Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and while volleyball may not be as popular, most people seem to be familiar with it. Even though both sports are different from each other, they also share certain similarities. This is not unique to soccer and volleyball since there are...

News stories constantly remind us that a greater percentage of kids today are heavier than they were just 20 or 30 years ago. The reasons are numerous including poor food choices and video games replacing outdoor activities. The evidence is clearly observable. The nation's children are becoming fatter but they...

Football was such a violent game in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries due to the lack of rules that made moves such as punches, drop-kicks and other violent instances illegal. This, coupled with the fact that there was no mandatory protection equipment, such as helmets and shoulder pads,...

Colleges have long maintained their student athletes are not employees and their athletic programs are not businesses. But the important thing is not labels but essence and it is not hard to understand the college athlete programs are run not much differently from professional sports leagues. Colleges can choose to...

It’s true that the World Cup has more spectators world-wide than the Olympics. I know this because I looked it up on the internet. I didn’t believe my father when he told me that we were going to be attending the World Cup this year—I mean that kind of thing...