Tag: Soccer
How Messi, Mbappe and Haaland use their brains (as well as...
Eric Zillmer, Drexel University
Part of soccer’s beauty lies in its unpredictability.
Already in World Cup...
As an American, should you feel guilty about rooting against the...
Adam Kadlac, Wake Forest University
The 2026 World Cup promises to be the planet’s most-watched sporting event. It’s also...
‘Soccer’ is a fine term for the beautiful game – don’t...
Kirk Bowman, Georgia Institute of Technology
At the 2026 World Cup draw, FIFA Peace Prize recipient and U.S. President...
Far removed from today’s global juggernaut, soccer was born in the...
Thomas Adam, University of Arkansas
Over the past two centuries, soccer – or football, as it is called in...
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,...
The World Cup puts the spotlight on Qatar, but also brings...
David Mednicoff, UMass Amherst
With the start of the World Cup on Nov. 20, 2022, soccer teams from 32...
Why Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ goal is priceless – and unforgettable
Stefan Szymanski, University of Michigan
Football has “The Catch,” baseball has “The Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” and basketball...
‘Nobody said anything because they feared being benched’ – how abuse...
Rick Eckstein, Villanova University
As someone who has been researching, writing and teaching about women’s and girls sports for...
EXPLORING NATURE
Building data centers in space is an intriguing idea on paper,...
Sven Bilén, Penn State and Wangda Zuo, Penn State
Imagine if one company could become the railroad, electric utility...
