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.
New app puts an affordable batting coach in the palm of your hand.
No stadiums at next summer's Women's World Cup will have grass.
Noble gas seems to have a host of surprising applications.
Students who consume sports drinks pack on more pounds than their peers.
Men who participated in high school sports were more likely to be active in their twilight years.
Researchers are studying sports and things that would seem not to apply to sports at all.
Sports scientists could help musicians and other artists endure the stresses of their craft.
At the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the teams will battle extreme heat and humidity.
Four researchers came together to discuss what it takes for top athletes to run a marathon in under 2 hours.
Eye-tracking rig confirms that players must watch the ball to catch it.
At sports venues designed to maximize crowd atmosphere, beware of hearing loss.
