Sports
Team and individual sports and physical activities
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
Travel Photography: A Discussion With a Pro About Ethics and Techniques
The author discusses the ethics, joys and challenges of photography with Canadian travel photographer Matt Kadey
March 22, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
Should You Trust Nate Silver’s March Madness Bracket?
Everybody's favorite predictor of the future - Nate Silver - has his own analysis of the tournament over at the New York Times
March 20, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Roller Derby Players Go Home With Bruises And a New Microbiome
Roller derby players come home with lots of bruises, scrapes and aches. But they also come home with an altered microbiome
March 12, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Cold, Hungry and Happy in the High Andes
Just 40 bucks in cash, a warm sleeping bag and plenty of wine carry the author through his final days in Ecuador, in the remote high country outside of Quito
March 08, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
This Little Computer Can Make You an Expert Paraglider
If one little mistake can send you plummeting to your death, how do you even begin to learn?
March 07, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
