The Home Advantage Revisited: Winning and Crowd Support in an Era of National Publics

Journal of Sport & Social Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 346-371

  Smith, D Randall ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

home advantage; national publics; professional sports; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844385495     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: 15527638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193732503258637     Document Type: Article

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