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Can Breathing Like Wim Hof Make Us Superhuman?

By Nathaniel Scharping — 2017

Wim Hof has run marathons barefoot and shirtless above the Arctic Circle, dove under the ice at the North Pole and languished in ice baths for north of 90 minutes—all feats that he attributes to a special kind of breathing practice.

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Black and White Teammates Know: Conflict Is Inevitable; Winners Confront It

Plenty of people love to describe the world of athletics in utopian terms, using words such as “colorblind” and “open-minded” and “meritocracy.” They’re not wrong to regard their realm as better than the so-called real world.

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Jerry Brewer
2020
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Study Shows that Girls in Sports Develop Conflict-Resolution Skills

Most parents understand the importance of keeping their kids active in a time when childhood obesity is becoming a serious problem. But one University of Alberta researcher wants to go a step further and find out how sports also teach social skills.

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Quinn Phillips
2009
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Conflict Resolution in Youth Sports

Dos and don’ts for initiating confrontations.

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Frank L. Smoll
2020
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Discrimination in Sports: 5 Types, 25 Solutions

Discrimination in sports is never acceptable. By quickly and thoroughly investigating harassment and discrimination claims, sports organizations can make their workplaces more inclusive and diverse.

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Ann Snook
2019
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Different Types of Discrimination in Sports and How to Solve Them

Even though in 2015 the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final between the US and Japan was the most-watched soccer game in US history with over 25 million viewers, female athletes still face harassment and discrimination in sports.

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Sportaction
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Five Times US Women Athletes Advocated for Equality in Sports

On Friday, the US Women’s National Soccer Team sent a powerful message, using the backdrop of International Women’s Day and filing a lawsuit that accused the governing body for US soccer of gender discrimination.

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Dakin Andone
2019
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Japan Pressed to Tackle Discrimination, Abuse in Sport

Japan should use the Olympics as a chance to commit to tackling discrimination over gender identity and sexual orientation in sport and prevent physical abuse of youth athletes, activists said on Monday, just days before the start of the Tokyo Games.

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Reuters
2021
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Big-Time Athletes Who Got Cut from Teams

No one enjoys being told that they're not good enough, but imagine the looks on some of the faces of athletes when they got word that they had been cut.

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Nick Dimengo
2014
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Recruiting Column: How to deal with rejection in the college recruiting process

Believe it or not, some rejection while you’re going through the college recruiting process can be a positive thing. I know that being rejected by anyone isn’t fun and if you really want to play in college being rejected by a college coach is that much worse.

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Fred Bastie
2017
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Now that college athletes are getting paid, they will get more criticism

College student-athletes have never had it so good. Recent NCAA rule changes have given them freedom and potential earning power. They can transfer from one college to the next without having to sit out a year. Better yet, they’re no longer playing for just a college scholarship.

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John Adams
2021
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