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What will it take for the league to survive, expand and carve out its own identity in an increasingly saturated pro sports landscape?
As one piece of more than a century of baseball traditions, eye black is part science experiment, part routine and part uniform.
Americans own dozens of elite European soccer teams – and are seeking changes to protect their investments.
A new database includes more than 850 dissertations and theses, spanning everything from baseball slang and cigarette smoking to postage stamps and ballpark organs.
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.
In sport, the yips can be a chronic, more severe form of ‘choking’ under pressure. Some athletes overcome them – others can get defeated by them.
Tampa residents, take note: The Battery has delivered for the Atlanta Braves, but not for Georgia taxpayers.
For over a century, baseball rejected gambling to preserve the game’s integrity. Now, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says embracing gambling will do the same.
The century-old story of Sydney’s Nippon Baseball Club offers insights into the lives of Asian migrants during the White Australia policy.
Baseball’s exclusion from the varsity system in Ontario and its absence from university athletics bodies in the rest of the country doesn’t square with fan interest and cross-Canada baseball participation.
With the Toronto Blue Jays on the cusp of a World Series title, pitcher Kevin Gausman’s mastery of the splitter is not just athletic skill, it’s a brilliant application of physics.
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.
More than 30 years after their last World Series appearance, the Blue Jays’ return offers a chance to reflect on the team’s evolution and its place in Canadian sports history.
80 years after Japanese Americans were imprisoned at the Manzanar Relocation Center, descendants are returning to play the sport that gave prisoners hope and a sense of normalcy.
From Babe Ruth’s barnstorming tours to Shohei Ohtani’s star power, baseball’s century-long ties to Japan have grown into one of Major League Baseball’s most reliable global growth strategies.
The Civil Rights Movement is often told in terms of court decisions, brutal beatings and racist demagogues. It’s rarely told from the view of children, who suffered in ways that left emotional scars.
The sporting world mourned the death of Francis − a lifelong soccer fan. The new pope is more of a baseball guy.
This contract offers future sport managers and negotiators from across disciplines several reminders to reflect on and incorporate into future deals.
Many Americans see baseball as a sport for men and softball as a sport for women. It wasn’t always this way in the US – and it isn’t that way in the rest of the world.
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Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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James Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor of Communication, Saint Xavier University
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E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental College
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Professor; Department of Journalism and Multimedia Arts [JMA], Duquesne University
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Associate Professor of Sport Leadership and Management, Miami University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle
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Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Psychology, California State University, Northridge
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Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor in Sport Management, Brock University
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Professor of Economics, Smith College
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Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Connecticut