Tag: Olympics
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,...
How high school sports became the latest battleground over transgender rights
Elizabeth A. Sharrow, University of Massachusetts Amherst
This year, 20 states proposed to ban transgender girls – meaning those assigned male at birth but who...
Caster Semenya’s impossible situation: Testosterone gets special scrutiny but doesn’t necessarily...
Jaime Schultz, Pennsylvania State University
A yearslong saga between a middle-distance runner and her sport’s ruling body may be nearing something that resembles a conclusion.
In...
The future of ‘golf’ may not be on the links
Joshua Woods, West Virginia University
Could disc golf become more popular than ball golf by 2028?
Ask disc golfers and they’ll say, “You bet –...
How Olympic athletes grapple with life once the thrill is gone
Edward Etzel, West Virginia University
Hundreds of Winter Olympians around the world are saying farewell to the thrill of a lifetime. While a handful will...
A look at Pyeongchang’s heartwarming cuisine
Soo Kang, Colorado State University
As a middle schooler growing up in South Korea, I still vividly remember the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. At the...
When treating sports injuries, does the West do it best?
Nate Newman, Drake University
Every two years, billions of people watch athletes at the Olympics compete to be crowned world champion.
What the viewer doesn’t...
Paris and Los Angeles bids to host Olympics expose deeper crisis...
John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
It’s official: We now have hosts for the next two Summer Olympics. Paris will host in 2024...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
