In the eyes of young college men, it’s more unethical to use steroids to get an edge in sports than it is to use prescription stimulants to enhance one’s grades, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
Aerobic exercise triggers a reward system in the body of mammals built for endurance – like humans – but not other creatures, a new study from the University of Arizona and Eckerd College says.
Move will occur in time for the 2013-2014 season.
Lifting less weight more times is just as effective at building muscle as training with heavy weights, a finding by McMaster researchers that turns conventional wisdom on its head. The key to muscle gain, say the researchers, is working to the point of fatigue.
From four sorority members training in the basement of their house to competitive cycling on the same terms as the men, the women's Little 500 has become an important event at Indiana University Bloomington. The IU Student Foundation will present the 25th running of the women's race on Friday, April 20.
Researchers at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil have found a way to measure the contributions of individual energy systems for any type of exercise. The results will be published in the March issues of JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments.
The overall effects of European soccer's "Bosman ruling" appear to have been fairly minor, a new University of Illinois at Chicago study finds.
Georgia Tech’s Logistic Regression Markov Chain (LRMC) method has historically been more accurate than the NCAA’s own Ratings Percentage Index. LRMC predicts this year’s NCAA Final Four matchups will most likely be Kentucky vs. Michigan St. and Ohio St. vs. Kansas, with Kentucky beating Ohio St. for the championship.
Is the existence and effect of momentum real, or is it a sports superstition? UC research analyzes five years’ worth of plays in the NFL.
Ithaca College professor can discuss the method behind the NCAA's March Madness.
The Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences announces the first ever publication with data on head impacts from youth football players. The paper, published in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering, includes the details of over 700 head impacts measured on 7- and 8-year- old youth football players.
"Linsanity"--it's business, not basketball, says Stephen Mosher, Ithaca College professor of sport management and media.
The countdown to Sunday’s Super Bowl has started and Texas Tech University experts can speak to a variety of subjects involving the biggest U.S. sporting event of the year.
While the Giants and Patriots are competing on the field in Super Bowl XLVI, one marketing expert expects a battle for brewery supremacy to play out on our television screens.
Over 4,000 photographs of the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City have been collected, archived and are available online through the The Utah Ski Archives, part of Special Collections at the Univ. of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library.
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) documents a need for increased injury prevention efforts in many of the most popular activities for kids (walking, bicycling, swimming, sports and playground use) in the United States.
With the Super Bowl coming up in Indianapolis on Feb. 5, Indiana University has several faculty experts who can provide insights on various aspects of the event, including psychology, health, business and economic experts.
New research by Wake Forest University sports economist Todd McFall shows restricting improving technology does not always have the expected outcome. His study suggests that understanding how people react to regulations can aid in policy-making.
Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow gets the kind of media hits that’s heaven sent, the kind other players pray for.
Two North Carolina State University biomedical engineers have discovered why -at certain speeds -humans choose running over walking: Running makes better use of an important calf muscle.
Albert Pujols, the St. Louis Cardinals first baseman and Major League Baseball’s most coveted free agent, is clearly the best player in the game. But whichever team signs him this offseason will be overpaying, says an expert on pay-for-performance at Washington University in St. Louis.
Albert Pujols, the St. Louis Cardinals first baseman and Major League Baseball’s most coveted free agent, is clearly the best player in the game. But whichever team signs him this offseason will be overpaying, says an expert on pay-for-performance at Washington University in St. Louis.
A sports marketing professor at the University of Indianapolis says the NBA's financial structure needs a major overhaul, not a quick fix, to ensure the league's long-term viability.
University of Virginia law professor Thomas Hafemeister is available to comment on laws regarding child abuse, including states' requirements in reporting abuse and government support structures designed to help detect and respond to abuse.
Stephen W. Dittmore, assistant professor and program coordinator for recreation and sport management, is available to comment on sports crisis communications in relation to Penn State University.
When bookmakers set the over/under line for NFL games they tend to give weight to the number of points a team scored in its immediate previous game. But that statistic is a poor predictor of the number of points to be scored in the next game, says a new study.
Ithaca College Authority on Sport Ethics Asks: If Division I Athletes Are Amateurs, Why Is the NCAA So Rich?
Olympic timing procedures don't accurately detect false starts by female sprinters, according to a new analysis by University of Michigan researchers.
While the impact of the NBA lockout is projected to vary by market, Texas is likely to feel a greater impact because there are three teams in the state.
Professor crunches numbers for the Cardinals vs. Rangers matchup.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and other legislators are calling for baseball players to stop using chewing tobacco on the field and in front of their fans. “This is an important public health issue,” says Douglas Luke, PhD, director of the Center for Tobacco Policy Research at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. “Not only is smokeless tobacco use hazardous, but young people who use smokeless tobacco are more likely to also start smoking cigarettes." Luke notes that smokeless tobacco use is a growing problem, particularly for the youngest baseball fans.
Youth football helmets are currently designed to the same standards as adult helmets, even though little is known about how child football players impact their heads. This is the first study to investigate the head impact characteristics in youth football.
While there’s no crying in baseball, as Tom Hanks’ character famously proclaimed in “A League of Their Own,” crying in college football might not be a bad thing, at least in the eyes of one’s teammates.
UAB experts in pediatrics and child psychology say fall sports aren’t just for getting another trophy for your child.
Statistical analysis used to debunk the old adage “Pitching is 75% of the game.”
Are sports-crazed parents driving their kids to drop the ball? One UAB professor says maybe so.
Losing Isn’t Everything; Losing Is the Only Thing. Ithaca College authority on sports ethics talks about situations in professional sports where coming in last puts your ahead.
How focusing too much attention on football can negatively affect your life.
Participating in sports can contribute significantly to children’s physical, emotional, and social development, boosting their potential to do well in school. Butler University Professor of Physical Education Mindy Welch offers tips of finding the right sports program for your child.
Corporations, nonprofits and governmental agencies often sponsor sporting events for differing reasons, but is it an effective practice? A study by a Kansas State University marketing expert and undergraduate student has helped determine what's a perfect fit when it comes to such sponsorships.
Steve Dittmore has conducted extensive research into NCAA and BCS issues and can provide comment and answer questions about NCAA enforcement and the impact of the decision by the team that defeated Arkansas in this year's Sugar Bowl.
Elite cyclists have larger hearts than the typical person, so they’re able to push out more blood per beat. They’re able to extract more oxygen from their blood than an untrained individual would.
As the National Hockey League draft (June 24-25) approaches, a St. Lawrence University statistics professor has developed an analysis that can help hockey teams assess the value of their selections and determine the costs and benefits of trading up or down for draft picks.
The NFL lockout has idled millions of fantasy football teams and threatens a billion dollar fantasy industry. A University of Iowa business professor who studies fantasy leagues thinks fantasy fans will return when play starts.
Whether barefoot running reduces or increases the risk of injury is a hot issue among runners. Indiana U. physical therapy expert Stuart Warden says it could do both for some runners. He discusses this at the ACSM annual meeting on Thursday.
Black and Mexican American doctors and lawyers aren’t any more likely to play “high-status” sports such as golf or tennis than less educated people within their racial-ethnic groups, and more educated blacks may actually be less inclined to do so, suggests a new study.
Virginia Tech (will release on May 10) the results of a new rating system of adult football helmets that is designed to reduce the risk of concussions. One currently manufactured helmet received the top “5 star” rating, and a total of five helmets received the very good “4-star” rating.
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.
National survey finds parents and coaches need more youth sports safety information.
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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