Sports
Sports are an integral part of our culture and give many of us a reason to cheer and jeer. Learn about the history of sports and how your favorite sports really work.
Why Do So Many Women’s Sports Still Incorporate Skirts?
Why Aren't There More Asian-Americans in Pro Team Sports?
5 Reasons to Join a Sports Club
10 Funny Intramural Team Names
10 Tips for Semi-pro Football Tryouts
5 Tips for Finding the Right Tennis Club
A Parent's Guide to Coaching Pop Warner Football
10 Surprising Pop Warner Players
5 Tips for Coaching Pop Warner Cheerleading
Everyone Is Going Bananas for the Savannah Bananas
Aaron Judge Breaks American League Home Run Record
Robot Umps Will be Calling Pitches at Future MLB Games
Late-night Tweeting Can Hurt NBA Players' Performance, Study Shows
Do men really schedule their vasectomies during March Madness?
Is there a science to bracketology?
Puffy Guardian Caps Could Reduce NFL Player Concussions
What Are the Costs of Canceling College Football?
Male Cheerleaders to Perform in Super Bowl for First Time Ever
What Is the Hosel on a Golf Club?
Why Do Golf Balls Have Dimples?
What Are the Odds of a Hole-In-One?
How the Ultimate Fighting Championship Works
What Does a Boxing Promoter Do?
How Boxing Works
Tech Team Keeps 2020 Paralympians in the Medal Race
Why the Paralympic Games Might Be Better Than the Olympics
Why Some Olympic Sports Are Still Open Only to Men or Only to Women
The Stanley Cup Trophy Has a Long and Quirky History
Who Is the World's Strongest Man?
12 Striking Facts About Bowling
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Only the best of the best make it to the Super Bowl. And that includes the NFL officials.
By John Donovan
The NCAA scrapped the Bowl Championship Series in favor of a playoff system. But does it truly crown a national champion in college football?
By John Donovan
Three of the five longest field goals in NFL history have been kicked in Denver's Mile High Stadium. What gives?
By Mark Mancini
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College sports just wouldn't be the same without those silly costumed humans (and live animals) parading around the sidelines pumping up the fans.
By John Donovan
It's called an own goal, and it happens when a player accidentally knocks the ball into the wrong net — the net they're supposed to be defending.
By John Donovan
Plus other fun facts about what it entails to host the World Cup.
By John Donovan
All Major League Baseball parks extended the protective netting that keeps the most dangerous of foul balls from zipping into the stands. But is it enough to protect fans?
By John Donovan
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Admit it: You cry every time you watch the parade of athletes in the opening ceremony. We do, too. What other official stuff goes down at this ultimate Olympic gala?
Twenty-one cities have hosted the Winter Olympics, but many of them may soon be too warm for cold weather games.
Although women freely wear pants or shorts in everyday life, some sport associations still mandate skirts for their female athletes. Is this sexist, due to tradition or both?
By Alia Hoyt
Sports fans can be a noisy bunch. Hey, screaming your head off is part of the fun, right? But someone had to come up with 'DEE-FENSE' first. Who was it?
By Mark Mancini
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How did this football club, initially composed mainly of Germans and Brits, become the repository of the hopes and dreams of an independent Catalan nation? And what would happen to the club if Catalan seceded from Spain?
By Dave Roos
The relationship between pro sports and expression of patriotism, like playing the National Anthem, is a uniquely American phenomenon. And a fairly recent one.
By Dave Roos
They may want to trade late-night hours on Twitter for some shut-eye to get better game stats, the research suggests.
People don't expect to see Asian-American basketball stars. Or football stars. But why?
By Dave Roos
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But running was way down on the list.
By Alia Hoyt
It was da bomb in the '90s, stone-cold dead in the 2000s and may just be poised for a comeback. But why?
By Dave Roos
How — and why — do martial arts practitioners bust those boards without hurting themselves?
By Oisin Curran
They'll compete in 10 events over two grueling days in Tokyo. Does that make the gold medalist in the decathlon the best athlete in the world?
By John Donovan
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The Olympic flame is supposed to never go out until the games have ended. But hey, accidents happen. So how is the torch relit?
A story about a superhero, a rocket bike and a 40-year mystery that probably won't be solved.
By Julia Layton
What other sport allows you to fly 30 feet into the air and perform a fliffis?
On June 5, people will chase an 8-pound cheese down an absurdly steep hill in England. And it looks really fun.
By Julia Layton
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There’s a new sport sweeping (or rolling across) the U.S.: bubble soccer. It gives a whole new meaning to the term bubble wrap.
You might only win $4,000 if you take first place at this Masters tournament, but rest assured, professional miniature golf is real.
By John Donovan