R. Pierre Rodgers – författare

This title features unforgettable fans, teams, and athletes. The sixteen original essays in this collection cover influential and famous rivalries from a variety of sports, including track and field, golf, boxing, basketball, tennis, ice skating, baseball, football, soccer, and more. The essays are diverse, but together they illustrate what is common to any rivalry: equally matched opponents that often have decidedly different backgrounds, styles, and personalities. These differences may center on race and culture, political and societal ideologies, personality, geography, or religion - a singular mix intensified by fans and the media. From highly publicized and emotionally charged individual competitions to bitterly fought team contests, ""Rivals"" illuminates what one-of-a-kind opponents and the passion they inspire tell us about ourselves and our society.

Candidate Fetterman: John Fetterman’s U.S. Senate Campaign Rhetoric examines the historic 2022 race between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz. The book utilizes theories and concepts from the field of rhetoric to explore Fetterman’s strategic campaign discourse. After a brief introduction, the book examines closely several of Fetterman’s most significant rhetorical acts, which, the authors propose, are likely to have influenced the trajectory and outcome of the race.