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NBA

narratives

When he lifted himself up from his bed in his

Utah hotel room, his head began spinning. He'dnever been so nauseated before. He feared thatsomehow, some way, someone had slipped somekind of drug in something he ate.

It was the middle of the night in Salt Lake City, anoff day between Games 4 and 5. The series was tied,2-2, following Utah's second consecutive win, buthow in the world could Jordan play in this conditionin Game 5?

Jordan called the Bulls' medical personnel, whichcame rushing to his room. They determined that hewas suffering from food poisoning or an intestinalstomach virus. "There's no way you'll be able to play

Game 5," Jordan was told.

Jordan remains in bed for the next 24 hours, missingthe Bulls' morning practices the day before and theday of Game 5. He had lost several pounds. He wasdehydrated.

Then, at 3 p.m., just three hours before tip-off,Jordan rose from his hotel bed and draggedhimself to the Delta Center…

The Flu

Game

(1997)

http://espn.go.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments/79

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narratives

The Flu

Game

(1997)

• 38 points (13/27)

• 5 assists

• 7 rebounds

• 3 steals

• 3 turnovers

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NBA

narratives

Paul

Pierce’s

injury(2008)

Fake or real? Who cares!

“Baseball as a narrative plot where the object of both teams is

to return home after a daring exploration in open space”

Giamatti (1989)

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Soccer

NarrativesChants

♫ ♫ The land of my fathers is dear unto me,

Old land where the minstrels are honoured and free

Its warring defenders, so gallant and brave,

For freedom their life's blood they gave

Land!, Land!, True I am to my land!

While seas secure, this land so pure,

o may our old language endure ♫ ♫

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Soccer

NarrativesThe villain

30 June 1998. Soccer World Cup, France.

England 2 – 2 Argentina (3-4 for Argentina on penalties). Quarterfinal game.

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Soccer

NarrativesThe villain

• 23.7 million Britons watched the game

• Energy companies disclosed that the demand of electricity was higher than during

the Dallas episode in 1985 wherein JR was murdered.

How did media portrayed David

Beckham?

• Front Page: “Beck home”

• The Sun sold a dart board with the

face of Beckham

• Hesbro, the manufacturer of Action

Man, marketed a “weeping doll” of

Beckham

• Front Page:“Ten heroic lions, one stupid

boy”

• The Daily Mirror revealed Beckham’s

student records seeking for early signs of

delinquency

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Soccer

Narratives

The villain

and its

redemption

America vs.

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31.10 €

13.02 €

35.66 €

17.83 €

Spain Germany England Italy

2,019 €

3,391 € 3,380 €

2,378 €

Spain Germany England Italy

Yes…

…butCheapest matchday ticket

Average monthly gross salary

Do you regard modern sportsmen as heroes?

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Talent

recruitment

The first draft in American professional sport was in…

Draft

1936 1931 1963 1949

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Talent

recruitmentDraft

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Talent

recruitment

Youth

schools

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Talent

recruitmentTransfers

The 11 highest transfer fees ever paid in soccer

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Competitive

balanceSalary cap

Free Agency

Collective Bargaining Agreement

Salary Cap

97 94 9483 82 82 80 78 77 77 76 76 75 73 73 72 72 71 70 69 67 66 63 60 60 59 57 57

4538

NBA Team Salary Totals 2014-2015 (Million USD)

347328

10578 73

49 44 38 32 27 22 18 18 17 15 15 14 12 12 11

Salary Cap for 2014-2015 Spanish Soccer League teams (Million EURO)

Is the American professional sports the most communist sports

system in the world?

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What ‘s

bad for

business

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What ‘s

good for

business

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Some small

differences

This is

boring!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.soccerbythenumbers.com/2010/11/most-common-scores-in-soccer-comparing.html

The most

common scores

in soccer are

1-0 and 1-1.

“A tie is like kissing your sister”

Eddie Erdelatz (1954)

In both situations

the defending

team owns the

ball,

but

who is in real

danger in each

case?

Fairer rules of the game would be in the best interest of football

business?

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Europe

Some small

differences

Media

access

“We don’t make (in the UK) the kind of demands of the clubs we

might feel entitled to given the money we’ve paid for the rights.

In the US, for example, access to players and coaches is not

something TV asks for, but something it demands”

Andy Gray, Sky Football Analyst (2005)

America has been able to spread its entertainment industry

(music, films, videogames, etc) all around the globe. Markovits

said: “In the field of popular culture, the world was American or

it was provincial”. Why do you think America has not been able

to do the same with sports?