Secular transcendence for couch potatoes? Why we love sport's narratives: Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand stops running during the 5000m race to help Abbey D'Agostino of the USA after D'Agostino suffered a cramp. Kai Pfaffenbach/ReutersIt seems that the Olympic Games have passed “peak television”, with worldwide viewership numbers for Rio 2016 down substantially from … [Read more...] about Secular transcendence for couch potatoes? Why we love sport’s narratives | The Conversation