Tag: Sports history
Japan’s sumo association turns 100 – but the sport’s rituals have...
Jessamyn R. Abel, Penn State
A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for...
For over a century, baseball’s scouts have been the backbone of...
H. James Gilmore, Flagler College and Tracy Halcomb, Flagler College
Former MLB executive Pat Gillick won three World Series...
Caitlin Clark’s historic scoring record shines a spotlight on the history...
Diane Williams, McDaniel College
When University of Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark drained a 3-pointer against the University...
The Super Bowl gets the Vegas treatment, with 1 in 4...
Thomas Oates, University of Iowa
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A record 67.8 million American adults are expected...
The Super Bowl gets the Vegas treatment, with 1 in 4...
Thomas Oates, University of Iowa
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A record 67.8 million American adults are expected...
How baseball’s first commissioner led a conspiracy of silence to preserve...
Chris Lamb, IUPUI
The Baseball Writers’ Association of America recently announced that it would remove former Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis’ name from...
Girls are reaching new heights in basketball, but huge pay gaps...
Corinne M. Daprano, University of Dayton and Leslie H. Picca, University of Dayton
Women have made great strides in the world of sports over the...
How indigenous women revolutionized Bolivian wrestling
Nell Haynes, Georgetown University
Though wrestling is widely regarded as the world’s oldest sport, women have only recently gained a foothold.
And even then, they’ve done...
EXPLORING NATURE
Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels,...
Ramesh Agarwal, Washington University in St. Louis
As AI data centers spring up across the country, their energy demand...
