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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank everyone who has helped us write this book. In particular,
our colleagues and students who have been unreservedly supportive and have read
and commented on drafts of chapters: Helen Pussard, Andrew Thornton, Miyoung
Oh, Evdokia Pappa, Lacey Wismer, Ellen Manning. Thanks go to Laura Green for
helping us with the index. We would like to thank Ashley Jones of the Wimbledon
Lawn Tennis Museum for providing the cover image. We would also like to thank
the following for the use of photographs in chapters 3, 7 and 8: Frank Platt Electri-
cal Ltd, National Football Museum and Jack, Daniel and Marie Wilcockson. Thanks
for the sabbatical leave provided by The School of Human and Life Sciences, Roe-
hampton University, which enabled great progress to be made on the book, and to
students on the Sport, Media and Visual Culture module at Roehampton University
who have provided valuable feedback over the years. Finally, we would like to thank
our family and friends, especially Phil and Andrea for their tireless encouragement
and enthusiasm for media sport.

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