Tag: College athletics
Let’s get real with college athletes about their chances of going...
Angela Farmer, Mississippi State University
When the NFL draft takes place, it will represent a professional dream come true for the 224 college football players...
In the name of ‘amateurism,’ college athletes make money for everyone...
Jasmine Harris, Ursinus College
As millions of people tune in to watch the Final Four, much of their focus will be on the numbers on...
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...
Big game days in college football linked with sexual assault
Peter Siminski, University of Technology Sydney; Isaac Swensen, Montana State University, and Jason Lindo, Texas A&M University
It’s already known that students drink and...
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...
Just competing in March Madness is a fundraising win for the...
Brad Humphreys, West Virginia University
The NCAA men’s basketball championship, better known as March Madness, raises big bucks even if the players aren’t paid.
In...
EXPLORING NATURE
The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have...
Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University
Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a...
