Category Archives: Personal

Article published in IRSS

The International Review for the Sociology of Sport, an academic journal that focuses on research and scholarship in social issues in sport, just published online an article written by Andrew Billings and I on sports media discourse. The paper entitled … Continue reading

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Sports Com, Twitter, and Fantasy Sports: a Report from the Communication and Sport Summit

I have been quite busy over the past weeks, causing me to delay posting on the website. Hopefully, these engagements will result in new knowledge and publications in the months to come. In my previous post, however, I promised to … Continue reading

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Three days and three lectures in Alabama

The first thing an observant traveler might note when flying between Europe and the United States is the difference between airport stores offerings; even major European hubs tend to be quite essential and have, for instance, only a few cafeterias/delis. … Continue reading

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“Reporting live from the Parliament…”

With the departure for my trip to the U.S. less than a week away, my lecturing materials should be ready. Several groups of students of the College of Communication & Information Sciences at the University of Alabama will hopefully enjoy … Continue reading

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An update

It has been six weeks since I last posted on my blog; not exactly what might be deemed proper timeliness! In my defense I shall say that the past weeks were very intense and paved the way for what will … Continue reading

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UL guest lecture on sports, diplomacy and politics

Recently, I was invited by Dr. Boštjan Udovič to have a guest lecture for students of international relations at the University of Ljubljana. The title of the lecture was Sport as a Tool of International Relations. Planning the lecture was … Continue reading

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Media appearances

I was recently interviewed for two Slovenian dailies: a biographic interview with a focus on my activities in sports was published on 22 December in the sports section of Primorske novice, a Slovenian regional newspaper. The interview was part of … Continue reading

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Happy 2012!

I celebrate my birthday on 6 December, and several among the ninety-nine ‘happy birthday’ messages posted on my Facebook profile (not that I am counting) included wishes on ‘achieving goals.’ The launching of this website is the realization of one … Continue reading

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