Picking up the tempo of men’s college basketball
According to Tom Izzo and others, men’s college basketball may be on a path to a shorter shot clock. The current clock of 35 seconds before a shot is five seconds longer than the 30 seconds of women’s...
View ArticleCan we fix college sports?
[This guest post was written by Barry Schwartz, Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore College. He’s the author of Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to do the Right Thing.] The disastrous swirl of events...
View ArticleWhat football & basketball can learn from Major League Soccer
Is there something for other sports to learn from Generation Adidas? A common discussion topic within Improving Sports is how our systems can better serve young, professionally-bound athletes. It seems...
View ArticleMaking the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) fun & relevant
We’ll skip the storied history of the NIT basketball tournament. Suffice it to say that the spring tournament now consists of an assortment of teams that did not get invited to the NCAA’s March Madness...
View ArticleWill the NCAA finish what ESPN has started?
Paula Lavigne’s initial ESPN analysis (how major college athletes get multiple advantages when potentially charged with a crime) will get significant attention – for a while. In a world where the NFL...
View ArticleAll sports networks should offer “Online Multi-View”
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich spoke during the keynote portion of Lenovo’s Tech Conference. He showed how technology has reached the point where you could watch replays from any camera around the...
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