Female athletes barely receive more attention than horses and dogs. And if you're a woman who wants to become a sports journalist, you should steel yourself for some social media venom.
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Doping is condemned in sports. But what about in the military? Should soldiers be allowed or even encouraged to take drugs that make them superior fighters and more likely to complete a mission?
Sports are segregated by sex. But what happens when athletes don't fit neatly into sport's definition of gender?
Many immigrants come to the United States chasing the 'American dream.' So do immigrant racehorses, who literally carry the hopes of their trainers and riders on their backs.
A celebration for the Winnipeg Jets turned controversial when an anti-racist group challenged a "make Winnipeg white again" headline about the city's NHL playoff "whiteout" parties.
The White House proposed these cuts for three years in a row. That clashes with longstanding bipartisan leadership regarding rights for all people with disabilities.
Why are three-pointer shots from the corner more efficient than the ones above the break? The answer: More than 90 percent of corner three-point shots are assisted.
An obsession with statistics has made teams better than ever -- but the game is now more tedious for fans to watch.
About 47 million adults in the US are expected to gamble on March Madness this year. A growing share of the bets will actually be legal.
Sponsorship, whereby a mentor in a powerful role advocates for a mentee, is what's needed for women to advance in coaching.
Sports training often involves exposure to challenging situations to boost performance. But this can cross the line into emotional abuse. Here's how to recognise when that happens.
Be careful before you rush your kids into so-called "talent identification" sports programs – you might be putting a whole lifetime of enjoyable exercise at risk.
Run, leap, scramble...it's parkour! Science can help you run up walls more efficiently, and chose the best way to land from a height.
A standard clinical MRI is not sensitive to the distributed and microscopic injuries in a concussed brain. But new discoveries are in the pipeline.
The Toronto Raptors have the money to attract the NBA's top players. Here's why the league's salary caps makes that so difficult.
No ordinary sports writer: Hugh McIlvanney was one of the greats of 20th century journalism.
A new study looks at decades of NCAA free throws, finding that women shoot at 3 percent higher consistency than men.
Canadian speed skater and cyclist Clara Hughes, British tennis player Andy Murray and American gymnast Simone Biles all have something in common: adverse childhood experiences.
The main sporting venues in Australian capitals have had an upgrade in recent times, with the notable exception of Sydney, where leaders seem mired in indecision and political bickering.
If you've been injury-free in your current sports shoe, and you’re performing at a level you are happy with, you may already have the right shoes on your feet.
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Pennsylvania State University
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Chair of Sport and Head of the Academy of Sport, University of Edinburgh
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Research Fellow in Consumption, Leeds Beckett University
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Senior lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
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Professor of Sports Enterprise, University of Salford
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Professor of Economics, Smith College
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Jay L. Zagorsky is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior lecturer, Boston University
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Executive Director, International Association for Communication and Sport, Emeritus Professor of Communication, Saint Xavier University
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Professor of Journalism, IUPUI
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Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, University of Winchester
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Digital journalism coordinator, Monash University
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Professor of Computer Science and Provost/CEO/PVC, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer in Psychology, School of Health and Human Sciences; private practice Psychologist, Southern Cross University
