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News Outlet
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& Location
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31 December 2020
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The introduction of a digitized health care database known as PRIVIT has helped give athletes and athletic associations access to the longterm medical records of the athlete, which offers both parties a more comprehen...
Christian Science Monitor
Ann Scott Tyson
5 November 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
College athletes created a social media and digital campaign to publish a list of health and labor demands, some of them related to the COVID-19 pandemic. They also advocated for racial justice and elevated the Black ...
5 August 2020
Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Dartmouth College's football team reduced injuries and began winning more games after the coaching staff implemented non-contact tactics into practices, such as using robotic tackling dummies in place of the players t...
30 January 2020
London, United Kingdom
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800-1500 Words
Grassroots initiatives are empowering Muslim women to bring their faith onto the court. Across several universities in London, new clubs are offering a safe and inclusive space for Muslim women to participate in sport...
16 December 2019
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
A new college athletic policy called the “Tracy Rule” is gaining traction as more colleges are held accountable for the behavior of their student athletes. The Tracy Rule, which has been adopted by 12 NCAA schools so ...
7 November 2019
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The rosters of sports teams at small liberal arts schools are often predominantly white and wealthy. Amherst College in Massachusetts has made a concerted effort to stop recruiting from the same "pay to play" pool and...
20 September 2019
Madison, Georgia, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
To better the health of their high school football athletes, Morgan County High School in Georgia implemented a program that focuses on ensuring the school's athletes are eating enough to compensate for the physical a...
4 September 2019
Oregon, United States
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800-1500 Words
To reduce risk of concussions in high school football, high school coaches in Oregon are reducing the amount of impact time allowed during practices. Using the parameters established via the USA Football five levels o...
22 August 2019
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Champion Schools in Arizona put sports at the center of their curriculum, not to cultivate the next generation of professionals, but to build community and encourage active habits in its majority low-income student bo...
AZ Central
Priscilla Totiyapungprasert
29 July 2019
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Grassroots organization can generate change in carbon emissions practices at the community level. In Phoenix, the Chispa nonprofit organization that promotes environmental and social justice, is working to get schools...
18 June 2019
Fort Covington, New York, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Allowing women on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation to play lacrosse, historically an all-male sport in the Mohawk tradition, has had an empowering effect. In a time when “eighty-four percent of American Indian and Ala...
8 March 2019
Waco, Texas, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
In the aftermath of multiple sexual assault incidents, Baylor University has moved toward turning what was once a culture of avoidance into a culture of accountability. The university has increased the staff, funding,...
8 March 2019
Eugene, Oregon, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Confidential points of contact allow victims to reach out about Title IX violations and sexual assault on their own terms. Following multiple incidents involving members of its basketball team, the University of Orego...
15 February 2019
Hawaii, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Oregon school districts are looking to Hawaii school districts to learn the best ways to implement athletic trainers into high school athletics programs across the state. Although there are many obstacles to overcome ...
15 February 2019
Portland, Oregon, United States
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800-1500 Words
In Oregon, school are required by law to remove a child from play if they have been concussed, but not all schools have athletic trainers to assess the situation. Although it's still up to each individual school distr...
5 February 2019
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
A new law that requires more recess throughout the day in Arizona's public schools is helping kids inside and outside of the classroom.
18 January 2019
Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Because concussions can turn deadly if not managed correctly, several state legislatures have passed return-to-play laws that dictate when an athlete can return to the game. To complement this and offer resources to s...
14 November 2018
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Coaches have unique relationships with their players and Milwaukee is using that to help young men create healthy, respectful relationships as part of a pilot project using the curriculum Coaching Boys Into Men. The t...
25 July 2018
Portland, Oregon, United States
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800-1500 Words
In Oregon, there is a law in place that helps guide public school officials in how to react to a child with a possible concussion, but that law doesn't address what to do if a child suffers a concussion during private...
18 July 2018
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
New supports are being put into place for the referees of youth sports leagues in order to stop or punish harassment. These include signs, monitors in the stands, and a Facebook page that publicly shames out of contro...
23 May 2018
Portland, Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
After a high school football player in Oregon was concussed in a game, his condition elevated to a traumatic brain injury when he was sent back in to play without proper rest. To combat this lapse in judgment from hap...
29 December 2017
Iceland
Text
1500-3000 Words
In the late 1990s, Iceland had both a high rate of teen alcohol abuse and a lackadaisical attitude towards that abuse. Responses to these issues included instituting a curfew, investment in after school activities, an...
13 December 2015
Rosewell, United Kingdom
Text
Over 3000 Words
After a young rugby player died in Northern Ireland, his family and a brain expert set about to establish concussion guidelines, looking in part to the United States.
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