ABSTRACT
The field in Brazil improved, expanded, and diversified with the publication of papers in conference proceedings and journals from other disciplines, notably physical education and history. Victor Andrade de Melo, as Editor-in-Chief, has been the leading figure in the conception of the publication and the assembly of its team and boards. He operates on both administrative and strategic fronts, representing the journal in multiple forums: the graduate unit that hosts it, the state and federal funding bodies, and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The status of English as the lingua franca creates numerous challenges for non-English-speaking scholars. The undisputed linguistic authority of English places pressure on non-English authors to translate their scholarship, if they want their work to be read and to contribute to debates in academic disciplines, including sport history. The regional/parochial/peripheral status of non-English scholarship extends to non-English journals, including sport history journals.
