Sports

The Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program launched a new campaign, “Don’t Retire, Kid,” to raise awareness about declining youth sports participation and solutions to create positive experiences for kids. One of the PSAs included Cassidy Hubbarth, a talented NBA and college football broadcaster at ESPN, as a reporter at a fictional press conference for a 9-year-old boy to retire from sports.

Ask a parent what their kid wants most from playing sports, and they’ll tell you: fun. A Project Play study examines why kids quit sports.

The 2019 Project Play Summit is the nation’s premier gathering of leaders at the intersection of youth, sport, and health.

Jon Solomon spoke with Valorie Kondos Field about possible solutions for gymnastics and her philosophy to coaching.

Alex Honnold’s historic climb is too extraordinary to become a story of motivational-poster determination.

SportsCenter anchor Cari Champion spoke with us about gender dynamics in sports reporting and her hopes for the future of women in the industry.

With support from the Institute, the New York Rangers, the National Hockey League, Ice Hockey in Harlem, the New York City Department of Education, and Columbia University, 3,000 elementary and middle-school students in Harlem will have street hockey during gym class in 2019 and 2020.

Instead of just leveling the playing field, some sports are integrating it. Risa Isard examines how mixed-gender sports—from children’s teams to the most elite Olympic events—are creating opportunity and upending norms.

Aspen Ideas Festival speaker Megan Roche discusses how to really find endurance.