Wayne McDonnell talks about how this is such a critical time for college sports, especially college athletes, with Dr. Jeremy Piasecki on the Culture in Sports Podcast.
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Dr. Patty Raube Keller talks about how today’s college athletes have different needs than those of the past with Dr. Jeremy Piasecki on the Culture in Sports Podcast.
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Listen to Dr. Jeremy Piasecki and Ben Gucciardi, of Soccer Without Borders, speak about culture, relationships, trust, feeling valued, connection, mental health, intention, social isolation, and developing people.
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I recently wrote an article “Is Bad Behavior in Sports on the Rise?“, where I discussed the how fighting and other unsportsmanlike behavior of athletes, coaches, fans, and others is becoming more prevalent. While the […]
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Last week, Owen Woodward of the Weatherford College baseball team decided to run at full speed and tackle a base runner after his home run hit. While baseball is not known for hits, fights, punches, […]
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If you’ve followed the news of late, the once heralded baseball phenom Matt Harvey, had to testify in a Texas courtroom last week about his own history of drug use and his sharing of prescription […]
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The Culture in Sports podcast recently had Sam Marchiano on as a guest. Sam Marchiano is an award-winning content creator, equality advocate, adjunct assistant professor at NYU’s Tisch Institute of Global Sport, and is recognized […]
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We spend time talking with Sam Marchiano on the topic of baseball. We learn more about how baseball’s culture can adapt and change. How has it changed, how can it change, and how can we […]
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We spend time talking with Sam Marchiano on the topic of baseball. We learn more about how baseball’s culture can adapt and change. How has it changed, how can it change, and how can we […]
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The Culture Shift in Major League Baseball If you’ve watched much Major League Baseball at all over the past few years, you’ve probably noticed a pretty big shift in the culture of the game. Not […]
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I didn’t realize I’d been away for a month, at least from writing here, in my favorite space at Culture in Sports. Having predicted the return of sports since the beginning of this Summer, it […]
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While the Tokyo Olympic Games consisted of many exciting moments and thrilling athletic accomplishments, its legacy is problematic because Covid-19 protocols created a made for media only spectacle. In laying bare how money rules the […]
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I took some time for myself and my family recently, and we got to do some traveling. Something we have not done in over a year due to the pandemic and all the fun that […]
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It happens every year around this time, but typically a little later and a tad bit less intense. The sun aligns with the star system Sirius and brings heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad […]
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Recently an interview with Stephen Schoch, pitcher for the University of Virginia baseball caught my attention; not just because it was hilarious but because his comments struck a chord. When asked what makes him nervous, […]
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Paul Simon wrote a song back in the mid-80s with a chorus that states, “If you’ll be my bodyguardI can be your long lost pal, I can call you Betty, And Betty, when you call […]
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There is little purpose in rooting for or even loving a team that fails to extend an honest effort or reasonable level of respect to their fans. That’s true of players and management alike, and every franchise should begin to make a reasonable effort to eliminate sexual and gender based harassment from their culture because it is the right thing to do.
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This week in the United States we welcome back our national pastime, the sport of baseball. I know, there are some people who may argue that American football should be the national pastime, however, I’m […]
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I apologize in advance to all of you haters out there. I am an Astros fan. Still am. Let me explain. I live in The Woodlands, Texas. It is a suburban utopia just north of […]
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Anyone familiar with sports, and baseball in particular, is sure to have heard of the infamous 1919 scandal involving the Chicago White Sox and the allegations that they “threw” (no pun intended) the World Series […]
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