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Join the "SSI Conversation" with Megan Husslein for insights on athlete mental health and more

SSI is thrilled to announce the launch of "The SSI Conversation". In this new sports talk show, Megan Husslein furthers the discussion surrounding how sports and society connect.

There…

Behind the Shield SEATED

SSI, EHE screen Zirin’s “Behind the Shield: The Power & Politics of the NFL”

By Greg Wilson

SSI was privileged to screen the movie “Behind the Shield: The Power & Politics of the NFL,” which deals with the reality of politics in the NFL at the Wexner Center for…

MLK event

Malcolm Jenkins joins EHE, SSI to celebrate life, work of MLK Jr.

By Lauryn Luderman

There are few better ways to acknowledge the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr., than spending an afternoon with NFL and Buckeye star Malcolm Jenkins, Ohio State…

Damar Hamlin

SSI Supported Research Continues to Inform Discussions about Tackle Football

After Damar Hamlin’s tragic football injury, there was renewed interest in the safety and appropriateness of tackle football.

OSU sociology PhD candidate Mariah Warner and associate…

SAA library visit

SSI, SAA use basketball stats to teach math skills at Columbus Library

By Lauryn Luderman

SSI Assistant Director Ryan Ruddy and the Ohio State’s Sports Analytics Association visited the Columbus Metropolitan Library Friday to help school-age children to learn…

Iran Protest

Iranian protest for women's rights reflected in sport

By Lauryn Luderman

After the death of Mahsa Amini, killed in police custody after her arrest for improperly wearing her hijab, protests erupted throughout Iran and were even prevalent in…

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SSI Releases 2021 Research Productivity Summary - Cloned

SSI is honored to have supported and contributed to research in a variety of forms and over many topics. Here is our annual report of research productivity.

SSI Affiliate Research…

Damar Hamlin ambulance

Kraft writes in The Conversation about media responsibility in a sports crisis

Injuries are an unfortunate part of any sport – none more so than in the NFL, where players can be felled in front of a TV audience in the tens of millions.…

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SSI announces 2023-24 Student Research Grants

A limited number of SSI Student Research Grants will be awarded to graduate students who commit to conducting sports and society research with an SSI faculty affiliate from Summer 2023 through…