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There is an interesting post on the morality of sport-hatred over at the Practical Ethics blog. It would be great if some sport philosophers got in on the discussion. I'm thinking more about this as I experience certain emotions connected with Robin van Persie after my beloved Arsenal lost at Old Trafford yesterday...

Call for Abstracts The 3nd annual Rockford College Sports Studies Symposium Date: April 25, 2014 Rockford University 5050 E. State. St. Rockford, IL 61108 The focus of this year’s symposium is “Defining Sport.” How should scholars of sport approaching defining sport? Is there a consistent definition or approach to defining sport? Is there a difference between defining a sport, the sport, sport, or sports? We invite cross-disciplinary papers on the different discussions surrounding the term “sport” and its many iterations. We seek to explore how the concept itself, broadly construed, is being employed, understood, challenged, and used in the many different disciplines that study sport. Papers focusing on related concepts, like competition, games, or play, are welcomed as well. There will be multiple panels. The focus of each panel will depend, in part, on the accepted abstracts. Each presenter will have 20 minutes for his or her presentation. There will also be time for ...

For a discussion of the trend of eliminating postgame handshakes, go to this post at Ethics for Everyone.

Call for Abstracts, Central APA: There will be a group session sponsored by IAPS at the 2014 Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (2/26/2014 to 3/1/2014), at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel in Chicago. Please submit an abstract for consideration, of 250 words or less, to mike.austinatsymbol.eku.edu. Each paper will be allotted 30 minutes reading time, and 20 minutes for discussion. The deadline for submission is 9/25/2013.

I am a passionate soccer fan. I love to play, ref, coach, and watch the sport. I also am passionate about my job - being a philosopher. One of the great blessings of my life is to be able to combine these two things. And I think that at least some of us who are academics and benefit from the public trust invested in us should try to bridge the gap between our scholarship and public life. To that end, I will begin regularly contributing to a new but quickly growing site devoted to soccer, The Boot Room, at http://tbrfootball.com/ . My focus will be on ethical issues that arise in the game. My first piece explains why I, as an Arsenal fan, don't want the club to sign Luis Suarez: http://tbrfootball.com/no-to-suarez-at-arsenal/ Enjoy, and if you are so inclined comment at CLSoccer. I'd love to get an ethics discussion going over there!

At the request of a reader, I am posting a bibliography of some of the essential readings in philosophy of sport. This is surely incomplete, so consider this post a starting point, and add your own suggestions in the comments section. (Thanks to Heather Reid for help on this!) Due to time, these are not organized in any fashion. However, as a starting point I would suggest the first 3 books, one a monograph and the other two anthologies: Jan Boxill, ed. Sports Ethics (Malden, MA:   Blackwell, 2003); Mike McNamee, ed. The Ethics of Sports:   A Reader (New York:   Routledge, 2010).  M. Andrew Holowchak, ed. Philosophy of Sport: Critical Readings, Crucial Issues (Upper Saddle River, NJ:   Prentice Hall, 2002). Robert L. Simon, Fair Play: Sports, Values, & Society (Boulder, CO:   Westview, 1991- several revised editions of this also are available). Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens:   A Study of the Play Element in Culture ( Boston:   Beacon Press, 19...

..according the the New Scientist .  David Carrier at the University of Utah suggests that the opposable thumb didn't so much give our ancestors an advantage in tool making and manipulation, but rather enabled the creation of a fist utilising the thumb as a buttress which produces greater striking force. Somehow, I'm sceptical.