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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.
While FIFA’s revenues have exploded as fans pay higher-than-ever prices, the relative share of money going to support global soccer development has decreased.
As Canada co-hosts the 2026 World Cup, its men’s soccer team offers a more diverse and inclusive vision of national identity than the country’s traditional sports have provided.
The show has been a fixture of Saturday lunchtimes since 1974.
The new playing fields are rolling out in stadiums from Mexico to Canada. Creating the perfect pitch in very different climates requires the right grasses and some creative tricks.
All-women groups, whether in sports, music or business, are consistently underpaid compared to men. They’re seen as more threatening to the status quo.
When the NFL draft comes to town, Pittsburgh will be cast as a destination city – but that comes with risks, too.
Genetic testing is now required to participate in women’s events in the Olympics. But the new policy oversimplifies biological sex and risks discrimination against some female athletes.
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.
Track and field’s combined events may offer a blueprint to rethink early specialization and keep more kids in sport.
Assuming that sex is the key factor defining physical ability may undersell what many athletes are capable of.
With legend Andre Galvao accused of sexual misconduct, gyms and athletes have been forced to confront a culture of silence, hierarchy and gender blindness in the sport.
The current U.S. political climate does not provide an encouraging model to move the FIFA World Cup toward peace and solidarity currently, but the world is in desperate need for it to do so.
As the 2026 Winter Olympics approach, Indigenous athletes reveal why using the Olympics to perform Canadian sovereignty is never simple.
There are specific parts of the brain that trigger hesitation in times of uncertainty.
While physical exertion helps athletes stay warm, sweating can lead to dehydration.
US Olympic skiers and scientists explain the sharp differences between natural snow and machine-made snow, from the science to the rising risk of crashes.
Innovations have made recent Winter Games possible, but the future climate will have a big impact on where the Olympics can be held and winter sports themselves.
Reggaeton star’s comments on ICE have added to a conservative backlash to NFL’s choice of entertainment. But his appeal in Latin America is seen as a big plus.
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor, Sport Management, Brock University
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Chair of Sport and Head of the Academy of Sport, University of Edinburgh
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Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor of Sport Business, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Kinesiology, Penn State
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Professor of AfroEurasian Sport, EM Lyon Business School
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Fellow, Saint Mary’s University
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Professor of Engineering Practice, Purdue University
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University