Feature Channels: Sports

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Summer is a perfect time to learn to skate or learn to skate better, at hockey and figure skating camps in Michigan Technological University's ice arena.

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National survey finds parents and coaches need more youth sports safety information.

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Using a monitor that fits inside a football helmet, researchers at the Center for Injury Biomechanics are collecting data that measure the severity, location and angle of every hit to the head a football player receives during practice and games. That data could help helmet manufacturers develop safer products and increase information available to physicians, said Joel Stitzel, Director of the WFU arm of the center, a joint program of Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University.

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When it comes to inequities concerning race and college sports, you can talk about changing rules, paying players for their work or otherwise distributing the earnings of athletic departments. But in the end, the most important thing institutions can do to reform the intercollegiate sports system is provide its players – even the at-risk ones – with a useful education.

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Q&A with Mary R. Hibbard, PhD, about the brain's recovery following a traumatic injury.

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A Darla Moore School of Business study found that closely contested sports games result in more traffic fatalities among fans of the winning team.

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With increasing concern about online predators, Southeastern nursing students have developed a teaching module to instruct teenagers on Internet safety.

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The nation’s chess powerhouses will square off at their own Final Four games this weekend in Washington, D.C. Three of those teams come from a state known for more physical sports: Texas.

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As millions of viewers tune in to March Madness this month, an increasingly vocal group of experts is calling attention to the growing divide between the big business of NCAA sports and the well-being of student athletes who are generating record revenues for their universities.

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Whether government wins is a matter of semantics. The reason this is a difficult case for the government is that Barry Bonds has denied that he ever knowingly took steroids.

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The NFL Network has chosen Gary R. Roberts, dean of the law school on the IUPUI campus, as on-air analyst for the dabor disputes that are threatening the 2011 football season.

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As Butler University men’s basketball team prepares for Thursday’s fifth consecutive NCAA tournament appearance, University officials are still measuring the positive consequences of the Bulldogs’ run up to the April 5, 2010, championship game.

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This spring the NCAA will sponsor a conference to address acts of violence by college athletes. An expert on social justice issues in sport explains why the conference is needed.

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North Carolina State University engineers show that using the backboard to score baskets can be up to 20 percent more effective than swish shots. They also show the optimal aim points for successful bank shots.

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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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Author Martha Ackmann of Mount Holyoke College has been tapped to give the keynote address on the first woman to play in the Negro Leagues when the National Baseball Hall of Fame honors Women's History Month on March 19.

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Closely contested major sporting events are followed by a significant increase in traffic fatalities for fans of the winning team, according to new research from North Carolina State University. It turns out there may be more on the line than many sports fans bargained for.

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Because of antitrust exemptions, an Ithaca College professor thinks the NFL’s current labor woes may have more in common with the union disputes in Wisconsin than you might think.

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As NCAA basketball fans begin to research ESPN for information that could prove useful for their brackets -- many on company time -- employers are voicing concerns that the madness surrounding bracketology will cause declines in productivity. But Claire Simmers Ph.D., chair and professor of management at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, believes that if handled correctly, office pools are useful for boosting morale, as long as productivity is balanced.

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Ron Washburn, an expert in sports and entertainment law, teaches the popular course “Sports and the Law” at Bryant University. A member of the Massachusetts Bar, he is available to discuss the possible NFL lockout with media. He calls NFLPA threat to decertify "a huge publicity stunt."

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Cornell ILR School sports labor law expert is available to discuss an NFL lockout with the media.

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The “glass ceiling” for women administrators in college athletics may be cracked, but is not completely broken, according to a new study co-authored by a North Carolina State University researcher.

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As families get ready to watch the Super Bowl this weekend, what else will they see besides touchdowns and field goals? Ads promoting alcohol and other products geared toward an older audience. Christy Buchanan, professor of psychology at Wake Forest University and an expert on parent-child relations advises parents how to handle commercial breaks that challenge family values.

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Mountain biking, also known as off-road biking, is a great way to stay physically active while enjoying nature and exploring the outdoors. The good news is that mountain biking-related injuries have decreased. A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found the number of mountain bike-related injuries decreased 56 percent over the 14-year study period (1994 to 2007) – going from a high of more than 23,000 injuries in 1995 to just over 10,000 injuries in 2007.

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Greg Carlson, professor of linguistics and coauthor of Sold on Language: How Advertisers Talk to You and What This Says about You, is available to discuss the linguistic tricks used by Super Bowl advertisers.

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Super Bowl advertisers are increasingly turning to social media to enlarge their audiences.

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Super Bowl ads are arguably more of a pull for viewers than the game, and the cost of an advertising spot reflects that.

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1) Bowl Business; 2) Your Brain on the Bowl; 3) Hearing Cheers? 4) Keeping Fans Safe.

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This Thursday, Jan. 27, Michael Vick’s first paid endorsement contract since he got out of prison will be made public. Meanwhile, Ben Roethlisberger is getting ready for his third Super Bowl. Is all forgiven?

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Two engineers from Clarkson University will work to design a faster, more aerodynamic sled for the United States Luge Team, which it hopes to use at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

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With the NFL head coaching carousel underway, attention turns again to the Rooney Rule, but research from an Iowa economist shows the rule is not the best way to expand the league's pools of minority head coaches.

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Who needs the BCS? Stacey Brook, an economist at the University of Iowa, has created an exhaustive formula that tries to determine the best college football team by measuring team productivity.

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The Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst today announced that the vast archival collection of Mark H. McCormack, creator of the sport management and marketing industry, will be housed at the university, providing an unprecedented opportunity for research and education in the field.

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On the football fields of upstate New York, Ithaca College and Cortland State vie each fall for the Cortaca Jug in what “Sports Illustrated” once called “the biggest little game in the nation.” Off the field, that rivalry has taken a new turn.

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Just in time for the World Series, a University of Arkansas law professor weighs in on a classic American debate: Should baseball get rid of the designated hitter rule?

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As millions of Americans enjoy the annual celebration of baseball known as the World Series, most have no idea "the best baseball player you've never heard of" was the woman who replaced Hank Aaron in the Negro Leagues.

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Alan Reifman, a Texas Tech University professor who studies sports streakiness and conducts “hot hand” research, is available to speak about the chances of the Rangers emerging as MLB World Series Champions.

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New study finds NCAA “full” scholarships leave student-athletes running on empty.

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Talk about motivation. Columbus State University's 1-year-old club football team this week faces a team from the U S Army that was formed in 120-degree heat of Iraq, with the promise that anyone who made the team was able to come home a month early to prepare for the game.

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Curveballs curve gradually, but the perception by some hitters of a sharp "break" or other abrupt change in a curveball's trajectory can be explained as a visual illusion, according to a study in PLoS ONE.

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As the Philadelphia Phillies get ready to play the San Francisco Giants for the National League Championship Series title, the team is already making baseball history.

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Students at Rowan University, Glassboro, N.J., are using their computer skills to help score goals on the soccer field. Computer science master’s degree students developed Soccer Scoop, a computer application that allows soccer coaches to take player evaluation into the Information Age.

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An NFL lockout next year could mean not only a lost season, but the long-term loss of a sizable portion of the league’s fan base, according to sports marketing expert Larry DeGaris at the University of Indianapolis. That city is scheduled to host the 2012 Super Bowl, which could be threatened by the labor dispute.

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New research from exercise scientists at the University of New Hampshire has found that effective training regimens for competitive cyclists, which generally are created after expensive, time-consuming laboratory tests, can be developed from a relatively simple, do-it-yourself test.

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University of Arkansas researcher Steve Dittmore discusses the BCS in a podcast released by the Journal of Sport Administration and Supervision.

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When a Kansas State University economist combined his enthusiasm for college football with his expertise in arid land studies, he and a colleague found that bettors have a good chance of making money by placing a spread bet on an arid-region team when it hosts a humid-region team.

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Polish-born sporting artist Andre Pater is the subject of an art exhibition corresponding with the World Equestrian Games.

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Study in Nature Neuroscience (embargo lifted July 11, 2010) finds neural basis for observation that practicing several skills in single session works better than narrow drills on one skill. Study also helps define time window for brain's learning of new skills.

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As Lebron James prepares to announce “The Decision” on ESPN regarding his future team, what impact will his choice have with fans?

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With the attention of sports fans worldwide focused on South Africa and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, U.S. scientist John Eric Goff has made the aerodynamics of the soccer ball a focus of his research.