Addressing Sexual Assault by Student-Athletes

Campaign hopes to eradicate rapes on high school campuses

"...directly to address dating violence and sexual assault among student-athletes...."

Dec. 6, 2016 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Little Athletes, Big Dreams

Austin's youth sports boom is young athletes, big competition – and big money

"...scholarships than athletic boys, because the pool of female athletes is still so much smaller – and colleges are..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Bill Crawford

Special Olympics Texas Keeps Athletes Motivated Virtually

S.O. Connected app includes coaching videos, nutrition advice, and more

"...feel like anytime something gets taken away from our athletes, it's always kind of sad because they don't have..."

April 17, 2020 Arts Feature by Gianni Zorrilla

Opinion: Let Trans Athletes Play

Texas’ anti-trans HB1123 doesn’t protect sports. It harms kids.

"...While 23 states have passed laws restricting transgender athletes in interscholastic or intercollegiate sports, Texas’ approach is uniquely..."

March 28, 2025 Column by Syd Young

Qmmunity: Texas Trans Athletes Fight to Play

That and a bevy of LGBTQ things to do around town

Oct. 8, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Point Break

Remake of 1991's action bromance

"...U.S. presidents have morphed in this version into extreme athletes who surf, motocross, snowboard, rock-climb, and base-jump in flying..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A-Roid

Steroids, baseball, whatever

"...player is busted for taking steroids? These are professional athletes, who are some of the most competitive people on..."

Feb. 25, 2009 Sports Post by Justin Sanders

Riding While Female

Women athletes make their mark at X Games Austin

"...Many of the world's greatest extreme sport athletes ride into town this weekend for the X Games,..."

June 5, 2015 Sports Feature by Jessi Cape

Researchers Find Drug Testing Doesn't Deter Student Use

Random drug testing of high school athletes does not reduce their level of self-reported drug use.

"...& Science University, random drug testing of high school athletes does not reduce their level of self-reported drug use...."

Oct. 28, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Uncle Drew

Kyrie Irving's soda campaign gets a movie spin-off

"...draw of Uncle Drew, of course, is watching professional athletes try their hand at physical comedy under layers of..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Sports' Body Politics

The ethics behind data mining athletes' emotions

"...psychologists focus on interpretation of soft assessments of the athletes' emotional states. "There's a lot more to it than..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

When the Game Stands Tall

It's all teamwork to the impediment of characterization in this sports drama based the 151-game winning streak of high school football coach Bob Ladouceur.

"...As a training manual for young athletes on the paramountcy of teamwork, When the Game Stands..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Brooklyn Castle

"...high in the country – "the geeks are the athletes," says Assistant Principal John Galvin. With a majority of..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Movie Review by Nora Ankrum

Olympic Flamers

Carryin' the torch for LGBTQ

"...There are upwards of 20 out athletes at the London 2012 Olympic games. Here's my top..."

July 27, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Liz Williams

Big 12 Power Rankings: Week 6

Or 'how to throw a college career away, pt. 2'

"...himself a "mentor." He believes he can help young athletes make positive choices in their lives. And perhaps he..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Sports Post by John Razook

Bigger, Stronger, Faster*

While examining steroid use and abuse, this documentary discovers that enhancement drugs permeate our culture. Who’s to say which ones should be illegal?

"...to light by Bell’s good-natured, Michael Moore-lite dogging of athletes, health experts, government officials, and even his own parents..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Munich

Munich is dense, thoughtful filmmaking that nonetheless flies along: Seething not only with multilayered, subtextual arguments, it’s also a heck of a thriller.

"...on the events following the murders of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich by..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Murderball

This doc about quadriplegic rugby entertains, informs, and inspires.

"...the high point of competition in Athens. These quad athletes take pains to let us know that the Paralympics..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summer Catch

"...is the proving ground for the most talented young athletes in the country. Ryan, who has fumbled the proverbial..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

On the Ropes

"...that engenders both brutality and balletic finesse in its athletes, has never particularly captured this critic's imagination apart from..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Program

"...fuzzy sentiments about college programs that allow their star athletes to coast through academic requirements and ignore player steroid..."

Oct. 1, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

UT Football Legend Ricky Williams Getting the Biopic Love

LA-based Modern Magic to explore what happened after he quit the NFL

"...From Michael Phelps to Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka, athletes have been increasingly willing to talk about their mental..."

Sept. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New York Times Bestselling Author Brené Brown to Speak at UT Austin

Limited tickets available to the public for Oct. 29 event

"...the University of Texas at Austin. Tickets for Daring Athletes: Embracing Courageous Leadership in the Age of Toughness, A..."

Sept. 18, 2019 Arts Post by Alyssa Quiles

Austin Tracksters Heading to Beijing

Local runners, jumpers, and throwers do well in Eugene

"...A quick roundup of how Austin/UT athletes fared (A finish in the top three, provided the..."

July 9, 2008 Sports Post by Lee Nichols

Reputation. Image. Perception.

"...have on their bodies. In some cases, these young athletes have committed what’s commonly referred to as “steroid induced..."

Feb. 7, 2008 Sports Post by Christopher Bond

'Possession Arrow': Badgley<-Razook

"...officially the most troubled and unfit mentor of young athletes in the Midwest since former Iowa State Cyclone coach..."

Jan. 10, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Power, Forward

Dave Zirin on 'What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States'

"...view of the current situation is that there are athletes who are speaking out and who are trying to..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Foul Pay

Football Is Golden

"...lawsuit filed in 1992 by a group of female athletes. The school agreed to create new sports programs for..."

Sept. 18, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Black, White, and Unequal?

"...Black athletes have come to be seen as superior. And in..."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...the bill deals head on with race, education for athletes, and perhaps most importantly, football...."

May 30, 1997 News Feature

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