The US may have beaten a cricketing giant in Pakistan, but moving the game forward will be an even sterner challenge.
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Playing and watching sports can unite people − and provide lessons for democracy.
With low-scoring games and a preponderance of deflected shots, randomness is much more likely to color NHL teams’ records than those of squads in the other four major US pro sports leagues.
A new Olympic funding strategy aims to boost the finances of smaller Australian sports like table tennis – but will it actually work?
Sports media has typically operated under a ‘one and done’ model: focus on women’s sports during high-profile events, before returning to routine coverage of men.
The legalization and ease of online sports betting is fueling a rise in gambling disorders among young people.
This year’s NCAA tournament might represent another high-water mark for women’s sport as new standards are set for ratings and even more pressure falls on the game’s superstars.
March Madness might look very different if not for the Supreme Court.
Before being pushed aside by the NCAA, the AIAW, which was designed for and by women, governed women’s college athletics.
Attention is a limited resource and the sports leagues face a long list of competing choices for viewers. The NBA is trying to pull in more viewers this year with its new In-Season Tournament.
Led by a Black businessman named Bob Douglas, the New York Rens, who played their first game on Nov. 3, 1923, became one of the best basketball teams in the country.
A new machine learning model can pinpoint anomalies in sports results – whether from match fixing, strategic losses or poor player performance. It could be a useful tool in the fight against cheating.
The organization – which offers its high school-age players a minimum salary of $100,000 – represents a new model for young athletes looking to maximize their earning potential outside of the NCAA.
America’s veneration of gun ownership is seconded only by its commitment to rendering armed Blacks as an existential danger to the civility and structure of America.
With newfound fame and fortune, NBA rookies who come from poverty face a bevy of challenges that threaten to derail their success.
The first WNBA game in Canada was more than just a game — it was about the future of women’s sports.
When we tweaked the simulator, talented players naturally adapted.
The film conveys an uncomfortable truth: Jordan was merely a vessel for Nike’s meteoric rise.
The gargantuan feet of NBA players are the stuff of legend. But nearly two-thirds of their injuries occur below the waist, and they have a 25.8% chance of incurring an ankle injury every season.
For too long, Black girls and women have been made to conform to the largely white and male-centred ideas about how sports should be played and how Black athletes ought to present themselves.
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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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Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Cultural Sport Psychology, University of Southern Denmark
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