sports

Not sure if this should be in Sports rather than Science and Math, but I'm looking for some input from some of our resident physics experts pertaining to the sport of curling, specifically how the friction between the rotating stone and the pebbled (bumpy) ice surface causes the stone to curl...

In my programme for the Cardiff v Newport this afternoon I saw an advert for Canterbury rugby equipment manufacturers' new "Ionised Energy Fabric". They say that "CCC BaseLayer IonX is revolutionary in apparel technology as it delivers ionic energy to the body through a negatively charged...

Has anyone seen those commercials about getting your kids in sports because they're less likely to do drugs? Apparently it keeps them away from it. Isn't it more likely that taking drugs causes kids to leave sports? Are there any statistics done on if a child did sports when they were younger...

Note: I'm just being silly here Today's commentary (April 22, 2005) may contain the seeds of a testable claim. http://www.randi.org/jr/042205modern.html#14 If, after Dusty Baker rubs holy water on the body parts of injured players, the Cubs still fail to win the World Series -- wouldn't that...

After decades of tacitly and sometimes actively condoning racial stereotypes in sports, is this the beginning of the end for the 'Redskins' and so forth? "Chief Illiniwek, a student in Native American garb who performs a five-minute halftime show at Illinois home games, has not been at the...

There's been 'outrage' (isn't everyone outraged these days?) lately on the right-wing in the USA about whether USA athletes will get to wave the flag at the Olympics. USA flag waving is being officially discouraged. I was kind of buying into the outrage, then it hit me. International sports is...

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Heard this story about people trying to remove beer commercials during broadcasts of college sports. The story came complete with sound bite of parents whos son died binge drinking. Yet another example of babyprooffing the world. Its not like they show kids doing keg stands in the beer...

The Montreal Expos baseball team is looking for a new home cause french canada has never been to $upportive ofthe team. I guess the DC area and Portland Ore are tryingto get the team. Which always means a new stadium! I was always OK with public money going these stadiums (within reason)...

I have always thought of the US as being opposed to intervention and supportive of the free market. However, from the little I know about US sport, it appears there are a number of major interventions that prevent a free market operating (salary caps, draft system, standard salaries for...