Tag: Olympics
Does hosting the Olympics, the World Cup or other major sports...
Ivan Savin, ESCP Business School
After a long battle, Paris’s beloved bouquinistes will be staying put this summer....
FIFA’s suspension of Russia is a rarity – but one that...
Stefan Szymanski, University of Michigan
The decision by FIFA on Feb. 28, 2022, to suspend Russia from international competition...
50-year-old muscles just can’t grow big like they used to –...
Roger Fielding, Tufts University
There is perhaps no better way to see the absolute pinnacle of human athletic abilities...
Olympic athletes excel at their sports but are susceptible to unproven...
Nicholas B. Tiller, University of California, Los Angeles
Australian Olympic swimmer Kyle Chalmers earned a silver medal and his...
Surfing makes its Olympic debut – and the waves should be...
Sally Warner, Brandeis University
For the first time, surfing is on the Olympic stage.
The surfing...
What would the ancient Greeks think of an Olympics with no...
Vincent Farenga, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Because of a dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases, the...
Anger in Tokyo over the Summer Olympics is just the latest...
Mark Wilson, Michigan State University
The Summer Olympics, postponed in 2020 by a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Colleges are eliminating sports teams – and runners and golfers are...
Molly Ott, Arizona State University and Janet Lawrence, University of Michigan
North Carolina Central University, a historically Black college,...