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Posted May 21, 2012:

• Tea Could Aid Olympic Cheating

Posted May 16, 2012:

• Head Impacts in Contact Sports May Reduce Learning in College Athletes

Posted May 14, 2012:

• Pay-to-Play Sports Keeping Lower-Income Kids out of the Game

Posted May 8, 2012:

• Male College Students Believe Taking Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Sports Is More Unethical Than Using Stimulants to Improve Grades

Posted May 2, 2012:

• Junior Seau’s Death Keeps Spotlight on Concussion Issues in Sports

Posted April 26, 2012:

• Summer Olympic Athletes Must Overcome Skin Conditions to Reach for the Gold

Posted April 25, 2012:

• Shedding Light on Southpaws: Sports Data Help Confirm Theory Explaining Left-Handed Minority in General Population

Posted April 24, 2012:

• Watching Soccer Increases the Supporters’ Hormone Levels

Posted March 26, 2012:

• Skaters' Brains: Specialized Training of Complex Motor Skills May Induce Sports-Specific Structural Changes in Cerebellum

Posted March 13, 2012:

• Get Me out of This Slump: Visual Illusions Improve Sports Performance

Posted March 5, 2012:

• Ice Hockey Feels the Heat in Canada

Posted February 9, 2012:

• Focus on Self-Improvement, Rather Than Winning, Benefits Young Athletes

Posted January 18, 2012:

• New Research Finds Sport Is Effective in Reducing Reoffending Rates

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Ideal Way of Making Jump Shots in Handball Detailed

Posted December 13, 2011:

• Artificially Enhanced Athletes

Posted December 12, 2011:

• NCAA Mandatory Sickle Cell Screening Program Not Enough to Save Athletes' Lives, Study Finds

Posted December 7, 2011:

• Heads Up, Kobe Bryant: Researchers Discover That Trying for Another 3-Pointer Is a Mistake

Posted November 13, 2011:

• Few Doctors Follow Sudden Cardiac Death Screening Guidelines for Athletes, Survey Finds

Posted November 9, 2011:

• Former Football Players Prone to Late-Life Health Problems, Study Finds

Posted October 21, 2011:

• Why Do Some Athletes Choke Under Pressure?

Posted October 19, 2011:

• Math Professor Announces Who Deserves the Cy Young and Most Valuable Player Awards; Calls Rangers Solid Favorite for World Series

Posted October 5, 2011:

• Athletes' Winning Streaks May Not Be All in Our -- Or Their -- Heads

Posted October 3, 2011:

• College Football Players Can Cry (a Little) If They Want to

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Schoolboy Rugby: Risk of Suffering an Injury During a Single Season Can Be High, UK Study Shows

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Rethinking Gifted Education Policy: A Call to Action

Posted September 19, 2011:

• Dietary Supplements Could Make Athletes Unwitting Drugs Cheats

Posted August 29, 2011:

• There's Your Cue: Using Transitional Cues Helps Kids Switch Tasks

Posted August 7, 2011:

• Teenagers: Being 'Scrawny' Is Not an Option

Posted July 20, 2011:

• Team Sports: For Kids, It's More Than Just a Game
• Scholar Helps Make Major League Baseball Umpire Schedule a Hit

Posted July 6, 2011:

• Women Less Likely Than Men to Fake Soccer Injuries

Posted July 1, 2011:

• Research Reveals New Secret Weapon for Tour De France: Beetroot Juice
• Extended Sleep Improves the Athletic Performance of Collegiate Basketball Players
• Snooze You Win? It's True for Achieving Hoop Dreams, Says New Study

Posted June 30, 2011:

• Soccer (Football) Players' Performance Is More Than the Sum of Their Parts

Posted June 29, 2011:

• Women Get Up Sooner Than Men After a Fall in Soccer, Study Finds

Posted June 23, 2011:

• Athletic Coaches Must Be Open to Self-Examination, Lifelong Learning, Experts Argue

Posted June 20, 2011:

• No Injury Spike in Bantam Bodychecking
• Reducing Lifelong Disability from Sports Injuries in Children

Posted June 15, 2011:

• Starting Signal for Athletes With Sensory Disability

Posted June 2, 2011:

• Education Doesn't Increase Odds That Minorities Play 'High-Status' Sports, Study Suggests

Posted May 27, 2011:

• Long Warm-Ups for Track and Field Can Sabotage Race Performance

Posted May 25, 2011:

• Big Bucks for MLB Megastars Mean Big Team Profits, but Fewer Wins

Posted May 19, 2011:

• Athletes Taking Banned Drugs Likely to Try to Cover Their Tracks, Research Shows

Posted May 17, 2011:

• Pro Athletes Ought to Bargain Outside Federal Court, Legal Scholar Says

Posted April 18, 2011:

• Professional Hockey: Days Lost Per Concussion in NHL Increasing
• Ban Bodychecking in Youth Hockey to Prevent Concussions, Expert Argues

Posted April 12, 2011:

• Increase in Football-Related Injuries Among Youth Found in New U.S. Study

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