11 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball team and one of the most storied franchises in American sports.
Casey Martin was an American professional golfer with a degenerative leg condition who successfully sued the PGA Tour for the right to use a golf cart under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Podcast exploring the sacrifices, costs, and trade-offs involved in pursuing excellence in sport — examining what athletes and high achievers give up in the pursuit of greatness.
Jack Nicklaus is widely regarded as the greatest golfer of all time, winning 18 major championships and testifying in PGA Tour v. Martin that walking is essential to professional golf.
Sac and Fox Nation athlete widely considered the greatest American athlete of the 20th century — winning Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon (1912), playing professional baseball and football — stripped of his medals for having been paid to play baseball before the Olympics, which were restored posthumously.
American Olympic distance runner who survived 47 days adrift on a raft in the Pacific after his WWII bomber was shot down — then survived 2 years in Japanese POW camps — and whose story of survival, PTSD, and religious transformation was told in Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken.
British long-distance swimmer who became the first British woman to swim the English Channel in 1927, whose swim Hans Wilsdorf used as a public demonstration of the Rolex Oyster's waterproofness — marking the origin of Rolex's achievement marketing model.
The Professional Golfers Association (PGA Tour) is the governing body of professional golf in the United States, sued by Casey Martin over cart accommodation under the ADA.
British middle-distance runner and neurologist who on May 6, 1954 became the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes — a feat many had deemed physiologically impossible — and whose achievement was replicated by dozens of runners within the following year.
Tom Kite is an American professional golfer who won the 1992 U.S. Open and testified alongside Jack Nicklaus in PGA Tour v. Martin that walking is integral to professional golf competition.
American flagship public research university in Austin, Texas — one of the largest universities in the US — known for its law school, business school, football program, and as the home of Bryan Caplan and other MW-connected academics.