Sports
Team and individual sports and physical activities
Home-Field Advantage Is Real, and Here’s Why
Theories about home-field advantage include the crowd, travel, familiarity with the stadium and referee bias
June 19, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
The Man Who Coined the Word ‘Sack’ in Football Dies at 74
For a long time, a quarterback's greatest fear was David "Deacon" Jones
June 04, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Manchester United Is No Longer the Most Valuable Football (Sorry, Soccer) Brand
This year, Manchester United was dethroned by a team many Americans probably haven't heard of: Bayern Munich
May 30, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Eins, Zwei, Drei Strikes You’re Out at the Ol’ Ballgame
What happens when the American pastime comes to Germany?
May 30, 2013 |
By Joshua Hammer
Bicycle Helmets Really Do Work, But You Have to Wear Them
Helmets accounted for an 88 percent lower risk of brain injury, but people still aren't wearing them
May 23, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Why Your Lucky Underwear And Pre-Game Routine Might Actually Work
One in three students in the UK wears lucky underwear. And while you might laugh their habits off, there's a reason that those rituals might actually work
May 14, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
TKO By Checkmate: Inside the World of Chessboxing
Demanding a combination of brains and brawn, this new sport has competitors floating like butterflies and stinging like kings
May 13, 2013 |
By Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
Women Appear on Less Than Five Percent of Sports Illustrated Covers
A recent analysis of 11 years of SI covers shows that if you take out the swimsuit issue, women appear just 4.9 percent of the time
May 09, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Celebrate the Kentucky Derby With Henry Clay’s Mint Julep Recipe
Sip one of Henry Clay's very own mint juleps or spoon down a bowl of burgoo, aka roadkill soup
May 03, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
It Costs At Least $30,000 to Climb Mt. Everest
On top of dealing with the physical challenges, climbers have to be loaded.
May 02, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Someone at the FCC Is a Boston Red Sox Fan
The Federal Communications Commission, normally quick to crack down on the slightest infringement, is letting David Ortiz's f-bomb slide
April 22, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Inside the Great American Baseball Road Trip
Forget team loyalty. In 2013, it's all about the stadium, as ballpark chasers take to the road with the goal of seeing a game in every stadium on the continent
April 12, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
The N.H.L. Officially Welcomes Gay Players With Most Inclusive Measures of Any Professional Sport
If you had to guess which sport had the most inclusive measures for LGBT people, you might be wrong. It's the National Hockey League
April 12, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Document Deep Dive: The Heartfelt Friendship Between Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey
Baseball brought the two men together, but even when Rickey left the Brooklyn Dodgers, their relationship off the field would last for years
April 11, 2013 |
By John Hanc
The Scientific Reason LeBron James Isn’t As Important As You Think
The most important players on the team may also be the least flashy
April 03, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Skateboard Culture and Other Seriously Amazing Smithsonian Exhibits Coming to a Museum Near You
Secretary G. Wayne Clough on the Institution's traveling exhibits
April 2013 |
By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
The Butt-Dialing Champion of the World Works for the New York Mets
The director of media relations for the Mets calls people by accident sometimes several times a day - from current players, to team executives to coaches
March 27, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
The Science of Being a Sports Fan
What does it mean to be “addicted” to your favorite team?
March 26, 2013 |
By Megan Gambino
It Snowed So Hard During This Soccer Game That Costa Rica Wants a Rematch With the U.S.
It was snowing so hard that they had to use a bright yellow ball to even see what was going on
March 25, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Physicists Use Ytterbium Ions to Make March Madness Picks
Even knowledgable fans aren't great at making predictions, so quantum physics may be the surest way to cash in on the madness
March 22, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
