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Investors want to buy the basketball team for a record sum.
For decades, basketball was dominated by super tall players crowding around the basket for easy shots. Then things changed with a stroke of paint.
Research shows athlete disclosures about their mental health can encourage people to seek help and talk honestly about mental illness. But heckling and backlash threaten that progress.
Elite athletes miss plenty of shots during March Madness and the NBA playoffs. Training both brain and body can help even beginners and novices get more net.
Assuming that sex is the key factor defining physical ability may undersell what many athletes are capable of.
Taking inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of friction, the ‘sneaker squeak’ question cuts to a deep problem in physics.
Some people seem to be born to excel at certain activities. But having opportunities to try new things and get better at them can lead to lifelong passions.
Animals feature in sports club logos and become mascots, but their actual populations are declining. What if we turned this sporting attachment into concrete action?
The 76ers celebrate the 25th anniversary of an iconic team that lost the championship but captured the heart of the city.
With wagers available on everything ranging from a pitcher throwing a strike to a wide receiver catching a touchdown, athletes are increasingly tempted to game the system.
Despite a pre-season injury, LeBron James is still set to make history not long after the new NBA season tips off.
Underground reporters could be among the last bulwarks against unchecked power.
Nigeria won a fifth consecutive AfroBasket Championship with its women’s basketball team.
The same principles that help athletes on the court, field or track can help you regulate stress and adapt to changes in everyday life.
Widely regarded as being created by a Canadian in America, the history of basketball often overlooks the role played by the strong Scots heritage and influences that informed James Naismith’s identity, character and values.
A long-running pickup game in North Carolina – made up of ‘geezers’ with various political leanings – thrives by reducing conflict.
When USA Today columnist Christine Brennan questioned a Black player over her striking Caitlin Clark during a game, it was anything but benign.
A cardiac arrest and a heart attack are distinct, yet overlapping, concepts. Here’s how to tell them apart.
Talking about mental health can be difficult for anyone. It’s even harder for athletes, who are expected to exhibit mental toughness.
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PhD Student, Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Sociology, Villanova University
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Distinguished Professor of Law, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Cultural Sport Psychology, University of Southern Denmark
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Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Syracuse University
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Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University
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DISCO Network Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Purdue University
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Clinical Research Manager, University of Kentucky