Andrew C. Billings is the director of the Alabama Program in Sports Communication and Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting in the Department of Journalism & Creative Media at the University of Alabama. He also serves on many editorial boards, including as an associate editor of the journals Communication & Sport and Journal of Global Sport Management.

W. Timothy Coombs is a full professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University and an honorary professor at Aarhus University in Denmark. He is currently the editor of Corporate Communications: An International Journal.

Kenon A. Brown is an assistant professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations at The University of Alabama.

Acknowledgements

Introduction "Sports Celebrity Reputation in a Mediated World of Scandal:

Reputation, Crisis, and the Presumed Power of Narrative Manufacturing"

Andrew C. Billings, University of Alabama

Unit I Theoretical Foundations

Chapter 1 "Athlete Reputational Crises: One Point for Linking Situational Crisis Communication Theory and Sport Crises"

W. Timothy Coombs, Texas A&M University

Chapter 2 "Image Repair Theory and Sport"

William L. Benoit, Ohio University

Unit II Applications Using Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT)

Chapter 3 "Experimentally Examining Crisis Management in Sporting Organizations"

Natalie Brown-Devlin, University of Texas

Chapter 4 "Adding Narrative to the Situational Crisis Communication Theory: The Case for Crisis 'Narrative Management' in Sport"

James R. DiSanza, Idaho State University

Karen L. Hartman, Idaho State University

Nancy J. Legge, Idaho State University

Zac Gershberg, Idaho State University

Chapter 5 "Applying Situational Crisis Communication Theory to University Needs: A Case Study of the 2015 University of Missouri Crisis"

Lindsey Sherrill, University of Alabama

Chapter 6 "Knee-jerk Policymaking in Crisis Response: A Fumbled Play by the NFL"

Jennifer L. Harker, University of North Carolina

Chapter 7 "Reputational Challenges in the Olympics: The LGBTQ Paracrisis in Sochi"

Ryan S. Rigda, Texas A&M University

Chapter 8 "Crisis Communication and the NBA Lockout: Exploring Reactions to Crisis Strategies in Sport"

Melanie J. Formentin, Towson University

Unit III Applications Using Image Repair Theory (IRT)

Chapter 9 "Empirically Studying Individual Athletes and Image Repair during Crises"

Marion E. Hambrick, University of Louisville

Chapter 10 "#14FOREVER: Nostalgia, Pete Rose, and the Cincinnati Reds"

Todd F. McDorman, Wabash College

Chapter 11 "Empirically Examining Image Repair Theory"

Kenon A. Brown, University of Alabama

Ziyuan Zhou, University of Alabama

Qingru Xu, University of Alabama

Chapter 12 "My Brand and the Team Brand; Where to Insert the "I" in Team?"

Tom Isaacson, Northern Michigan University

Chapter 13 "The Role of Team Success and Failure in Mitigating Fan Dissatisfaction with Ticket Price Increases"

Joseph R. Blaney, Illinois State University

Chapter 14 "Abby Wambach: G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time) or Just a Goat?" Rachel Allison, Mississippi State University

Ann Pegoraro, Laurentian University