The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has been in the news quite a bit over the past year.  What most don't understand is that USADA also has a full educational outreach effort to work to decrease doping in sports.  We are pleased to have Dr. Judy Sandlin in the podcast today who works extensively with USADA's educational efforts.  This is a fun conversation that highlights the other - and mostly unknown - side of the anti-doping efforts in the world.

In honor of the Final Fours (both men's and women's college basketball) this weekend, we're pleased to have Dr. Mike Thornton with us in the podcast this week to talk about refereeing college basketball.  For the past several weeks, we've all enjoyed March Madness and the attention that College Basketball gets during this time of the year.  The one group of involved folks that we don't normally hear from are the Basketball Referees.  Given the important role th...

We are pleased to have Dr. George Cunningham from here at Texas A&M join us in the podcast to discuss the issues surrounding sports and sexual identity.  One of the lightning rods in modern society is anything to do with sexual identity.  The world of Sports and sports medicine is not exempt from discussion, conversation, and research into the role that sexual identity plays in Sports.  In particular, how transgendered athletes should be allowed to participate in sports and an...

A critical part of any college athletic program is the academic support that is provided to the student-athletes.  One of the model programs in the country is Notre Dame's which has some of the highest graduation rates in football (almost 100%).  Adam Sargent is the Associate Director in Notre Dame's Academic Services for Student Athletes office and has been widely described as one of the primary reasons for Notre Dame's outstanding academic achievements.  Mr. Sargent ...

Karl Kapchinski returns from the front-lines of treating athletes with a great podcast about current issues regarding injuries - like concussions - and the best way to treat them.  Mr. Kapchinski is the Head Athletic Trainer here at Texas A&M and as such is the center of the efforts to keep players healthy (including our most famous football player).  This is a great inside view into the world of athletic training and some of the 'behind-the-scenes' that help teams remain c...

Join us as for this week's podcast we sail off on our next 100 podcasts, starting with a great chat with Dr. John Thornton, the Inaugural Director of the Texas A&M Coaching Academy.  Dr. Thornton is a long-time Aggie - Athlete, Coach, and Athletic Administrator - and is now running this new initiative started within the Huffines Institute.  We have a great conversation about why we need a Coaching Academy and the future plans for this academy.Also, starting with today's pod...

You've been waiting for it and here it is:  the 100th Video and Audio Podcasts from the Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance!  We do all things 100 today:  We talk to Mr. Mike Dillingham - Aggie Class '35 who is 100 and is the oldest living Aggie - about his time on the Texas A&M baseball team from 1931-1935.  We welcome back to the podcast one of the world's elite ultramarathoners Dr. Mike Sandlin who runs (and wins) 100-mile foot-race...

Sometimes the perspective of someone from outside the field talk to us about Sports Medicine and what they see happening.  Comedian Kevin Hughes - an avid reader and health enthusiast - serves just such a role for us; the outside observer that let's us know how our field actually applies to folks outside of sports medicine.  Kevin also is unique in that he's one of the few that we know that has listened to all of our podcasts and has actually commented on most of them. (What yo...

Today we are joined in the podcast by Dr. E. Lisako McKyer from Texas A&M.  Dr. McKyer is an expert in Health Promotion and Prevention and before you tune out, you should know that this is a kickin' podcast.  We cover a wide-range of issues including why Health Promotion is still relevant in our 'sickness medical model' and why Health Disparities research actually covers everyone.  We even talk about exercise and sports!  So give it a listen.

The scientific literature is very clear: regular physical activity may be the best medicine available.  In particular, there are several forms of cancer that regular exercise can prevent.  Breast cancer is one of the cancers that is prevented with exercise and we are pleased to have Dr. Weston Porter join us in the podcast to chat about breast cancer and some of the new discoveries in the cancer field.  If you've wondered what work is actually being done to try to prevent and ...