[Commlist] New issue of Communication & Sport journal (vol. 13, iss. 5)

This year’s fifth issue of Communication & Sport journal (vol. 13, iss. 
5, October 2025) is accessible at 
https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/coma/13/5 
<https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/coma/13/5>.

This issue includes a very interesting exchange on the theory, method, 
and authorship in the first ten volumes of the journal. The initial 
article prompted responses by the journal's founding editor and its five 
associate editors, as well as a follow-up commentary from the authors of 
the original study. This discussion will influence the future direction 
of communication and sport scholarship.

INTRODUCTION: Echoes and Evolutions: Reflecting on the Past to Shape the 
Future of Sports Communication
Andrew C. Billings
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251351725 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251351725>

INVITED ARTICLES

The There that is There and the There that is Not: Reflections on Taking 
Stock of Communication & Sport as a Disciplinary Project
Lawrence A. Wenner
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251328939 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251328939>

Feminist Media Scholarship in Communication & Sport: A Response to the 
10-Year Review
Dunja Antunovic and Toni Bruce
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251332123 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251332123>

Addressing the 37 Percent: A Call for Using More Human Subjects in 
Empirical Sport Communication Studies
Kenon A. Brown
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251333299 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251333299>

On Rhetorical Theory and Criticism in Sport Communication*
*Michael L. Butterworth
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251331024 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251331024>

Theory-Building and Multi-Level Analysis: Further Broadening the Horizon 
of Communication & Sport (OPEN ACCESS!)
Jacco van Sterkenburg
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251329283 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251329283>

Embrace Methodological Breadth in Communication and Sport Research – A 
Response to Cummins and Hahn*
*
Tang Tang
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251329169 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251329169>

Finding Teammates on a Messy Playing Field: Continued Thoughts on 10 
Years of Theory & Method in Communication & Sport*
*
R. Glenn Cummins and Dustin Hahn
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251346987 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251346987>

RESEARCH ARTICLES

10 Years of Communication & Sport: A Review of Theory, Method, and 
Authorship (OPEN ACCESS! - Also the article that prompted the preceding 
exchange.)
R. Glenn Cummins and Dustin Hahn
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241293041 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241293041>

Narrative Storytelling as a Fan Conversion Tool in the Netflix 
Docuseries Drive to Survive (OPEN ACCESS!)
Caroline Soble and Mark Lowes
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241238158 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241238158>

Competing Together, Nations Apart: Identity and Nationality at the 2023 
World Baseball Classic
Zachary W. Arth, Mackenzie P. Pike, Patrick C. Gentile, Brandon Bruce 
and Daniel Capuano
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241237230 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241237230>
*
*A (Meta) Picture is Worth a Thousand “Likes:” An Analysis of Engagement 
with Sports Network Images on Instagram
Rich G. Johnson, Miles Romney and Kevin John
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241233174 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241233174>
*
*
“New Heights” in Storytelling?: Considerations for Cross-National 
Analyses of Broadcasters’ Social Media Coverage of the Paralympics
Dunja Antunovic, Andrea Bundon, Lindsey Lehrfeld and Peter Gancayco
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241238139 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241238139>
*
*
Girl Power and Brand Power: Postfeminist Sensibility in News Coverage of 
Tokyo’s Girl “Prodigy” Skateboarders
Brigid McCarthy
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241242721 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241242721>
*
*
“I Feel Qatari Today […] I Feel Disabled Today, […] I Feel Like a 
Migrant Worker Today…”: On Sport, Leadership, and Moral Legitimacy
Yoseph Z. Mamo, Christos Anagnostopoulos, Simon Chadwick and Damon P. S. 
Andrew
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241243374 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241243374>
*
*
“Guarding Our National Volleyball Sheroes Against Social Media Malice”: 
Exploring the Rejection-Identification Process Among Chinese Women’s 
National Volleyball Team Fans
Yangkun Huang, Yuan Gao and Jiayu Yang
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241244706 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241244706>
*
*
Telecasting Tokyo to a Locked Down Nation: Australian Broadcast Coverage 
of the 2020 Olympic Summer Games
Olan Kees Martin Scott, Michael Van Bussel, Bo (Norman) Li, Adam T. 
Pappas, Gillian Golosky and Victoria Dewar
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241247770 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241247770>

Communication and Sport (C&S) is a cutting-edge, peer-reviewed bimonthly 
journal that publishes research to foster international scholarly 
understanding of the nexus of communication and sport. C&S publishes 
research and critical analysis from diverse disciplinary and theoretical 
perspectives to advance understanding of communication phenomena in the 
varied contexts through which sport touches individuals, society, and 
culture. It is indexed by the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and 
in the Scopus database. The journal does not require payment for 
manuscript submission, processing or publication. The journal’s website 
can be accessed here: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/COM 
<https://journals.sagepub.com/home/COM>.
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