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Education Sep 12, 2023

Analysis finds elite university admissions for athletes benefit white students

High school students wanting to get into an elite university may want to first gain mastery of a sport like golf, fencing, crew, lacrosse, or squash.

Social Sciences Jan 31, 2023

Expert discusses the past, present and future of legalized sports betting

For many fans, sports betting is most associated with the glare of television screens broadcasting every sporting event imaginable in a glitzy casino in Las Vegas—for decades, one of the only places in the U.S. where spectators ...

Social Sciences Jul 20, 2022

Professional athletes perform better against their former clubs, according to research

A team of Russian researchers affiliated with the HSE University, RANEPA, and NES has found professional athletes to perform better against their former clubs. At least in some circumstances, emotions seem to have a greater ...

Mathematics Mar 22, 2022

The 'hot hand' is a real basketball phenomenon, but only some players have these basket-making streaks

March Madness is here, and basketball fans are making predictions: Who will be the Cinderella story of the college tournament? Which teams will make a run to the Final Four? And of course, which player is going to get "hot" ...

Social Sciences Aug 5, 2021

Sexism and sport: why body-baring team uniforms are bad for girls and women

Team outfits and fashion were not supposed to be a big talking point at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. But protests over skimpy uniforms by two women's teams in the months before the games have brought bikinis and high-cut leotards ...

Social Sciences Mar 16, 2020

Canceled matches and growing turmoil: The impact of COVID-19 on the sports industry

In recent weeks, sports organizations around the world have been forced to confront the reality that the coronavirus COVID-19 is likely to have a significant impact on the industry—not just in the short term, but also the ...

Social Sciences Sep 2, 2019

Why do people believe in curses?

Strictly Come Dancing, the TV show which pairs celebrities with professional dancers to compete in a ballroom dancing competition, has apparently been the cause of a number of divorces, break-ups, and scandals. This "Strictly ...

Social Sciences Jun 4, 2019

The war on women coaches

During the past women's college basketball season, two prominent head coaches, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill's Sylvia Hatchell and Georgia Tech's MaChelle Joseph, were fired.

Internet Sep 7, 2018

'Overwatch' eSports expands to new cities, including Paris

Activision Blizzard on Friday added six new teams to is "Overwatch" League, including one in Paris, as the city-based approach to eSports headed into its second season.

Biotechnology Sep 3, 2018

8,000 new antibiotic combinations are surprisingly effective, biologists report

Scientists have traditionally believed that combining more than two drugs to fight harmful bacteria would yield diminishing returns. The prevailing theory is that that the incremental benefits of combining three or more drugs ...

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