Sports
Go hard science or go home
In our sports coverage, we focus on physical demands, human performance, statistics, sports medicine, modern equipment and thoughtful analyses of the players, teams and games we love. From baseball to sailing to basketball to golf, from football to tennis to running to obscure sports, we seek the revealing secrets behind these competitions.
In this episode Kristen Nicholson discusses her journey from math student to baseball biomechanics expert.
In this episode of Inside Science Conversations, Phil Skiba discusses how he went from wanting to be an astronaut to working in sports medicine.
A phone app might help diagnose a concussion on many sports fields.
A proposal intended to limit the length of drives by reducing the maximum club length from 48 inches to 46 inches has drawn criticism from professional players.
A physicist explains the science behind a tight spiral pass down the field.
People who watch hockey use context to follow the small, fast-moving puck.
Anatomy and biomechanics raise questions about whether strictly enforcing the game's rules could increase the risk of injuries.
It may be time for at least one of the sports to leave trees behind and move to a material that's technically a grass.
A recent rule change has given golfers a conundrum and a new analysis reveals how complicated the decision is.
New study boosts the promise of one day being able to diagnose concussions quickly and easily on the sidelines.
Could using lighter-weight balls in practice be a safer way to speed up a pitcher's arm -- and the ball?
A conversation with baseball writer Keith Law.
