Outside Online • 21st October 2022

Patti Catalano Dillon Becomes Head Coach of Wings Elite Team for Native Runners

The nonprofit organization Wings of America has been supporting Native youth in running for decades, and now it has launched an elite team. The Wings Elite Program for Native athletes is the first of its kind, and Patti Catalano Dillon has been appointed as the team’s head coach.

Metromode • 13th October 2022

Closing Michigan's 'adventure gap': Floating classroom gets hundreds of students out on the water

It’s a sunny October afternoon on Belle Isle, and about 80 middle school and high school students are getting ready to go canoeing. Only a few of them have been in a canoe before, and most haven’t been in any kind of boat.

Global Sport Matters • 11th October 2022

The Newest Pro Ultimate League Centers Racial and Gender Equity

Professional ultimate frisbee is fast-paced and fun, and people with various athletic strengths can excel in it. But in 2017, in the pro league, many of the players thought women weren’t getting much of a chance.

Planet Detroit • 8th October 2022

WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE?

Environmental problems become environmental justice issues based on how they harm people. Often, certain already disadvantaged communities face disproportionate harm from things like air pollution and water pollution.

Outside Online • 16th September 2022

Meet The Team of Adaptive Athletes Who Completed The Hood to Coast Relay

One of these 1,046 teams featured 12 adaptive athletes: Several are amputees who run on prosthetic legs, one is blind, two have spinal cord injuries and race in push-rim wheelchairs, and others have different physical challenges.

Prism • 13th May 2022

Abortion bans will harm people who miscarry, too

If the Supreme Court moves forward with its original opinion, access to abortion care will be curtailed in the U.S., but what many people may not realize is that people going through a miscarriage will also be affected.

the Guardian • 4th March 2022

As NCAA track and field programs vie to survive, Black students suffer most

Many universities across the US have cut men’s sports in recent years, including track and field teams. It’s a painful reality for many athletes. But the problem is not just that these athletes lose opportunities to compete.

Global Sport Matters • 4th February 2022

Elladj Baldé Wants To Redefine Figure Skating

Growing up in figure skating, Elladj Baldé didn’t see himself reflected in the sport, and he felt like he couldn’t fully be himself and fit in. Now, he’s trying to make the sport more inclusive, so more skaters can feel at home in it.

Women's Running • 27th January 2022

Dinée Dorame Helps Tell Runners' Stories

When Dinée Dorame was growing up, her family would run together at night, and her dad was her track coach. Both running and storytelling have long been part of who she is as a Navajo woman.

Women's Running • 27th January 2022

Alison Mariella Désir Continues to Push the Running Industry to Be Better

The running community has gone through an awakening of sorts in the past year or two.

Women's Running • 13th January 2022

Raven Saunders is Standing Up for the Disregarded

At the Tokyo Olympics, shot-putter Raven Saunders wore a Hulk mask and her hair colored purple and green. She danced. She joked around. She also won a silver medal.

the Guardian • 23rd December 2021

Wyomia Tyus: the original athlete activist hiding in plain sight

Only six people in the world have won the 100m dash in back-to-back Olympic Games. The first was Wyomia Tyus in 1964 and 1968. Next was Carl Lewis, then Gail Devers, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Usain Bolt (who won three times in a row), and Elaine Thompson-Herah.

Women's Running • 8th November 2021

Jocelyn Rivas Just Ran Her 100th Marathon—All Before She Turned 25

Jocelyn Rivas has been running marathons since she was 17. On Sunday, the 24-year-old ran her 100th at the Los Angeles Marathon.

Southeast Michigan Sustainable Business Forum • 19th October 2021

Sustainability Goes Hand in Hand with DEI

While the scope of sustainability in business has broadened beyond environmental footprint—to include social responsibility and human rights, for example—the scope of diversity, equity, and inclusion has also broadened.

Women's Running • 7th October 2021

The Boston Marathon Recognizes Indigenous Peoples Day

The marathon and its festivities will honor Indigenous people in a few ways, including a land acknowledgment and celebrations of notable Indigenous runners from the marathon’s history.

Women's Running • 30th August 2021

Anna Cockrell Reflects on the Olympic Games and the Not-So-Average Year Leading Up to Them

Over the last couple of years, Anna Cockrell’s highs and lows have included battling depression, an injury, dealing with the pandemic, earning her master’s in public policy . . . and running the 400 hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics.

Global Sport Matters • 6th August 2021

Rowing Advocates Bring Sport to U.S. Kids in Need

Typical American kids may have no idea that the sport of rowing exists. And even if they’ve seen rowers in action, they may not see the sport as something they can do – or would ever want to do.

Women's Running • 29th July 2021

“Their Mental Health Takes a Hit Every Time”: Measuring the Impact on Athlete Activists

Racial injustice affects people everywhere, including the running community. And the effect on mental health can be severe.

the Guardian • 16th July 2021

Gwen Berry: ‘I’m not anti-American … I want justice for everybody’

At the US Olympic Track and Field trials in June, hammer thrower Gwen Berry earned a spot on her second Olympic team, placing third in her event. She also became a face of athlete activism.

Global Sport Matters • 28th May 2021

Asian American Athletes' Mental Health Struggles

The model minority stereotype holds up Asian Americans as well adjusted and academic high achievers. But recent research shows that Asian and multiracial student-athletes may have a higher risk of mental health concerns than their peers.