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Global Sport Institute News

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.

As Native Americans fight virus, basketball takes a timeout

Aug 30, 2022

Already hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak, Native Americans are faced with life without basketball -- or any other sport -- for the foreseeable future.

Money Radio - Business For Breakfast

Aug 30, 2022

Money Radio Business for Breakfast show featuring Director of Research Scott Brooks.

In seeking justice for Ahmaud Arbery, these athletes know the work has just begun

Aug 30, 2022

Shropshire, a professor and CEO of the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University, said it could exert a significant force at the Arbery legal proceedings if athletes for Atlanta’s pro sports teams attended some of them in person.

Diverse Representation Fireside Chat with Kenneth L Shropshire

Aug 30, 2022

Diverse Representation hosted a fireside chat with Kenneth L. Shropshire, the Adidas Distinguished Professor of Global Sport and CEO of Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University.

Native American communities are missing sports during pandemic pause

Aug 30, 2022

The suspension of sports has taken away a happy part of Native American culture as the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to several experts on an Arizona State University panel on Friday.

While NFL amends Rooney Rule, incentivization plan rightly put on back burner

Aug 30, 2022

At the end of the day, a coach or front-office member should be hired based on merit and for the most part, minority candidates have not gotten a fair chance.

Q&A: How America will rethink sports following the pandemic

Aug 30, 2022

More than two months after Covid-19 shutdowns began, large parts of the economy are opening back up, but many questions abound regarding the return of professional and college sports.

Marketers are embracing Black Lives Matter

Aug 30, 2022

There’s a rush to anti-racist messaging by consumer brands. Kenneth Shropshire, CEO at the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University, attributes this partly to the clarity of the incident: Floyd’s death under a policeman’s knee...

The Ticket special: Protest – Sport – Change

Aug 30, 2022

GSI's Scott Brooks joins Tracey Holmes from ABC NewsRadio on The Ticket based in Australia, a weekly sports panel program that looks beyond the score card and injury sheet. Interview begins at 12:10.

3 Stories: NASCAR Bans Confederate Flag, Missing The Mark, More Than A Game

Aug 30, 2022

Professor Kenneth Shropshire, CEO of Arizona State University's Global Sport Institute, says most of the statements miss the mark by failing to mention murder, police brutality and racism.

A Study of Race in Sports with Dr. Scott Brooks

Aug 30, 2022

It’s been a historic month of racial tension in America. In light of the tragic death of George Floyd and the recent protests that have gripped the nation, Dr. Scott Brooks joins The Upside podcast.

The sports world responds to the country’s unrest

Aug 30, 2022

Recent unrest throughout the country has sparked change in the sports world, ranging from athletes speaking out to NASCAR banning the use of the confederate flag. Arizona Horizon spoke with Kenneth Shropshire, the CEO of ASU’s Global Sport Institute.