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Todd Blackledge scheduled to open Football Fridays on campus Sept. 1

Series features speakers in Carnegie Cinema every Friday before a Penn State home football game UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State alum Todd Blackledge, the lead game analyst for NBC’s “Big Ten Saturday Night” college football coverage and the first quarterback to lead the Penn State football team to a national championship, will be the featured guest Sept. 1 when…

Webinar on baseball antitrust exemption to be held Oct. 14

The American Bar Association (ABA) is hosting an online webinar about the Major League Baseball antitrust exemption. The exemption has come under scrutiny by courts and Capitol Hill. One issue is, if the exemption remains, should it be narrowed? The webinar will be Oct. 14 at 12 p.m. and last 90 minutes. Speakers will include Erica Weisgerber, Jeffrey Jacobovitz, Jeffrey…

Penn State faculty to host 49th Annual IAPS Meeting, held at University Park campus

Penn State will host the 49th Annual Meeting of the The International Association of the Philosophy of Sport (IAPS). The event will be fully in-person, with virtual elements available as necessary.  This three-day event runs from August 14-17, co-hosted by Dr. Francisco Javier López Frías and Colleen English.  Abstracts during the meeting will include topics such as ethics, ancient and…

Daily Collegian interviews Penn State faculty on the future of sports press conferences following Naomi Osaka’s departure from the 2021 French Open

In an article featuring Penn State professors Amira Rose Davis, Mike Poorman and John Affleck, the Daily Collegian examined the fate of press conferences in sport following Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from the French Open. Osaka’s departure from the prestigious tennis tournament brings into discussion how questions posed in sports press conferences can affect athletes mentally, potentially impacting the future of…

Moot court provides unique look into pending Supreme Court case on antitrust laws and college sports

In college athletics, there are few topics bigger today than name, image and likeness legislation  as well as how the compensation  college athletes should receive for their playing services should be determined. On March 31, the Supreme Court will hear the oral argument in the NCAA v Alston litigation concerning the application of antitrust laws to college sports. To provide…

Sports business professional and former Penn State wrestler Chris Bevilacqua discusses a constantly changing sports media market

Penn State almunus Chris Bevilacqua virtually returned to campus Tuesday night to share his perspectives on the dynamic sports media market. The event was co-hosted by the Sports Business Program at Smeal and the Center for Sports. Bevilacqua is the co-founder of Bevilacqua Helfant Ventures and is a sports, media and tech investor. He currently serves as the Co-Founder and CEO…

Five Questions: Jadrian Wooten

Five Questions is a weekly series that highlights faculty involved with the Center for the Study of Sports in Society. Jadrian Wooten is an Associate Teaching Professor at Penn State University within the Department of Economics. Wooten received his Ph.D. in Economics from Washington State University in 2014 and his research interests include managerial and labor related issues in sports…

Sport Sociologist Dr. David Goldblatt discusses politics, climate change and how sports impacts it all

As a 7-year-old “obsessed with football” Dr. David Goldblatt’s experience attending games was short-lived, in fact it was just one match.  In an era of hooliganism in English football, Goldblatt and his father had a verbal altercation with a group of drunk young Scottish supporters outside of Wembley Stadium in the 1970s, and Goldblatt was first introduced to the role…

2021 Faculty Research Grants

The Penn State Center for the Study of Sports and Society announces a call for proposals for research grants.  All fulltime Penn State faculty (at all campuses) at the assistant professor (non-tenured) rank or at fulltime fixed term ranks are eligible for these grants.  The Center will award a maximum of $7500 for a proposal.  We anticipate having $15,000 total…

2020 Faculty Fellowship Winners

Congratulations to the following people on receiving the Center’s 2020 faculty research grants: Dr. Lacey N. Wallace | “PARENTING PRACTICES OF FORMER HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGIATE STUDENT ATHLETES” Dr. Lauren Jacobson-McConnell | ATHLETE AND NON-ATHLETE TRANSITIONS IN EMERGING ADULTHOOD: UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS ATHLETIC AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EXPERIENCES AT DIVISION III COLLEGE SETTINGS Dr. Mark Stephens | WEARING THE MASK: THE IMPACT…

Director Steve Ross, Doug Allen work with professors to draft NIL Bill

Center Director Steve Ross, together with retired labor and employment relations professorr Doug Allen and two other sports law professors, recently drafted and proposed federal legislation to regulate licensing of name, image and likeness (NIL) rights for college athletes. Key provisions contrast with NCAA proposals by allowing transparent group licensing for an entire team and allow players’ licensing agencies to…

Director Steve Ross participates in global conversation on the effect of the pandemic on sports

On April 3, Center for Sports Director Steve Ross participated in a global virtual conversation on the effect of the pandemic on sports, with scholars and observers specializing in the UK, South Africa, Asia, Australia, and Native Americans, organized by the Global Sports Institute at Arizona State. You can access the 90-minute program HERE.  Comments to Ross welcomed at sfr10@psu.edu.

2018 Faculty Grant Winners

Congratulations to the following people on receiving the Center’s faculty research grants this year: Dr. Cairsty DePasquale, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology — PSU Altoona Dr. Ram M. Narayanan, Professor of Electrical Engineering, PSU — University Park Dr. Cayce A. Onks, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics, PSU College of Medicine, Hershey Dr. Shengxi Huang, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical…

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