Tag: College athletes
DJ Durkin’s firing won’t solve college football’s deepest problems
Joseph Cooper, University of Connecticut and Jasmine Harris, Ursinus College
Maryland college football coach DJ Durkin was ultimately fired after the death of a player...
It’s naive to think college athletes have time for school
Jasmine Harris, Ursinus College
From my first day as a sociology professor at a university with a Division I football and men’s basketball team, education...
Could the future edge in college sports be mental wellness?
Bradley Donohue, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
We live in a sports-oriented culture. In the United States alone, there are about 8 million high school...
Dangerous stereotypes stalk black college athletes
Joseph Cooper, University of Connecticut
If you go strictly by the official account, heatstroke was the cause of death for University of Maryland football player...
The man responsible for making March Madness the moneymaking bonanza it...
Rick Eckstein, Villanova University
In a legendary “South Park” episode lampooning the NCAA, the character Eric Cartman asks a university president if he can purchase...
EXPLORING NATURE
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...
Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota
As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of...
