The Big 10 is one of the country’s oldest football college conferences, featuring such D-1 powerhouses as Ohio State and Michigan. The SEC is still the newish upstart super-conference with many national champions in recent years, and it takes up the most space in the...
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Year: 2022
U.S. Track & Field has a popularity problem
We recently wrote about the U.S.A. Track & Field (USATF) dominated the first world championships held on U.S. soil in Eugene, Oregon. The team won 33 medals in its best-ever performance, causing a lot of Olympic optimism for the team in Paris 2024 and Los Angeles...
MLB pays $185 million to settle class action over minor league wages
To paraphrase the movie Bull Durham, minor league baseball is a great job, enabling grown men to show up to the ballpark each day and play ball rather than selling appliances. Kevin Costner’s character didn’t quit in the opening scene and ended his season with the...
U.S. throws a party at the world track and field championships
Known as Track Town USA, Eugene, Oregon, is a hotbed for track and field. The town and University of Oregon's Hayward Field were the sites July 15-24 for the world track and field championships (officially called the World Athletics Championships Oregon 22) in the...
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is a game changer: What the horseracing industry needs to know now
I. INTRODUCTION The establishment of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (“HISA”) marked a major change in the regulation of safety and anti-doping in the horseracing industry. HISA recently hired its Chief Executive Officer (Lisa Lazarus, who has extensive...
ATP revamps tournaments and player pay
Professional tennis has several governing bodies. These are the four major tournaments, the International Tennis Federation, the Women’s Tennis Association, and the Association of Tennis Players (ATP). The ATP runs the men's professional tennis tour that fills in the...
Title IX celebrates its 50th
Title IX passed on June 23, 1972. It was a brief 37-word paragraph signed by Richard Nixon that announced the federal government would withdraw funding to any public college or graduate school that discriminated against women. In 1970, 59% of women in the U.S....
Listen when athletes and coaches speak their truths
Once again, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr spoke hard truths in the aftermath of the shooting of 19 children and two adults in Texas. As one of the best coaches of his generation heading up one of the best teams, he's used his platform to speak out against...
Keep the NBA’s play-in format
Initially created in 2019-2020 to give more teams a better chance to compete in the pandemic-challenged season, the NBA added a play-in bracket to the 16-team best-of-seven tournament. It's still here after a season that had few disruptions. Running from April 12 to...
Jackie Robinson’s legacy is everywhere
Jackie Robinson (January 31, 1919–October 24, 1972) continues to inspire 75 years after first stepping onto the baseball field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, for his first Opening Day. Some may wonder if it is overkill that the number 42 is retired from...