Sport Literature Association

The Sport Literature Association (SLA), headquartered at East Tennessee State University, is an international organization devoted to the study of sport in literature and culture. With a membership numbering several hundred scholars, students, and readers from around the world, SLA sponsors an annual conference in a different North American location each summer. Its [http://www.uta.edu/english/sla/program2011.html 28th such conference] was held at the University of Maine, Orono, June 22–25, 2011. SLA is an affiliate of the American Literature Association, and the publications of SLA members are indexed by the Modern Language Association, American Humanities Index, Gale (publisher), and EBSCO Publishing. The president of the organization for 2011-12 is Dennis Gildea of Springfield College (Massachusetts). Provided by Wikipedia