Sports & Society Reading Group: Courtney Cox talks "Double Crossover"!

The Sports & Society Reading Group is thrilled to host Courtney M. Cox to discuss her recent book, Double Crossover; Gender, Media, and Politics in Global Basketball. 

We’ll talk about how, as Dr. Cox puts it, “players, coaches, and advocates juke social and political obstacles in women’s basketball.” The book is a remarkable work of scholarship that is theoretically rich and involves extensive fieldwork that is truly global in scope. 

Courtney M. Cox is an Associate Professor in the Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies (IRES) at the University of Oregon. Her research examines issues related to identity, technology, and labor through sport and wine. Her book, Double Crossover: Gender, Media, and Politics in Global Basketball (2025) considers how Black women and non-binary athletes maneuver through the global sports-media complex. She is also co-director (with Dr. Perry B. Johnson) of The Sound of Victory, a multi-platform digital humanities project located at the intersection of music, sound, and sport. She previously worked for ESPN, Longhorn Network, NPR-affiliate KPCC, and the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.

Please contact Noah Cohan (ncohan@wustl.edu) for more information and a copy of the excerpted reading materials.