Once deemed an unworthy research endeavor, the study of sports fandom has garnered the attention of seasoned scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. Identity and socialization among sports fans are particular burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of specialists in the social sciences. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, captures an eclectic collection of new studies from accomplished scholars in t...

The biggest brains—and bank accounts—in business share their secrets of the trade in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From media titans Ted Turner and Barry Diller to technology visionaries Bill Gates and Steve Jobs to board-room barons T. Boone Pickens and Lee Iacocca, these business tycoons reflect the very best of 50 years of the Playboy Interview.Moguls is part of the 50 Years of the Playboy Interview e-book series, for which the ma...

That theatre is a business remains a truth often ignored by theatre insiders and consumers of the performing arts alike. The essays in Theatre Symposium, Volume 22 explore theatre as a commercial enterprise both historically and as a continuing part of the creation, production, and presentation of contemporary live performance.The eleven contributors to this fascinating collection illuminate many aspects of commercial theatre and how best to examine it. George Pate analyze...

They rode into town without a word.Four men on horseback. Dust-covered, hard-eyed, and silent as the grave. Nobody knew where they had come from, and nobody knew who had sent them. But wherever they went, trouble followed close behind.When a quiet ranching settlement is struck by a string of killings, whispers spread about a posse that rides only at dusk and leaves no witnesses behind. Some say they are lawmen. Others say they are killers wearing justice like a borrowed coa...

Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is showing obedience, self-discipline, and faith in every aspect of daily life. At my lowest point, I turned to Jesus. Yes, I made Jesus Christ my personal MVP in every game and in every area if my life! Teammates and friends, I stopped playing to please the crowd and began living to please God!