Sports and media have had a long and productive relationship. Media have transformed sports into a global obsession, while sports in turn have provided a constant flow of events to cover and stories to tell. This symbiosis with media has both sold sports as entertainment and enabled them to comment on issues and identities in contemporary culture. Movies tell some of the most insightful stories about sports, which have also been defined throughout their history by a convergent media landscape that includes print, radio, television and digital technologies. Books in the Screening Sports series will focus on the relationship between sports, film and other media forms and the social and culture issues raised by that complex collaboration.
