Feature Channels: Sports

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College athletes who have abusive coaches are more willing to cheat in order to win than players with more ethical coaches, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association and based on surveys from almost 20,000 student athletes at more than 600 colleges across the country.

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With game day energy needs exceeding 3,400 calories for the average World Cup soccer player, it is essential for the U.S. Men's National Team to have the proper diet to achieve success. Since 2012, registered dietitian and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics member Danielle LaFata has provided the team with the knowledge and resources they need to power their bodies through one of the most challenging endurance sports in the world.

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Gregory Reinhardt, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Indianapolis, offers his views on the Washington Redskins mascot controversy. He is currently writing a book, "Arresting Indian Imagery: Property, Magic, and Proxy in Visual Fantasies of Indianness."

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Iowa State University researchers tested eight different fitness bands to determine the accuracy of each model. The activity monitors make it easy for anyone to track their physical activity and calories burned, but researchers found not all devices are created equal.

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University of Adelaide physics experts believe the new soccer ball created for the 2014 FIFA World Cup starting next week is a “keepers’ ball”.

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As the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil approaches on June 12, Drexel University professor of psychology and director of athletics Eric Zillmer, PsyD, is available to comment on a wide range of topics related to the tournament.

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ACSM American Fitness Index™ identifies healthiest, fittest metro areas in U.S. WellPoint Foundation Awards $157,000 Grant to Improve Health in Three Metro Areas

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The Detroit Lions' new model of philanthropy and community engagement may prove to be a touchdown for the city of Detroit.

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Hamilton College Professor of Economics Steve Wu and 2012 grad Kendall Weir analyzed five years of NFL draft data and discovered that the performance of NFL players who had an arrest record but no charges was better than those without an arrest and those arrested and charged performed as well as those with clean records - but they cost less. The study, Criminal Records and The Labor Market for Professional Athletes: The Case of the National Football League, is forthcoming in the Journal of Sports Economics.

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Hamilton College Professor of Economics Steve Wu and 2012 grad Kendall Weir analyzed five years of NFL draft data and discovered that the performance of NFL players who had an arrest record but no charges was better than those without an arrest and those arrested and charged performed as well as those with clean records - but they cost less. The study, Criminal Records and The Labor Market for Professional Athletes: The Case of the National Football League, is forthcoming in the Journal of Sports Economics.

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Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a wireless health-monitoring system that detects early signs of traumatic brain injury by continuously monitoring various brain and neural functions.

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National Physical Activity Plan Alliance/American College of Sports Medicine Releases First-Ever Report Card Evaluating Physical Activity of America’s Children and Youth

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Heat and dehydration can cause a “perfect storm” of risk factors for concussion among competitive football players. University of Windsor researchers looked at the effects of extreme temperature on concussion rates during NCAA football games.

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Kerry Stein plays golf recreationally and participates annually in the UAB School of Optometry tournament to support the needs of the school — needs he understands well as a staunch supporter who happens to be blind.

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Applied math and engineering students write a program to help minor league baseball schedule seasons by computer rather than with pencils, erasers, calendars and sticky notes.

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Saint Leo University Polling Institute asked Americans how interested they were in tournament pools.

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What makes the perfect 3-pointer? Well, there is the angle the player takes on the 3-point line and the arc of the ball, which is the path the basketball flies from the time it leaves the shooter's hand until it arrives at the basket.

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As college teams compete in the NCAA Basketball Tournament, talking about sports on Thursday afternoons is helping a group of high school students become better readers. Education professor Alan Brown leads an after-school sports and literacy group for ninth and tenth grade boys. His goal is to develop this as a model others can use to help reluctant readers.

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Planning to enter an office pool during this year’s NCAA March Madness tournament? Be careful. You might not enjoy the games very much if you bet, says a researcher at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Wichita State University's Partnership for the Advancement of Sport Management (PASM) recently completed a study measuring the national media impact of WSU's run to last year's Final Four and determined all print, broadcast and digital media exposure was worth more than $555 million to Wichita State.

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Former College Basketball Player wanted to go on to play professional basketball, but took his mother's advice to get an education when the dream was sidelined by injury

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An Indiana U. study found that elite college athletes often struggle to stay active in later years, facing limitations to their day-to-day activities in middle age that could be a result of injuries during their athletic career.

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UC Riverside baseball players who participated in novel brain-training research saw significant improvement in vision, resulting in fewer strikeouts and more hits. The experiment demonstrated that improvements from a multiple perceptual-learning approach transfer to real-world tasks.

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When a team goes on a multi-game winning streak, it has nothing to do with momentum, according to a new study in the journal Economics Letters. By examining varsity college hockey teams winning and losing record, Cornell University researchers discovered that that momentum advantages don’t exist.

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From his decades of skating research, Jim Richards, Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at the University of Delaware, knows that proper air position is critical to successful jumps. A computer simulation developed by Richards’ team at UD in collaboration with Maryland-based C-Motion Inc. enables skaters and their coaches to observe an athlete’s actual movements on a computer screen and then see how those movements can be manipulated to improve jumping technique.

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USD Assistant Professor Nadav Goldschmied and fellow researchers have found that Major League baseball players experience a bit of stage fright on the eve of reaching a major milestone.

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Politics & the Olympics Expert: Jules Boykoff - Pacific University (Ore.)

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