This course uses texts from traditional philosophers as well as more modern texts to discuss the role sport plays in modern life. This is the online component to the same course being taught during the winter term at Phillips Academy by Tom Hodgson.  Readings for the course will come from the following five books: Friday Night Lights, by H.G. Bissinger; How Soccer Explains the World, by Franklin Foer, In Praise of Athletic Beauty, by H.U. Gumbrecht, Zen in the Art of Archery, by E. Herrigel, Flow in Sports, by S. Jackson and Csikszentmihalyi.