Nathan Kalman-Lamb is author of the new book Game Misconduct: Injury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport (Fernwood Publishing) and co-author of Out of Left Field: Social Inequality and Sports (with Gamal Abdel-Shehid). He is a Lecturing Fellow at Duke University, where he teaches on social inequality and sports. You can find him on Twitter @nkalamb.
Nathan Kalman-Lamb
Articles
Justin Turner is Smiling
Nathan Kalman-Lamb dissects the motivations of Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner, who joined his victorious teammates after testing positive.
Beyond Compensation: Student Athlete and NCAA Exploitation
Nathan Kalman-Lamb reviews the HBO documentary "Student Athlete" and the unfair dynamic between payment and promise in college athletics.
Unfreedom, Race, and Capitalist Sport in High Flying Bird
Nathan Kalman-Lamb reviews the new Netflix original film "High Flying Bird."
On Capitalism, Sport, Health, and Fandom: Royce A. White and Nathan Kalman-Lamb in Conversation
Royce A. White and Nathan Kalman-Lamb discuss the recent explosion of mental health issues in the NBA and beyond.
Against Fandom
Nathan Kalman-Lamb on the problems of sports fandom, and the political economy of high-performance sport.
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Labor of Professional Sport
An excerpt from "Game Misconduct: Injury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport" by Nathan Kalman-Lamb, forthcoming from Fernwood Publishing in May.
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