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.
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NFL defensive lineman Nick Bosa proudly donned a MAGA hat after a recent game. Will the NFL respond to his violation of league rules the same way it did to Colin Kaepernick?
Night matches at the Australian Open are a great spectacle, but sleep disruption is likely to wreak havoc even on professional athletes.
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.
The Women’s World Cup is emerging from the shadow of its male counterpart, breaking attendance records and drawing a global audience.This surge in popularity is a win for gender equality.
While changing the name of the Lou Marsh Trophy is a necessary first step, the weight of Marsh’s legacy will be felt until we fully understand the damage done by his history of sports journalism.
As the Winter Olympics are showing, the unique cultures of action sports seem to support long careers among the top athletes – something other sports and society in general could learn from.
Among the more than 20,000 men who have played major league baseball, not one has publicly come out of the closet while still in uniform.
NFL salary caps were originally introduced to make the league more competitive and reduce performance differences between small and large market teams. But they have also worked out well for players.
The governing bodies of professional tennis need to do more to prioritize athlete well-being — and there’s no better time to start than now.
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E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental College
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Professor, Department of Family Practice and the School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor in Physiotherapy, University of British Columbia
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Lecturer | Pūkenga in Sports Management and Marketing, University of Canterbury
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Senior Researcher, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia
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Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
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Post-doctoral researcher in sleep science, Victoria University
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Professor, School of Psychological and Social Sciences, University of Waikato
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PhD Candidate and Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant, School of Kinesiology, Western University
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High Performance Manager, Hawthorn FC, and Researcher, Deakin University
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Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato
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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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PhD, Political Science, Western University
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Professor of Media Effects, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina