Watch a close-up of an elbow contorting as a pitcher spins a curveball. Think about the pounds of pressure at play when a 280-pound center comes down hard with a rebound. Witness someone run into the ...

Bone-crunching hits and flying tackles are part of what makes football fun to watch, but they are also part of the reason the sport is now facing scrutiny over the serious head injuries that it can ...

The results of a recently published Boston University School of Medicine and VA Boston Healthcare System study show that football players who take up the sport before the age of 12 may develop ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Before football players at Nebraska finish a practice session, individualized data from their workouts pours into a sports science laboratory. The numbers impact vital decisions in a ...

A field that features all green is a battle ground during the fall. The real grass turf field at Michigan State is one of a few natural grass fields left in college football. And this year, the team ...

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Scientists and sports stars are taking to the field with a 10-part video series that explains the physics and biology behind football, just in time for today's start of the NFL regular season. The ...

It’s a drama of rival against rival and a race against the clock. It’s precision, persistence, power. A gritty band of physicists and data specialists is locked in smash-mouth combat, a battle etched ...

Despite its elaborate schemes and formations and Xs and O’s, football isn’t rocket science. But Claremont-Mudd-Scripps kicker Alessandro Maiuolo is, essentially, a rocket scientist, one of his many ...

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