Category: Sociology of Sports

  • Interview with Wayne David Hubbard, Educator, Polymath, and Community Builder

    Welcome to our interview series, Wayne. It’s a pleasure to have you with us today. For readers meeting you for the first time, how would you describe yourself in a few words? I am an author, educator, and polymath. Polymath means I seek mastery in different fields – like art or math – with the…

  • Sociology of Sport: Meaning, Theories and Overview

    Sociology of sport, otherwise known as sports sociology, is a discipline of sociology that studies sports as a social phenomenon. Sports sociologists critically examine the functions, impacts and roles that sports have on different societies. The sociology of sport encompasses research in various other fields such as political science, history and anthropology (Maguire 2013). This…