Kapitel An Overview of Media Coverage of Gay Male Athletes

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Titel: Sports Journalism, Jason Collins and Michael Sam
verfasst von: William P. Cassidy
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Sports Journalism and Coming Out Stories
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-62769-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-62770-0

Copyright-Jahr: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62770-0_1