Transformative Works and Cultures has released No. 45, a special issue on Sports Fandoms, guest edited by Jason Kido Lopez and Lori Kido Lopez.

This issue “explore[s] both unconventional sports fan objects and underexamined sports fan expressions.” As the editors of the special issue explain:

“When sports fandom is understood from the center outward, hegemonic assumptions about who fans are and how they engage with sports often go unquestioned. By shifting our focus to the boundaries, we uncover insights that complicate and expand our understanding of sports fandom as a whole. With this approach, this issue demonstrates that the intersections of sport, media, and fandom continue to evolve in unexpected and dynamic ways.”

Each issue includes articles representing theory, fannish meta, and book reviews, such as the following:

• Fandom, speculation, and capitalist space-time at the Crypto.com Arena
• The historical marginalization of Black fans at Major League Baseball games
• Fanception on ice!!!: Cycles of choreographic adaptation and fandom in figure skating

The next issue of TWC, No. 46, will be a general issue released on September 15, 2025.

TWC’s current calls for papers include the following issues:

Latin American Fandoms, papers due January 1, 2026

We accept submissions for our general issues on a rolling basis. The general issues always appear on September 15.