Tag: Athletes
The intensity and perfectionism that drive Olympic athletes also put them...
Emily Hemendinger, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Olympians – athletes at the top of their sport and in...
What Olympic athletes see that viewers don’t: Machine-made snow makes ski...
Keith Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder and Agnes Macy, University of Colorado Boulder
When viewers tune in to the...
George Plimpton’s 1966 nonfiction classic ‘Paper Lion’ revealed the bruising truths...
Stephen Siff, Miami University
As the Detroit Lions barrel toward a Thanksgiving Day game with the Green Bay Packers,...
Imaginary athletes: Creating make-believe teammates, competitors and coaches during play
Tracy Gleason, Wellesley College and Stephanie Madsen, McDaniel College
The coach, the specialized equipment, the carefully tailored exercise regimen...
Student-athletes find more power in the changing legal landscape of college sports
Joshua Lens, University of Iowa
Ever since the NCAA permitted college athletes to get paid by companies that use...
Lamar Jackson is the NFL’s MVP. He’s also the NFL’s most...
Ryan Clutterbuck, Brock University and Michael Van Bussel, Brock University
Lamar Jackson has been named the National Football...
We blurred the gender of soccer players and had people rate...
Carlos Gómez González, University of Zurich and Cornel Nesseler, University of Stavanger
During the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup,...
Think being a NASCAR driver isn’t as physically demanding as other...
Michael Reid, University of Florida
Imagine an NBA game played outdoors. In August. In Phoenix. Tip-off is at noon....
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
