Sports Science

Technique mystifies experts and gains traction among pro players.

Cheating scandals don't only hurt winners who get caught, they hurt competitors who refuse to break the rules.

Journeying from Georgia Tech to the NFL and back again.

Humans' unique throwing ability dawned 2 million years ago.

Data could bring order to "messy" martial art.

Kicks on the field power lights at home.

Action video games, including Wii Fit games, certainly promote themselves as a form of exercise, but can they really make you fit? Yes, experts say, but with some important caveats.

The number of children being hospitalized for concussions that occurred while playing organized team sports has risen over the last decade.

The researchers will measure the amount of abnormal tau protein in Duerson's brain, and will also look at the pattern of the protein's deposits.

The hormone leptin may restore menstruation in women with hypothalamic amenorrhea.

MRIs reveal that triathletes' hearts showed physical differences from those of less active people.

A decaying goat head is sent to the owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team.

A wider face may correlate with home run success.

Physicists are using a 'super' technique to fill in their NCAA men's basketball tournament selections.

Pitcher Juan Sandoval is trying to make the major leagues with sight in only one eye.

The body's immune response after a blow to the head may play a role in the development of later brain disease.

A fit body in midlife may keep the mind sharp down the road.