http://www.runofplay.com/2007/10/24/why-do-we-follow-sports-part-one/ Attacking Football Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:36:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.runofplay.com/2007/10/24/why-do-we-follow-sports-part-one/#comment-10962 Why Do We Follow Sports? Part Four. - The Run of Play Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:19:20 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/2007/10/24/why-do-we-follow-sports-part-one/#comment-10962 [...] sports because we want someone to win. This follows from our involvement in sports at the level of tribal loyalty and from our fascination with sports as a vehicle for stories: identifying with the team of our [...] [...] sports because we want someone to win. This follows from our involvement in sports at the level of tribal loyalty and from our fascination with sports as a vehicle for stories: identifying with the team of our [...]

]]> http://www.runofplay.com/2007/10/24/why-do-we-follow-sports-part-one/#comment-10961 Why Do We Follow Sports? Part Three. - The Run of Play Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:18:15 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/2007/10/24/why-do-we-follow-sports-part-one/#comment-10961 [...] ways we still can’t fully explain. Stories are driven by conflict, and sports, which is built on conflict in the abstract, is thus a ready-made maker of stories. Every football match is a drama, and so is every season, [...] [...] ways we still can’t fully explain. Stories are driven by conflict, and sports, which is built on conflict in the abstract, is thus a ready-made maker of stories. Every football match is a drama, and so is every season, [...]

]]> http://www.runofplay.com/2007/10/24/why-do-we-follow-sports-part-one/#comment-10960 Why Do We Follow Sports? Part Two. - The Run of Play Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:17:16 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/2007/10/24/why-do-we-follow-sports-part-one/#comment-10960 [...] the competitive nature of sporting events—in victories and defeats—has its basis in one of the darkest parts of human nature, our interest in the style and flow of sporting events has its basis in one of the best. The one [...] [...] the competitive nature of sporting events—in victories and defeats—has its basis in one of the darkest parts of human nature, our interest in the style and flow of sporting events has its basis in one of the best. The one [...]

]]> http://www.runofplay.com/2007/10/24/why-do-we-follow-sports-part-one/#comment-10941 Sunday Selection #3 « Across The Synapse Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:36:22 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/2007/10/24/why-do-we-follow-sports-part-one/#comment-10941 [...] good place to start is the very beginning, with Brian’s posts on why we follow sports (Part one, Part two, Part three, Part four) Please note that the formatting for those posts are much worse [...] [...] good place to start is the very beginning, with Brian’s posts on why we follow sports (Part one, Part two, Part three, Part four) Please note that the formatting for those posts are much worse [...]

]]>