Sports
An op-ed by Earl Smith, PhD Intercollegiate athletics was once sold to the public as an extension of higher education. Today, it is far closer to a deregulated labor market fueled by money, mobility, and institutional indifference. Nowhere is this…
by Earl Smith, PhD and Angela J. Hattery, PhD One of the strangest phenomena of the last several years is having President Donald Trump, President of the United States of America take direct negative aim at Black athletes. Whether…
The male “walk-on” in college sports, and in particular in football, has become a joke. Announcers voraciously proclaim that Joe Blow or John Caric is or was just a walk on but now performs at a level above and beyond…