Athletics

A peer-counseling program at St. Lawrence University aims to break the stigma around issues of student athlete mental health, Elisa Van Kirk and Carolyn Holran write.

As March Madness comes to a close tonight, a record number of students will be among the 45 million Americans placing wagers. Experts want more protections in place for young adults.

Should there be more than two podiums, two gendered sets of record books? More could be done to recognize transgender athletes’ accomplishments, Ross Aikins writes.

In our perfect world, academic performance—not athleticism—would determine the winner of the NCAA Division I women’s basketball tournament. Game on!

Which would be the top men’s basketball team in the country if academics mattered more than skill on the court?

The underrepresentation of Black head coaches in college sports is unacceptable, Shaun R. Harper writes.

Isaac Sederbaum responds to a recent Inside Higher Ed opinion piece on women and college sports, citing four major issues with it, including flawed research and bigotry.

The dominance of Penn’s Lia Thomas has many decrying her success, though definitive research that might guide the conversation is lacking. Now the NCAA is making up the rules as it goes along.