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The Physics of a UFC Fighter so Fast, She Might Just Be Bionic
Two words: kinetic energy
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Muggles, Rejoice: Quidditch is Becoming a Serious Sport
The Harry Potter-inspired game is now played by more than 300 teams around the world
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Croquet Was Once the Big Thing at Wimbledon
The club has croquet to thank for its famous lawns
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The Latest Sign That the Robot Uprising Is Nigh? Camel Racing
A centuries-old pastime in the United Arab Emirates gets a reboot
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This Mockumentary Explains the Appeal of Skateboarding to Scared Parents
“The Devil’s Toy” looks “an epidemic from which no one was secure”: having fun on skateboards
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How the Soccer Ball Could Save the Golf Course
Enter the sport of footgolf, which is exactly what it sounds like
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Amateur Women’s Baseball Teams Existed as Early as 1866
They typically challenged local a men’s teams to play
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Ask Smithsonian: What Happens When You Get a Concussion?
It’s scary what we don’t know about the lasting effects after a knock to the noggin
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This New Treadmill Automatically Adjusts to Your Speed
A prototype developed at Ohio State makes indoor workouts more like outdoor runs by using sonar to detect where you are on the belt and keep pace
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“Look Ma, No Hands!” A Rock Climber Scales Cliffs Without Using His Hands
Famous British rock climber Johnny Dawes puts a twist on his sport
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Smithsonian Best Small Towns 2015
The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2015
From sea to shining sea, our top picks for the most amazing American small towns to see this year
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The First Jogbra Was Made by Sewing Together Two Men’s Athletic Supporters
An archive collected from the sports company reveals that the bra gave a boost to women’s athletics
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The Year of Jackie Robinson’s Mutual Love Affair With Montreal
Before he became a major leaguer, Robinson spent a formative year in the more hospitable environs of Canada
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The author found a new life’s calling in skydiving and continues to jump to this day, despite losing her life partner to the sport
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This 13-Year-Old Girl Just Finished One of the World’s Hardest Rock Climbs
Ashima Shiraishi scaled Spain’s ‘Open Your Mind Direct’ in about ten minutes after a few days working on the project
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Remembering the Astrodome, the Eighth Wonder of the World
Fifty years after its grand opening, the spectre of the Houston stadium still looms large
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There’s a Competition to Be the Last to Hear About the Super Bowl Winner
It’s hard to last past Monday morning
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Celebrate 100 Years of Rocky Mountain National Park
January 26 marks the 100th anniversary of the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park—and celebrations are going all year long
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The Science Behind Deflated Footballs
Could failure to inflate give a team a strategic advantage?
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Two Climbers Made It Up El Capitan Via an Impossibly Vertical Wall
It took just three weeks for Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgensen to make free-climbing history
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