What athletes can say Whether it’s full boycotts or tweets containing the F word, Dan Lebowitz, executive director of Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society, said, “We’re in a time where people are really having a discussion about what athlete activism looks like.” Lebowitz points to LeBron James, of the National Basketball Association’s Cleveland Cavaliers, […]
NCAA rules colleges can offer athletes stipends, loosen recruitment rules Former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon was outraged when he found out that a video game company was using his image without paying him a dime. So he filed a lawsuit. And last week, a federal judge hearing his case issued a ruling that is poised to upset college athletics as we know it. The […]
The Grio Injured athletes battle mental illness more Injured athletes have an increased risk of developing mental illnesses and are less likely to seek psychiatric help, according to new research presented in this month’s edition of Current Psychiatry. This is particularly alarming for African-American athletes, because statistics confirm that blacks are less likely to seek mental health services than any other demographic group. […]
Outrage over a coach’s comments Dan Lebowitz, executive director of Northeastern University’s Center for Study of Sport in Society, said it’s disappointing to see college coaches criticize player protests in this fashion. He was critical of Swinney’s comments, in particular, saying they seemed to indicate the coach cares more about winning games than helping his players grow as young men. […]
Too much high school sports? In his 1910 essay on “The American Boy“, Theodore Roosevelt wrote about the value of athletics, specifically football, and the lessons that sports can teach. He said, “in life, as in a football game, the principal to follow is: hit the ground hard; don’t foul and don’t shirk, but hit the line hard.” Words to […]
The overlooked part of exercise- recovery The need for fluids after a hard workout is well known, but what’s the best approach? Dr. Vonda Wright, a marathoner and orthopedic surgeon at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Center for Sports Medicine, says marathoners are so depleted after a race, she advises they reach for lukewarm fluids instead of icy ones for […]
Iranian government urges public to give up cash handouts Iran has enlisted celebrities, from actors to politicians to athletes, in a campaign to help the government save the ailing economy. The campaign called “No to Subsidies” is a brainchild of a key adviser to President Hasan Rouhani and encourages Iranians to turn down government cash handouts that replaced energy and food subsidies a few […]
Too Much Sports In High School? In his 1910 essay on “The American Boy“, Theodore Roosevelt wrote about the value of athletics, specifically football, and the lessons that sports can teach. He said, “in life, as in a football game, the principal to follow is: hit the ground hard; don’t foul and don’t shirk, but hit the line hard.” Words to […]