Sports

Tim Delaney is a professor and department chair of sociology at the State University of New York at Oswego. He earned his BS in sociology from SUNY Brockport, MA degree in sociology from California State University Dominquez Hills, and a PhD in sociology from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Delaney has published seventeen books to date and numerous book chapters, journal and encyclopedia articles and has been published in five continents. Among his book publications are, Classical and Contemporary Social Theory: Investigation and Application (2014), American Street Gangs, 2nd edition (2014) and Beyond Sustainability: A Thriving Environment (2014, co-authored with Tim Madigan). Professor Delaney is listed as a "media expert" and regularly grants interviews with newspapers, radio and television news programs primarily across the United States and Canada.

Chapter 1 What is Sport? Chapter 2 Our Love Affair with Sports throughout History Chapter 3 Sports as a Cultural Phenomenon Chapter 4 Sport Socialization through Popular Culture Chapter 5 Youth Sports: Growing Up with Sports Chapter 6 High School and College Sports: The Passion Continues Chapter 7 Sports Fans Chapter 9 Why We Love Sports