http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/sports-culture Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:09:34 -0400 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:09:34 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/19/religion-commodity-or-escape-sports-in-modern-american-culture By Joshua R. Keefe - American sport has become far more than contests with rules played on fields, diamonds, or rinks. Our current conception of sport is more than just a ball moving between groups of athletes, or a struggle for a finish line, or an effort to impress judges, as various critical studies will attest. American sport has produced something more than just the usual trappings of sport that bleed into other aspects of society: the refereeing and record keeping, the public accounts of events, the hero worship of the victors, and the training of youth. American sport has produced, especially in the information... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:31 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/19/religion-commodity-or-escape-sports-in-modern-american-culture