[Commlist] Communication & Sport Vol. 14, No. 4, August 2026 published

New issue of Communication & Sport journal
Vol. 14, No. 4

INTRODUCTION

What Sport Takes: The Human Cost of High-Performance Sport
By Andrew C. Billings
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795261452512 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795261452512>

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Talking About Concussion and Getting It Right: Towards the Development 
and Psychometric Properties of a Checklist for Accurate and Responsible 
Sport-Concussion Commentary
By Keeley Lappin, Osman Hassan Ahmed and Karen A Sullivan
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251340354 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251340354>

“It is an Incredibly Painstaking, Time-Taking Domain to Work in”: 
Examining the Work-Life Tensions and Meaningful Experiences of Data Work 
in Elite Sport
By Andrew Manley, Brad Millington and Shaun P. Williams
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251363839 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251363839>

“It’s Your Whole Life:” Navigating Identity and Mental Health in Life 
after Sports
By Elisabetta Zengaro and Heather J. Carmack
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251341309 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251341309>

Collegiate Athletes’ and Coaches’ Communicative Constitution of 
Resilience: A Case Study
By Lillian B. Feder
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251376367 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251376367>

A Reasoned Action Approach to Parent-Child Concussion Communication in 
Youth Sports
By Daniel E. Hartman
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251375105 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251375105>

Athletes’ Participation in Communication With Coaches: Functions and 
Preconditions in Elite Sports Using the Example of Three Film Sessions
By Andreas Hoffmann
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251363419 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251363419>

The View From the Boundary: How County Cricket is Covered Amid the 
Digital Mediatization of Sport
By Richard Jones
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251365191 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251365191>

Politics for Losers: The Rhetoric of Sports Tanking as a Practice of 
Liberal Citizenship
By Luke Winslow and Blair Browning
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251366403 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251366403>

Soft Media, Hard Borders: Football, Media Framing, and Ethnonational 
Tensions in Wartime Israel
By Chen Kertcher
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251375095 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251375095>

Exploring Multi-Screen and Second-Screen Viewing During Sports Mega 
Events: A Lens of Channel Complementarity Theory
By Zesheng Yang and Emilio Fernández Peña
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251333900 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251333900>

Refashioning Post-Cosmopolitan China: A Critical Discourse Analysis of 
Prada’s Use of China Women’s National Football Team Athletes as Brand 
Embodiments
By Ling’ai Wang, Hanhan Xue and Joshua I. Newman
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251376958 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251376958>

Attentional and Evaluative Processing of Split-Screen Advertisements 
Embedded in Mediated Sports: An Eye-Tracking and Biometric Study
By Minkyo Lee, Glenna L. Read and Bomin Paek
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251376951 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251376951>

What Determines Attitude and Intention Toward Continuous Usage of 
Fantasy Cricket Apps? Evidence From Cricket-Loving Country
By Manisha Saini, Vinay Sharma, Pankaj Kumar, Pardeep Ahlawat, Anil 
Khurana and Sapna Rana
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251338692 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251338692>

Is It a Private Issue? Exploring Chinese Fans’ Perceptions of Manchester 
City’s Crisis Response to the Kyle Walker Sexual Harassment
By Xi Yang, Suyu Chou and Qing Guo
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251338690 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251338690>

The Local Perspective: Regional Television Framing of Name, Image, and 
Likeness
By Chris Corr, Molly Harry, Sarah Stokowski and Brandon Boatwright
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251340275 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251340275>

Sports Fan Moral Reasoning Strategies in Response to an Athlete’s 
Controversial Political Associations
By Stephen Warren
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251344047 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251344047>

Connecting Through Fear of Missing Out (FoMO): Social Media Involvement 
and Team Identification Among Sports Fans
By Soyon Michelle Choi, Natalie Brown-Devlin and Eunjoo Jin
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251346506 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251346506>

Understanding Chinese Weibo Users’ Frames of the LGBTQ+ Athletes During 
the 2024 Olympic Games: A Content Analysis
By Wenrong Cui, Yan Bing Zhang and Xiaoxia Li
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251363157 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251363157>

Friends or Foes: Predicting Chinese Basketball Viewers’ Attitudes Toward 
Naturalized Athletes
By Dongdong Yang and Yuren Qin
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251334033 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251334033>

Talent Constructions in German and Swedish Academy Football: A 
Discourse-Theoretical Approach
By Leah M. Monsees
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251347533 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251347533>

Exclusion in the Name of Dissuasion: Framing Moral Panic, Disposable 
Gamers, and Esport Regulation in China
By Yiming Chen, Shushan Dai, Hanhan Xue and Joshua I. Newman
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251348156 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251348156>

“Let it Kick You Forward” and Health Promotion: Coach Kay as a Hero in 
Cancer Fundraising
By Katherine L. Lavelle
https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251356405 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795251356405>

Communication & 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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