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Sports Studies

University of Central Florida

1999

Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Death, Athletes, Mortality

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Sport And The Denial Of Death, Richard C. Crepeau Nov 1999

Sport And The Denial Of Death, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

References to death are frequent in the language of sport. "Sudden death," ends the overtime period. Winning teams often "kill," "wipe out," or "bury" their opponents. In baseball you are a "dead duck" when thrown out at the plate.

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