[Commlist] Communication & Sport Vol. 14, No. 1, published

The first issue of Communication & Sport journal in 2026 (vol. 14, iss. 
1, February 2026) is accessible at 
https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/coma/14/1 
<https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/coma/14/1>.

In his last first editorial for the volume, Editor-in-Chief Andrew 
Billings reflects on the growing globalization of the academic field of 
sport communication and the richness of perspectives examined by the 
contributing authors. Such welcome diversity creates the need to 
contextualize more of the phenomena we study, so the editorial offers 
helpful guidance on devising manuscripts that will be comprehensible and 
relevant to a broad range of readers.

Following is this issue's Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION

Communication and Sport in Times of Rapid Expansion: Caveats and 
Opportunities via Globalization
By Andrew C. Billings
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251405474 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251405474>

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Forgiving the Foul: The Role of Moral Decoupling, Emotions, and 
Forgiveness in Fan Responses to Sports Crises
By James Ndone and J.C. Abdallah
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251323193 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251323193>

Online Engagement in the Sports Industry: Leagues, Athletes, and 
Sponsoring Brands
By Tom Carmichael and Natalia Vila-Lopez
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251327308 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251327308>

Exploring Consumer Cognitive and Behavioral Engagement on a Sport Team’s 
Twitter Pages
By Yongjae Kim and Soojin Kim
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251330303 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251330303>

(S)Tumbling Blocks: Making Sense of and Creating a Model for Mental 
Blocks in Sport
By Nicole Butterbaugh, Ashley K. Barrett and Blair Browning
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241292043 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241292043>

Visions of Maradona: A Liar, a Cheat, Un Cocaïnomane, Un Dealer. UK and 
France Regarding a Latin American Player
By Mauro I. Greco
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241300254 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241300254>

‘Discursive Interpretations of Cultural Symbols in Mega Sporting Events: 
The Case of Messi’s Bisht at the 2022 World Cup’
By Elham Ghobain
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241295657 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241295657>

Williams Racing and Dorilton Capital: Epideictic Blandness in 
Organizational Change
By Mike Milford
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241289792 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241289792>

Super “Soul” Parties: Building Civic Inclusion Through Fandom
By Whitney Gent and Emily Sauter
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251315343 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251315343>

Media Bias in Sports Journalism: A Comparative Study of Qatar 2022 World 
Cup Coverage
By Omar Daoudi, Jason Gainous, Syed Ali Hussain and Khaled Zamoum
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251330480 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251330480>

Kim Mulkey, The Washington Post, and a Stealing Thunder Pseudo-Event 
During the 2024 NCAA Tournament
By Julia C. Richmond and Travis R. Bell
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251334042 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251334042>

Defamiliarizing Concussions: Sports Fandom, Injury, and Potential 
Attitudinal Shifts
By Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241299025 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241299025>

Examining Sports Media Credibility, Bias, Political Identification, and 
Fandom Using a Repeated Cross-Sectional Survey
By Natalie Brown-Devlin, Jingyue Tao, Chris Imbrogno, Nicole 
Butterbaugh, Xiaotong Liu, Leonard Memon, Yara Acaf and Josh Anderson
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251314383 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251314383>

Media Coverage of Sports Concussion: An Experimental Study of Framing 
Effects on Community Injury Perceptions
By Karen A. Sullivan
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241292717 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241292717>

(Re)Coding the “Black Quarterback”: A 20-Year Critical Quantitative 
Analysis of Racial Stacking and the Mediated Dichotomy Between 
“Pro-Style” and “Dual-Threat”
By Travis R. Bell, Jaime Shamado Robb, Deirdre Cobb-Roberts and Kalin Velez
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241297124 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241297124>

Why Do People Collect Sportscards? Fan Motivations for Collecting 
Miniature Sports Media
By Scott Parrott
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241309844 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241309844>

Media Framing of the International Paralympic Committee’s WeThe15 
Disability Inclusion Campaign During Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022: A 
Comparative Analysis
By Andrea N. Geurin, Emily J. Hayday and Siena Morgan
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251313689 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251313689>

Unpacking the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: A Comparative Analysis of 
Media Representations in Slovenia and Croatia
By Kaja Poteko and Sunčica Bartoluci
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251330485 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251330485>

 From Marriage in Heaven to Lock-In? Examining Mediatization of Winter 
Sports by Public Service Broadcasters
By Henk Erik Meier, Samuel Tickell and Dominik Krüssmann
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251330491 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251330491>

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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