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Dr. Barnes told the story of this former Major League pitcher, who had surgery in 2015 to remove bone chips from his elbow, only to realize that his “healthier” arm made it more difficult for him to pitch:

Deborah Lupton (2013) uses this concept to explain the processes of reflexivity through which users make meaning out the large amounts of data collected by self-tracking technologies:

According to Dr. Barnes, this development marked a significant step forward in making sport simulation video games more gender inclusive:

According to former Olympian and current sport sociologist Madeline Pape, the relationship between ______ and athletic ability is far too complex for scientists to reduce (or explain) through the presence of a molecule like testosterone. 

Seth Jenny and his colleagues (2017) argue that eSports can be differentiated from more traditional sports based on the distinction between these two modes of physicality:

In her lecture on athletic footwear, Dr. Barnes described how the inspiration for the Nike HyperAdapt self-lacing shoe likely came from this classic movie:

This famed researcher studied the physiology and biomechanics of Jesse Owens following the 1936 Olympics, and concluded that race had nothing to do with this legendary athlete’s sporting achievements: 

The historical development of biological theories of race and the “racial sciences” can be largely attributed to:

As noted by Ventresca and Henne (2021), Najeh Davenport and Kevin Henry are two former NFL players who have accused the league of discriminating against Black players seeking compensation in the most recent concussion settlement. Their claim focuses on the following type of discrimination:  

According to Dr. Barnes, why are so many professional sports leagues and franchises investing in eSports?