Tag: sports
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...
Robo-boot concept promises 50% faster running
David Braun, Vanderbilt University
No matter how well designed, there are no running shoes that allow runners to keep up with cyclists. The bicycle was...
Can an intelligence test forecast which quarterback draft prospects will have...
Joshua D. Pitts, Kennesaw State University
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is slated to be selected with one of the first 10 picks in the NFL Draft.
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Trump wants sports back – but fans aren’t so sure
Murray Edelman, Seton Hall University
CC BY-NDSome politicians, media figures and business leaders are clamoring for sectors of the economy to re-open in the near...
Why sports still matter – even in a time when you...
Francisco Javier López Frías, Pennsylvania State University and Cesar R. Torres, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
Most of the sports world...
A world without sports
Lars Dzikus, University of Tennessee
Baseball’s opening day came and went. The Olympics have been postponed. Football in the fall? Don’t count on it.
With COVID-19...
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
