Monthly Archives: July 2014
Athlete Transitions – A Runner’s Perspective
An important, yet regularly overlooked area of an athlete’s life is that of transitions. As an athlete seeking to maximiz...
Harvard University Athletic Director Shares Thoughts on Intercollegiate Athletics
In this episode of SCI Talk, we are joined by Bob Scalise – Harvard University’s Director of Athletics – to discuss ...
Reputational Risk in Intercollegiate Athletics
In this episode of SCI Talk, we take on the issue of reputational risk in intercollegiate athletics. Specifically, how sho...
Apologizing For Performance Enhancing Drugs
I love watching the Tour de France. Unfortunately, the event also serves as a reminder to me of the oft-felt disappo...
The Culture of Silence Surrounding Performance Enhancing Drugs
Why do clean athletes remain silent alongside their cheating counterparts? It is often perplexing that few competitors out...
PEDs: Why Should Sports be Fair?
By way of defending himself, Tommy Fitton, who, perhaps, did more than anyone else to propagate the use of steroids, once ...
The Roots of Brazilian Soccer’s Implosion
Brazilians like to distinguish between futebol arte and futebol resultados, soccer of art and soccer of results, but for t...
Sports Conflict Institute Creates Knowledge Center for Athletes, Coaches, Administrators, and Supporters to Better Understand, Prevent, and Resolve Conflict in Sports
The Sports Conflict Institute (SCI) announced that it has developed and launched a knowledge center for athletes coaches, ...
Unmanaged Stress and Distractions Threaten Athletic Performance for Top Athletes
What was Usain Bolt’s biggest threat at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games? Was it Tyson Gay, then reigning world champion in ...
Luis Suarez Biting Incidents Raises Concerns of Mental Health in Athletes
“For the third time in his career, Luis Suarez appeared to bite an opponent. This raises a number of issues regardin...