Up until the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, gambling and baseball had a marriage of convenience. A century later, gambling is again being seen as a solution to the sport's woes.
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In baseball, a pitcher can throw a ball that seems to curve away just as it crosses the plate. How do they do it? It's all about aerodynamics.
Research shows meaningful and accessible activity like sports and arts may have significant impacts for homeless youth or youth at risk of homelessness.
Simone Biles enters the 2019 World Gymnastics Championships already with the most all-around gold medals ever. The greatest of all time, she has changed the sport forever.
A new project for Detroit middle and high schoolers combines athletics and mathematical concepts.
Organized sports can foster positive development in children. However, the competitive nature of youth hockey produces a pressure-to-win environment, where personal development is pushed to the side.
Women's football has made great strides, but when it comes it comes to media coverage, governance or funding, female athletes still suffer greatly from gender bias.
Offering unpaid positions for what should be a paid job is against the law in Australia. What should graduates do then if they're looking to get a foot in the employment door?
Whether it frustrates or motivates your opponent can depend on the situation.
A key tenet of Samoan culture emphasizes community, deference to authority and confronting fears – a mindset that makes an ideal football player. But it can extract a physical toll.
A review of 20 studies shows that sport can improve outcomes for Indigenous youth in education and culture, but the evidence on longer-lasting impacts is lacking.
It was the greatest advertisement for cricket, but now the game needs to be promoted to everyone, not hidden on pay-TV.
Tradition is all very well, but the number one tennis tournament should be played on the best surface – and that's not grass.
The more they fight, the more popular they become – and the more pushback they receive.
Because professional athletes are thought to be paragons of physical and mental toughness, their psychological health has long been a taboo topic. That's starting to change.
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.
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.
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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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Research Fellow, Institute for Health & Sport, 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
