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College-Sports Books Go Varsity By Michael Nelson - June 10, 2005
A Medievalist Hits the Gym By By Sebastian Langdell. New York Times - July 7, 2025
Sports Major Competitive performance as a liberal art By Lou Matz. AAC&U - Spring 2022
‘The Body of Liberal Learning’ By Lou Matz - 10 May 2024
Time to Embrace the Art and Science of College Sports By Erianne Weight. Chronicle of Higher Education - March 23, 2015
A Journal of Political Thought and Statesmanship By Michael Nelson. Claremont Institute - Winter 2013/14
Reimagining Sport as an Academic Discipline
Deloitte: 85% of Women Surveyed Who Played Sports Say It’s Important to Their Career Success (Press Release) - Sept. 19, 2023
Here's what ACTUALLY integrating college sports with academics could look like By Matt Brown - January 09, 2025
Where will you find your next leader? EY
Jamie Dimon's Advice To CEOs: Operate Like The World’s Top Athletes By Julian Hayes II. Forbes - May 24, 2025
Research-Based Sport Learning Outcomes & the AAC&U VALUE Rubrics By Erianne A. Weight
Between Division III Athletes and Professors By Evan Tucker and Michael Nelson - August 24, 2017
How to Better Justify Intercollegiate Athletics By Lou Matz. Inside Higher Ed - August 01, 2024
Scholars make case for moving sports from higher ed sidelines By Duane Bonifer. The News Enterprise - Nov 11, 2025
Competitive Performance as a Liberal Art By Lou Matz. Liberal Education - Spring 2022
Morality In Sport By Maria Kavussana PhD.
Football and Swahili By Joe Nocera - April 9, 2012
Forget Speed. Finish Strong. By Mark Robichaux. The New York Times - June 6, 2025
The Hack That Doctors Should Take From Pop Stars and Quarterbacks By Stephen G. Flynn, Raymond S. Park, Pete G. Kovatsis and Anupam B. Jena. The New York Times - Jan. 6, 2025
What’s Your Major? Some Say ‘Sports’ Should Be an Acceptable Answer. The New York Times - Jan. 25, 2025
Sports, Ethics and Education By Peter J. Arnold - 1997
SVU’s Sport Performance Major Receives Standing Ovation at Nike New York Headquarters By Lacy Pullan. SVU - July 24, 2025
Should UNC athletes get academic credit for what they learn from sports? | Opinion - The News and Observer May 31, 2023
The Sweatiest of the Liberal Arts: Athletics and Education By Drew A. Hyland
Should College Athletes Major in Sports? By Sean Gregory. Time Magazine - Nov. 27, 2012
UNC Commentary BY ERIANNE A. WEIGHT, JOSEPH N. COOPER, STEPHEN VAISEY, AND TAMARA CLEGG
NCAA colleges should consider offering sports as an academic major By Sally Jenkins -October 5, 2011
Play to Lead The Generational Impact of Sport on Women’s Leadership. Womens Sport Foundation - September 9th, 2024
Welcome to Combat U, the university that put MMA on the syllabus By Ben Fowlkes. Yahoo Sports - August 26, 2025
The Weight Room Is the Best Classroom in a School By Alexander H. Han. Education Week - March 31, 2026
Introducing Basketball Studies: A new home for basketball research By Aaron Scanlan, Science Direct - March 25, 2026