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Ideal Way of Making Jump Shots in Handball Detailed
January 10, 2012 — For handball players, ankle sprains are just part of life. But this may be about to change: Researchers have now undertaken a detailed analysis of the three most important ligaments in the ankle. The ... > full story -
Artificially Enhanced Athletes
December 13, 2011 — Superstar swimmers and certain comic book superheroes have something unusual in common -- when they wear special suits, they gain phenomenal abilities. A first-of-its-kind study shows how now-banned ... > full story -
NCAA Mandatory Sickle Cell Screening Program Not Enough to Save Athletes' Lives, Study Finds
December 12, 2011 — In response to a lawsuit after a college football player died from complications due to sickle cell trait (SCT) during a workout, the NCAA implemented mandatory SCT screening of all Division I ... > full story -
Heads Up, Kobe Bryant: Researchers Discover That Trying for Another 3-Pointer Is a Mistake
December 7, 2011 — Researchers shattered the myth that players who score one or more three-pointers improve their odds of scoring another. A new report raises doubts about the ability of athletes in particular, and ... > full story -
Few Doctors Follow Sudden Cardiac Death Screening Guidelines for Athletes, Survey Finds
November 13, 2011 — According to a state survey, fewer than 6 percent of doctors fully follow national guidelines for assessing sudden cardiac death risk during high school sports physicals, researchers ... > full story -
Former Football Players Prone to Late-Life Health Problems, Study Finds
November 9, 2011 — Football players experience repeated head trauma throughout their careers, which results in short and long-term effects to their cognitive function, physical and mental health. Researchers are ... > full story -
Why Do Some Athletes Choke Under Pressure?
October 21, 2011 — Athletes know they should just do their thing on the 18th hole, or during the penalty shootout, or when they're taking a three-point shot in the last moments of the game. But when that shot could ... > full story -
Math Professor Announces Who Deserves the Cy Young and Most Valuable Player Awards; Calls Rangers Solid Favorite for World Series
October 19, 2011 — With Major League Baseball's World Series set to begin tomorrow, math professor Bruce Bukiet has once again analyzed the players most deserving of winning baseball's most important awards for the ... > full story -
Athletes' Winning Streaks May Not Be All in Our -- Or Their -- Heads
October 5, 2011 — When an athlete consistently does well, sports commentators may describe them as being "hot" or "on fire." Scientists have debunked these streaks as being in the eye of the beholder, but a new study ... > full story -
College Football Players Can Cry (a Little) If They Want to
October 3, 2011 — While there's no crying in baseball, as Tom Hanks' character famously proclaimed in "A League of Their Own," crying in college football might not be a bad thing, at least in the eyes of one's ... > full story
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