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Sports Sociology Revisited-New Book Released September 2015

Sports Sociology Revisited-New Book Released September 2015

From domestic violence, concussions and on-field assaults to video gaming, fantasy sports and online gambling, SUNY Oswego’s Tim Delaney and co-author Tim Madigan of St. John Fisher College have teamed to update “The Sociology of Sports: An Introduction” for the latest generation of students and fans.  The book’s second edition, published in August by McFarland & Co., adds 130 pages, connects sports with popular culture and brings current the “sport as a microcosm of society” theme that infuses today’s sports pages and shows, according to Delaney, professor and chair of sociology.

http://www.oswego.edu/news/index.php/campusupdate/story/sports_sociology_revisited

Tim Delaney with book
Tim Delaney, professor and chair of sociology.
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Baseball Season

The 8th annual Sportsmanship Day Symposium will be held March 3, 2016 at the Morano Campus Center on the campus of SUNY Oswego. Stop by, its free to attend!

We have surpassed the 45,000 Visitor count number (as of 2/10/16).

Tim was interviewed (2/7/16) by the prestigious Le Monde French newspaper regarding the perception of Cam Newton and the 2016 Super Bowl…

http://www.lemonde.fr/sports-us/article/2016/02/04/super-bowl-l-esprit-d-une-nation_4859578_1616670.html

Summer is nearing an end and the Fall Semester is about to begin! The summer goes by faster and faster every year! On the positive side, this means that baseball season is a critical point as teams position themselves for the playoffs and most importantly, FOOTBALL is about to begin!!

We just reached Visitor Count # 44,000!! (June 1, 2015)

Winter is finally over and the Major League Baseball season has started! Here’s hoping everyone has a wonderful spring and summer!

Wishing everyone a very Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

The 7th annual Sportsmanship Day Symposium will be held March 5, 2015 at SUNY Oswego.

Tim Delaney will have 2 books released in 2015!

Tim Delaney gave the Keynote Address for the annual Criminal Justice Educators Association of New York State on October 23, 2014, in Utica, N.Y.

…His talk was titled: “From Sesame Street to Street Gang: The Transformation of Play Groups to Street Gangs”

Tailgating Syracuse University style with Tim Delaney grilling!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10204688663954083

The Puffer Man (KSEN/KZIN) loves our book that provides a positive look at sports–Sports: Why People Love Them! See the Sept 5, 2014 link below:

http://ksenam.com/we-love-sports/?trackback=email

Tim Delaney will be interviewed by a number of radio stations in the near future about his co-authored book (with Tim Madigan) Beyond Sustainability.

Tim was interviewed on CKWR-FM, 98.5 in Kitchener, Ontario on August 20, 2014.

Read this blog (August 19, 2014) from Jerry Puffer at KSEN/KZIN, Shelby, MT:

http://ksenam.com/delaney-and-madigan/?trackback=email

Listen to Tim on WILO in Frankfort, IN 1570AM/94.1FM, on August 12th, 9:00am

Special shout-out to the Liz and Dave at WRNN 95.5FM, Myrtle Beach, SC for having me on as a guest July 30th, 8:00am. It was a great interview. I spoke about, among other things, species extinction and its relationship to the 6th mass extinction.

Tim Delaney was just promoted to (Full) Professor Sociology, effective Fall 2014 semester. Yeah!!!

Tim was recently interviewed by Dianna Troyer of “Ruralite” magazine on the topic of Drive-ins. Publication forthcoming.

Delaney recently returned from a wonderful week in Ireland. Special thanks to a great host and better friend, Tim Madigan, for showing Chris Mack and I around Waterford and Galway!

Tim Delaney discussed the possible new ownership of the Buffalo Bills on WBEN radio, Tuesday, April 8th.

Beyond Sustainability …recently released to the general public!

Learn more: http://www.oswego.edu/news/index.php/campusupdate/story/thrivability_promoted