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Released: 9-Feb-2010 11:15 AM EST
Students First, Athletes Second: Book Offers Critical Look at Challenges Facing College Student-Athletes
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A new book, College Student-Athletes: Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Implications, begins a discussion about student-athletes from the perspective of “students first, athletes second.”

Released: 8-Feb-2010 3:30 PM EST
Countdown to the Olympics: Ryerson University Experts Offer Insight on the Games
Toronto Metropolitan University

Ryerson University experts can offer up expertise from sports psychology to the financial impact large sporting events have on cities in the lead-up to the Olympic Games.

Released: 3-Feb-2010 4:00 PM EST
Expert: Censoring Controversial Super Bowl Commercials Could Backfire into ‘Chilling Effect’
Cornell University

Sahara Byrne, Cornell University assistant professor of communications, comments on the controversial commercials scheduled to air during the Super Bowl, specifically the possible impact of the Focus on the Family (Tim Tebow) commercial.

Released: 2-Feb-2010 11:50 AM EST
Despite Economy, Expert Says Super Bowl Still the 'Super Bowl' of Ad World
Ithaca College

“There is nothing like it in the world for getting attention from consumers and media outlets,” says marketing expert Scott Hamula of the upcoming Super Bowl XLIV, which will be televised by CBS on Sunday, Feb. 7. Consequently, despite the continued difficulties in the economy, plenty of corporations will be shelling out big money to produce and air Super Bowl commercials.

Released: 29-Jan-2010 1:00 PM EST
Ithaca College Faculty Member Willing To Discuss The Science Of Olympic Events
Ithaca College

How do Olympic figure skaters use angular momentum to achieve perfect toe loops? What precision moves do bobsled teams need to reach maximum velocity? How does the way cross county skiers metabolize oxygen increase their endurance? Ithaca College’s Deborah King, associate professor of exercise and sport sciences, is one of the experts NBC Learn and the National Science Foundation asked to answer those questions for their 16-part video series, “The Science of the Olympic Winter Games.”

Released: 29-Jan-2010 1:00 PM EST
Olympics Won’t Bring the Gold to Vancouver’s Economy
Temple University

Temple University sport management professor Emily Sparvero says three major challenges – a struggling economy, decreased interest in the Olympics and disputes among social welfare groups – could hinder the Canadian host city from recouping its investment.

Released: 29-Jan-2010 1:00 PM EST
Broomball – A Winter Sport Tradition at Michigan Tech
Michigan Technological University

Broomball is an odd winter sport with a fanatic following in snowbound Houghton, Mich., home of Michigan Technological University, where the snowfall often tops 200 inches a year.

Released: 29-Jan-2010 1:00 PM EST
Helping Heads, Not Bodies, of US Olympic Speedskaters
University of Utah

Nicole Detling Miller knows honing the mental aspects of sport is a competetive advantage. Now as a "mental coach" she will be sharing those skills with US speedskaters at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Released: 29-Jan-2010 1:00 PM EST
Over-Training Counterproductive Says Butler University Fitness Director
Butler University

Challenging yourself in fitness training is good. But overdoing training is counterproductive to realizing your fitness goals, says Butler University’s Adrian Shepard, assistant director of recreation overseeing fitness. Over-training, also called over-exercising, he said, happens when you’re “not allowing your body the opportunity to adjust, adapt and recuperate in response to the training regimen you’re taking part in.”

Released: 27-Jan-2010 11:20 AM EST
Redesigning Skateboarding’s Biggest Challenge
Clarkson University

Clarkson University honors student Emily Stefano hopes to advance skateboarding by redesigning one of its biggest and most challenging competitive structures: the MegaRamp.

Released: 21-Jan-2010 3:30 PM EST
How Does an Outfielder Know Where to Run for a Fly Ball?
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

To test three theories that might explain an outfielder’s ability to catch a fly ball, researcher Philip Fink, PhD, from Massey University in New Zealand and Patrick Foo, PhD, from the University of North Carolina at Ashville programmed Brown University’s virtual reality lab, the VENLab, to produce realistic balls and simulate catches. The team then lobbed virtual fly balls to a dozen experienced ball players.

Released: 20-Jan-2010 9:25 AM EST
Bruises, Betting and Beer
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Canadian Institutes of Health Research experts discuss sports and health on the eve of Super Bowl XLIV.

Released: 12-Jan-2010 4:00 PM EST
Study Finds NFL's Rooney Rule Does Little to Help Minority Head Coach Hiring, Suggests Improvements
University of Iowa

A new study by University of Iowa researchers finds the NFL's Rooney Rule has failed, suggesting the league would do better to focus on recruiting African-Americans into positions as entry-level position coaches if it wants to increase the number of black head coaches.

Released: 18-Dec-2009 4:25 PM EST
Sports Play Vital Role in Women’s Health and Well-Being
Ithaca College

The findings of a Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) research team led by Ithaca College faculty member Ellen Staurowsky are shedding new light on the social and physical benefits that sports programs offer to girls and women.

Released: 17-Dec-2009 2:00 PM EST
Expert Source: Tiger Woods' Fall from Grace Steep, Will Pass
Indiana University

Gary Sailes is an Indiana U. sport sociologist whose research has tracked Tiger Woods' impact on American golf. Of Woods' current troubles, Sailes says, "If sport has taught us anything, it is that sports fans are very forgiving of their superstars."

Released: 15-Dec-2009 9:00 PM EST
Sports Marketing Expert: Lasting Damage to Woods as Endorser
University of Maryland, College Park

The Tiger Woods scandal may have a lasting impact on his endorsement potential, says University of Maryland consumer psychologist Stephen McDaniel, who studies sports marketing and fan behavior. "Nike has historically been less interested in an endorser's virtue and more interested in athletic prowess, but this will not be true for other companies,” he says.

Released: 15-Dec-2009 9:00 PM EST
Sports Marketing Expert: Lasting Damage to Woods as Endorser
University of Maryland, College Park

The Tiger Woods scandal may have a lasting impact on his endorsement potential, says University of Maryland consumer psychologist Stephen McDaniel, who studies sports marketing and fan behavior. "Nike has historically been less interested in an endorser's virtue and more interested in athletic prowess, but this will not be true for other companies,” he says.

Released: 8-Dec-2009 12:35 PM EST
Baseball Free Agents Shirk, but Not as Much as Fans Think
University of Iowa

A new study confirms that baseball players who sign long-term contracts do tend to have a drop-off in performance in the first year of the new deal, but that drop-off is frequently offset by improved play in subsequent years as the player starts playing for his next contract.

   
Released: 24-Nov-2009 4:30 PM EST
Steaming Rivalry on Track for Civil War Battle
VanNatta Public Relations

The PAC-10 is host to some of the country’s fiercest football rivalries. This year’s Civil War takes on epic proportions with the winner representing the PAC 10 on January 1, 2010 in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. The Oregon “Civil War” is the 7th oldest college football rivalry in the country.

Released: 17-Nov-2009 2:00 PM EST
Coaches Can Shape Young Athletes' Definition of Success
University of Washington

Young athletes’ achievement goals can change in a healthy way over the course of a season when their coaches create a mastery motivational climate rather than an ego orientation.



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