Tag: sports
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...
NCAA amateurism appears immune to COVID-19 – despite tide in public...
Chris Knoester, The Ohio State University
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, college sports have mostly chugged along – albeit with cancellations, postponements and pauses in play.
While...
Even if you’re asymptomatic, COVID-19 can harm your heart, study shows...
Partho Sengupta, West Virginia University
COVID-19 can do some pretty scary things to the human heart. It can trigger blood clots in severe cases and...
Do sports teams’ sustainability efforts matter to fans?
Brian P. McCullough, Texas A&M University
While the sport sector’s environmental impact is not fully understood, it has a social platform and reach to influence...
Cool touch shirts can make you feel cool on hot days,...
Susan L. Sokolowski, University of Oregon
It’s another hot and sweaty summer day, and you see an ad for a sports T-shirt claiming it is...
Let’s call athletes ‘workers,’ and let’s call these NBA protests what...
Abraham I. Khan, Pennsylvania State University
The Milwaukee Bucks’ startling refusal to take to the court for their NBA playoff game on Aug. 26 was...
Is NCAA football too big to fail?
David Ridpath, Ohio University
The coronavirus continues to jeopardize college sports.
The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments were canceled back in the spring. In early...
How lingering fears from the pandemic could change the way we...
Josh Woods, West Virginia University
Taiwan’s pro baseball league rebooted operations in mid-April with robot spectators filling the bleachers. A month later, Major League Baseball...
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The UK’s plan to deny terrorists ‘safe spaces’ online would make...
Molly Land, University of Connecticut
In the wake of the recent attacks in Manchester and London, British Prime Minister Theresa May has called on social...
