Athlete Activism
This former NFL player started the 'Take a Knee' movement sparking controversy across the league.
Who is Colin Kaepernick
This Texas basketball team has one of the few women assistant coaches in the NBA.
Who is the San Antonio Spurs?
Studies say this can strengthen your memory just as much as your muscles
What is exercise?
Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire popularized this form of illegal athletic enhancement in MLB. Its effects in the league are still felt today.
What is doping?
Participation rates in this popular youth sport have been steadily declining in the past 5 years over concerns regarding brain damage.
What is football?
This former UConn Women's basketball star is taking a break from her WNBA team, the Minnesota Lynx, to pursue activism
Who is Maya Moore?
This company came under fire for recalling their 'Betsy Ross' sneaker amid objections from their spokesman Colin Kaepernick
What is Nike?
This degenerative brain disease has been found in 99% of deceased NFL players whom have been studied
What is chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)?
Andrew's Luck sudden retirement brought renewed focus onto the unseen effect on an athlete's _______
What is mental health?
A National Association of Sports Officials survey found that ___ are the main culprits of unsportsmanlike behavior during games from youth leagues to the professional level.
What are the parents?
These two athletes iconically raised their fist on the podium of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City to protest the inequalities affecting the black population in the USA.
Who are John Carlos and Tommie Smith?
There’s a growing movement among current and former Puerto Rican-born Major League Baseball players to retire the No. 21 throughout the sport in honor of this Pittsburgh Pirates player, who tragically died when his plane crashed while taking supplies to earthquake-ravaged Nicaragua.
Who is Roberto Clemente?
This popular fitness supplement can help you burn more fat, but comes with the risk of increased heart rate and lead to headaches
What is pre-workout?
This oil derived from a marijuana plant has gained popularity in professional athletes as a way to avoid a long road of opioid prescriptions.
What is CBD oil?
According to a study, ____ are twice as likely to drop out of sports as their counterparts by the time they’re 14.
What is girls?
Billie Jean King proclaimed this athlete was the "...no doubt the Jackie Robinson of tennis."
Who is Althea Gibson?
11 states have legalized ____ after the Supreme Court decided in 2018 to strike down a 1992 federal law that had prohibited most states from authorizing this action
What is sports betting?
Sport teams are increasingly using this type of data from athletes to maximize athletic performance. Effectiveness and rights medical privacy has been brought into question as well.
What is biometric data?
Acrolein, a known ingredient of many of these popular devices which have become popular among youth-athletes, causes irreversible lung damage.
Exposure to nicotine, another known ingredient, during adolescence can harm the developing brain.
What is e-cigarettes?
Specialization in one sport for youth athletes has lead to an increase in an increase to overuse ____
What are injuries?
This famous boxer publicly refused to be drafted into the US Army for the Vietnam War citing religious reasons. He was stripped of his world heavyweight title and banned from boxing for four years.
"War is against the teachings of the Holy Qur'an. I'm not trying to dodge the draft. We are not supposed to take part in no wars unless declared by Allah or The Messenger."
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This conflict in Northern Ireland between loyalists who wished to remain in the United Kingdom and nationalists who sought independence, caused The Open Championship to leave for 70 years ending in 2019.
The Troubles
Every person does this may not get enough of it. A 2002 study showed that an increased amount of this activity helped the Stanford men's basketball team increase their free-throw and 3-point percentages by over 9%
What is sleep?
Research has shown that up to 47% of elite female athletes in “leanness sports” — such as running — have experienced ____, as compared to the 21% of the randomly selected control group of women who are not elite athletes.
What is an eating disorder?
Youth sports, especially soccer, in America today has essentially become a _____ system. A system which has increasingly put children from lower-income families according to the Aspen Sport Institute.
What is pay-to-play?