Ohio State is in the process of revising websites and program materials to accurately reflect compliance with the law. While this work occurs, language referencing protected class status or other activities prohibited by Ohio Senate Bill 1 may still appear in some places. However, all programs and activities are being administered in compliance with federal and state law.

News

Filter

overhead of girls playing volleyball

Research: Sports help kids develop important trait linked to adult success

Here’s another good reason for kids to participate in organized sports: They can develop the “grit” that helps them overcome challenges as adults, a new study suggests.

Grit is defined as…

sweaty athletes

From The Conversation: Too hot to handle: Climate considerations for youth sport during the hottest years on record

At least 50 high school football players in the U.S. have died from heat stroke after falling ill on the field in the past 25 years. And high school athletes in other sports are not…

Kwame Agyemang

Research: Agyemang Study Recognized with Best Paper Award

Congratulations to SSI Affiliate and OSU Sport Management Prof. Kwame Agyemang for being recently awarded with a 2021 Best Paper honor from the Sport Management Education Journal.

His co-…

Hockey fighting

Study: Fights in Pro Hockey Don’t Deter Greater Violence

Allowing fights among players in the National Hockey Leagues does not deter greater violence in the modern game, according to a new study.

In fact, teams and players that fight more often…

Trevon Logan on TV

Trevon Logan Discusses How Soccer and Formula One Are Winning Over American Fans

In this edition of "Scoreboard" on "In The Loop" with Christian Bryant, Bryant explores with Sports and Society Executive Director Trevon Logan how sports have adapted to a wider-than-ever…

Vector mouthguard

Ohio State to Study Youth Football Head Impacts With Smart Mouthguards

Ohio State University’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences will lead a study on head impacts in youth tackle football in partnership with sensor technology company Athlete…

Knoester

Knoester Addresses Cleveland Guardians Name Change, Based on SSI-Funded Research

SSI Research Chair and sociology professor Chris Knoester recently wrote in The Plain Dealer and on Cleveland.com about the Cleveland baseball team name change, the elimination of…

Research Awards

RESEARCH: SSI Undergraduate Student Research Fair draws entries from 7 schools

The fourth annual SSI Undergraduate Research Fair took place in-person and via zoom on April
14 with eight high-quality presentations from undergraduate students representing seven different…

Creative Con

More than 170 attend first-ever Creative Con

By Ashley Grimmer

More than 170 people in-person and virtually joined Creative Con April 14, the first-ever student sports creative conference held at Ohio State.

Creative Con was…