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October 5, 2025

NFL Veteran Keandre Jones to Help SSI Mark 10 Years of Growth and Influence at Anniversary Celebration

10:00 am
WOSU Ross Community Studio Theatre, 1800 Pearl Street

October 23, 2025

Getting started on Sports Research

4:00 pm
Thompson Library 150

October 27, 2025

SSI Presents "Betting Beyond Your Means: The Cost of Problem Gambling"

3:00 pm
WOSU Ross Community Studio Theatre

November 13, 2025

Cleveland Cavaliers Business Analytics Conference

2:00 pm
Rocket Mortgage Field House (Cleveland, Ohio)

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September 29, 2025

SSI-Supported Research Documents Rise in Parental Involvement in Youth Sports

In recent research, published in Leisure/Loisir, SSI Research Chair and Sociology Professor Chris Knoester teamed with Dr. Chris Bjork (Vassar College) to study changes in parents’ involvement in…

September 26, 2025

Maryland Football Design Director Danny Kraft Provides Career Advice in September Lunch 'N' Learn

By Reilly Cahill

Sports and Society Initiative held its first Lunch ‘N’ Learn of the 2025-26 academic year, featuring Danny Kraft, director of creative design for…

September 13, 2025

SSI Director Nicole Kraft Named 2025 Tom White Media Award Winner

By Jay Wolf

The Little Brown Jug and the Delaware County Fair named veteran journalist Nicole Kraft as the recipient of the 2025 Tom White Media Award.

Kraft’s roots in harness racing…

September 7, 2025

SSI, ASC Career Success Provide Students an Inside Look at Sports Media at Ohio State Football Game

Students from communication, journalism, sport industry, and other majors gained a unique, behind-the-scenes perspective of sports media during the Ohio State football game versus Grambling State…