Editorial
Issue 2 Volume 4

Welcome to the second issue of sosol in 2001. This issue marks the further development of the journal in a number of ways.  Firstly, the web site’s hit rate has increased significantly in the second half of the year, with the watershed 10,000 mark being reached and surpassed in the last few weeks.  A principal reason for this increasing readership is that sosol is now indexed on the database SPORTDiscus, which has inevitably raised its profile within the sport science community. Secondly, we are delighted to welcome Dr. Steven J. Jackson from the School of Physical Education at the University of Otago onto the Board of editors. Steve further strengthens the already reputable list of editors, particularly in the field of sports media and globalisation.

This edition contains two main articles. Firstly, Dr. Jeanne Mekolichick quantitatively examines self-esteem among amateur bodybuilders. Using information from the membership of the National Amateur Bodybuilding Association, USA, the principal hypothesis is advanced that amateur bodybuilders will possess a level of global self-esteem that is significantly below the mean of other social groups.

Secondly, Dr. Robert M. Fernquist undertakes an exploratory analysis of the impact of geographic relocation of professional sports teams on suicide and homicide rates in three U.S. areas.

Finally, we are also very pleased to be able to publish the abstracts of the recently held conference entitled ‘The Nation and sport: Anthropological, historical, philosophical and sociological perspectives’. The conference, which was hosted by the Department of Sport Sciences at Brunel University under the guidance of John Hunter and Sebastian Garman, included a number of eminent social scholars as contributors on the given theme.

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