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“The Love of My Life”: The Meaning and Importance of Sport for Female Fans (2013)
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Pope, S. (2013). “The Love of My Life”: The Meaning and Importance of Sport for Female Fans. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 37(2), 176-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723512455919

Academic research has typically focused upon the importance of sports fandom for men, and there is also a lack of comparative work which examines fans of different sports. This article aims to address this omission by exploring the meaning and import... Read More about “The Love of My Life”: The Meaning and Importance of Sport for Female Fans.