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Andrew Zimbalist Contributor I write about the challenges in the business of sports.Follow Aug 10, 2020,10:27am EDT Listen to article9 minutes Big-time college sports, already skating on thin ice financially, is being hit by a triple tsunami: NIL reform, the Black Lives Matter movement and the coronavirus pandemic. Prior to this trifecta, almost all schools’ athletics […]

By Sean Gregory / Boulder, Colo. OCTOBER 6, 2023 7:00 AM EDT On an autumn weekend in Boulder, the sports miracle of the season is clearer than the blue Rocky Mountain sky. Whereas for years, the University of Colorado football team delivered Saturday misery—the Buffaloes enjoyed just four winning seasons in the past 20 years and

Replacing screen time with reading goes a long way towards helping kids succeed in school. By  Meghan Overdeep Parents and experts have long suspected that replacing screen time with good old-fashioned reading can have a positive effect on a young child’s brain development. And now, thanks to this shocking imagery, the evidence is irrefutable. Studies

Allison Torres Burtka | Wednesday, Apr 12, 2023 WHY THIS MATTERS Sports participation has mitigated the pandemic’s harmful effects on kids’ physical and mental health, so it may be more important than ever to make opportunities to play easily accessible, particularly for kids of Color. The COVID-19 pandemic has been harmful to kids’ mental health, but participation

A Transformational Gift  Beginning in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, Connie and Steve Ballmer’s gift promises to transform behavioral health services for youth by creating a national model of thought and action for addressing the challenges of children’s behavioral health On March 1, 2022, the University of Oregon announced the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral

Courtesy photo The Coca-Cola Company recently donated $10,000 to the United Way of Delta County’s free book program for children under age five, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Pictured above are Julie Mallard, executive director of the United Way of Delta County, and Nick Bink, general manager of Bink’s Coca-Cola, who remarked, “During this time of

Chick-fil-A is supporting our “If You Give a Child a Book” campaign by making a $5,000 donation. This will help get books into the hands of kids in need across Tampa Bay. Posted at 2023-09-19T08:03:29-0400 and last updated 8:03 AM, Sep 19, 2023 At WFTS, we believe giving children books can take them to new places, plant

By Corbin McGuire8/17/2022 11:00:00 AM Community engagement is a pillar for the NCAA, its member schools and student-athletes who serve others in several ways during their college careers. While the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted this connection between athletics and communities, much of it returned in the 2021-22 academic year across college sports.  Below are some highlights

TikTok announced a one-hour daily limit for users under 18, but authorities in China have pushed the domestic version, Douyin, much further. By  March 8, 2023 STEPHANIE ARNETT/MITTR | ENVATO China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. As I often say, the