Jenkins (2013) - The Militarization of Sport

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Across
  1. 2. Nixon's Vietnam-era codename, borrowed from football
  2. 3. Manner of Tillman's death, covered up by the Pentagon
  3. 7. Jenkins' term for the overlap of military and sports language and imagery
  4. 8. "War on the _____", used to describe rebounding in basketball
  5. 11. NFL player who left the league to enlist after 9/11
  6. 13. Song that replaced "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at Yankee Stadium after 9/11
  7. 14. Type of patriotism that feels forced or pressured
Down
  1. 1. A key goal of the military in establishing a relationship with sports teams and leagues
  2. 4. Type of uniform that the Padres wear for Sunday home games
  3. 5. The broader problem when sports and war merge, war is made to look like _____
  4. 6. Jenkins argues that war metaphors in sport coverage _____ the horrors of actual combat
  5. 9. Blue Jays player who protested during "God Bless America" during the 2004 MLB season
  6. 10. MLB team dubbed "the team of the military"
  7. 11. "Patriotic _____", Jenkins' term for the way sporting events are used to stage national strength and unity
  8. 12. Type of patriotism evidenced by the Department of Defense using taxpayer money to fund patriotic displays