Research shows student-athletes spend triple the amount of time on sports as on academics, raising questions about whether they actually benefit from a college education, a sociology professor argues.
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Although University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair died from heatstroke during practice, his death also resulted from a culture that exploits black players, says a professor who studies race and sports.
United’s CEO called the Trump policy ‘in deep conflict’ with his company’s values, the latest example of a corporate leader speaking out on a political issue, something almost unheard of a few decades ago.
Every March, millions of Americans watch the NCAA’s annual college basketball tournament, while millions more fill in brackets to win their office pool.
For 30 years, sports fans have been told to forget about streaks because the ‘hot hand’ is a fallacy. But a reanalysis says not so fast: Statistics show players really are in the zone sometimes.
Virtual reality technology is a radical departure from traditional video presentation, with myriad applications in both consumer media and in athletic practice.
You want to pick the ‘favorites,’ to get accuracy points. But you also want to pick some ‘underdogs,’ to set yourself apart from the pack. Somewhere in the middle is an optimal solution.
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is a huge money-maker, but you wouldn’t know it from the coverage on TV.
Simply filling out a bracket – even with random or uninformed choices – is enough to boost your confidence in success, and to get you to put more money on the line.
Despite the huge attention to intercollegiate sports, is the day of reckoning approaching?
As the NFL Draft starts in Chicago, it is important to remember that most college athletes need to pay attention to their academic life: only about 4% will go on to play professionally.
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Associate Professor of Management, Oklahoma State University
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Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Sport Management, Texas Woman's University
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Associate Professor of Sports Media; Director of the National Sports Journalism Center, Indiana University
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Saint Louis University
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Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford and Professor of Management and Sociology, University of Michigan
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Affiliate at IGIER and Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Universidad de Alicante
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Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Donald A. Campbell Chair in Fundraising Leadership, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Lang Chair in Sport Management, Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
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Director of Undergraduate Programs, Texas Woman's University
