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Oct 05, 2023
With aligned missions to leverage the power of sport to drive positive change, Global Sport Institute at ASU and Green Sports Alliance team up to launch the sport + sustainability venture challenge.
Field Studies: A 10-Year Snapshot of NFL Coaching Hires
Aug 30, 2022
The first paper in this series, Field Studies: A 10-Year Snapshot of NFL Coaching Hires, analyzes coaching mobility over the past decade and addresses the question: Where are we now with respect to coaches of color compared to a decade ago?
ASU global panel: Money, anxiety driving push for return of sports
Aug 30, 2022
The effects of the coronavirus on sport are being felt now, but the total damage will be greater and still is undetermined, panelists said Friday during a second video conference conducted by Arizona State's Global Sport Institute.
Waiting For A Vaccine? The Uncertain Return Of Sports Fans
Aug 30, 2022
The XFL filed for bankruptcy this week, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the suspension of play just five games into the league’s much-anticipated return.
New York City Rugby League pushed back to 2022
Aug 30, 2022
New York City Rugby League hope to turn Americans on to the sport. In 2018, Global Sport Matters claimed rugby was the fastest growing sport in the United States.
Shutdown of global sports could lead to a 'reset,' experts say
Aug 30, 2022
The shutdown of sports across the globe may be a good opportunity for a “reset” when the world restarts after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to several international sports experts.
Sporting events, recreational opportunities impacted around the world by COVID-19
Aug 30, 2022
In a recent live webinar titled “Around the World: COVID-19 + Sport,” sponsored by Arizona State University’s Global Sport Institute, eight panelists representing different countries convened to share what going through this pandemic is like.
Perceived gender inequity in sport
Aug 30, 2022
Zanin and her research team were awarded an $18,000 seed grant from the ASU Global Sport Institute to find out why these gender disparities in youth sport participation exist.
Global Sport Institute hosts inaugural gathering of Global Sport Scholars and Researchers
Aug 30, 2022
Each academic year, the Global Sport Institute (GSI) identifies an annual theme centered on a critical issue impacting sport. For the 2019–2020 academic year, that theme is Sport & The Body.
Inspiring new ideas on the inaugural Sports Innovation Tour
Aug 30, 2022
The Global Sport Institute in partnership with ASU Entrepreneurship + Innovation and the ASU W.P. Carey School of Business recently hosted the inaugural Sports Innovation Tour.
ASU entrepreneurs pitch via video for online Demo Day competition
Aug 30, 2022
Phoenix Rising Venture Challenge: This was a new competition funded by ASU’s Global Sport Institute in collaboration with Phoenix Rising, which was seeking ideas that would promote the soccer team. Hat-Tec, a customizable hat storage and display...
Keeping Athletes Calm Under Pressure
Aug 30, 2022
Hoolest was created by Nick Hool, a current Ph.D. student at Arizona State University. Nick launched the idea because he suffered from performance anxiety as a competitive golfer while in high school.
Basketball coaches, dozens of them, Zoom together twice a week
Aug 30, 2022
The invitations go out twice a week, 107 of them for the latest Zoom Sunday night — coaches from all layers of basketball, high school, and AAU to the NBA. Heavily college. Heavily Philly.