TY - JOUR AU - Coakley, Jay PY - 2010/04/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - FOREWORD-Teaching Sociology: Sports Rediscovered JF - TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology JA - TRAILS VL - IS - SE - DO - UR - https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/foreword-teaching-sociology-sports-rediscovered SP - AB - Teaching the sociology of sport once or twice every academic year since 1972 has been my most satisfying professional experience. It hasn’t been easy, and I didn’t leave every class session with feelings of euphoria about my wit and wisdom, but it allowed me to make sociology and the sociological imagination relevant in the lives of many students who would have bypassed sociology during their time in college. Additionally, it allowed me to combine teaching, research and service in satisfying ways. ER -