Archive for O – Academic Articles

“Sportswashing and the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics: Politics and Power in the City of Angels,” (with Cerianne Robertson and Kylie Mari Gose Pascual), International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, published online 27 April 2026: 1-27.

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“‘We Are All True Believers in Democracy’: Successful Anti-Olympics Activism in Boston,” in Sport, Activism, and Social Movements: International Perspectives, eds. Jan Ludvigsen and Mark Turner (London and New York: Routledge, 2026), 22-36.

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“The Olympics in Crisis: Challenges, Reforms, and the Path Forward,” The International Sports Law Journal, Vol. 25 (2025): 29-48“The Olympics in Crisis: Challenges, Reforms, and the Path Forward,” The International Sports Law Journal, .

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“Greenwash Gold? The Paris 2024 Olympics,” Capitalism Nature Socialism, Vol. 36, No. 2 (2025): 171-178.

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“The Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics: Soft Power, Sportswashing, and the Invasion of Iraq,” (with Reed McFeely) in The Hard Edge of Soft Power: Mega-Events, Geopolitics, and Making Nations Great Again, ed. Sven Daniel Wolfe (Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025), 129-143.

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“Vancouver 2010: A Convergence of Protest Movements,” in Winters of Discontent: The Winter Olympics and a Half Century of Protest and Resistance, ed. Russell Field (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2025), 99-125.

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“Glitterati and Grit: The Perils and Possibilities of Sports Mega-Event Research,” Journal of Sport and Social Issues, Vol. 48, No. 1–2 (2024): 70-87.

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“Framing Brittney Griner: The US Media, Race, Gender, and Geopolitics,” (with Reed McFeely), The International Journal of Sport and Society, Vol. 15, Issue 1 (2024): 123-152.

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“Framing the Games: US Media Coverage of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics,” Communication & Sport, Vol. 12, No. 1 (2024): 19-39.

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“Protest at the Olympics Games: How Political Movements Scythe Space for Athlete-Activist Moments,” in Athletic Activism: Global Perspectives on Social Transformation, eds. Jeffrey Montez de Oca and Stanley Thangaraj (Bingley: Emerald Publishing, 2023), 65-83.

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