Tag: sports
When does trash talking work?
Karen C.P. McDermott, University of Connecticut
The Abstract features interesting research and the people behind it.
Karen C.P. McDermott recently completed a study on trash talk,...
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...
I traveled to American Samoa 5 times to study the secret...
Rob Ruck, University of Pittsburgh
With training camp in full swing, quarterback Marcus Mariota, the first Samoan Heisman Trophy winner, will be the signal caller...
Why it matters that more athletes are talking about their mental...
John Affleck, Pennsylvania State University
The great basketball writer Jackie MacMullan recently stood at the front of a hotel ballroom in Tampa taking questions after...
‘I still get tweets to go back in the kitchen’ –...
Michael Serazio, Boston College
The story of the 2019 U.S. women’s national soccer team is not yet written, but its opening chapter – a 13-0...
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 secret Latin American history of the Kentucky Derby
E. Gabrielle Kuenzli, University of South Carolina
This Triple Crown season, which opens on May 4 with the Kentucky Derby, horses with Latin American bloodlines...
March Madness: With gambling legal in eight states, who really wins?
John Affleck, Pennsylvania State University
March means springtime, but also breathless headlines of Cinderellas, busted brackets and buzzer beaters.
This year, it’ll also include talk of...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
