interesting and useful -        sports        

     
                                                                                                                   

 

TITLE                                                                                                TAGS

Stand-Up Paddle Boarding                                                           travel

 

Netball:  Like Basketball, No Dribbling, No Backboards              sports

Twisted Fitness                                                                              New York City

The Mount Lemmon Marathon:  8,000 Feet in the Air                  [Tucson, marathons]

Can a Black-White Comparison Not Be Racial?                         [race]

Kabbadi, a Combination of Wrestling and Rugby                     [New York City]

Canoe Polo                                                                                [kayaking]

Enhance Performance with a Squirt of Carbohydrates              [science]

Strollersizing                                                                                  [parenting]

Referees' Calls May Get Lost in Translation                                   [soccer]

The Evolution of the World Cup Soccer Ball                                 [The World Cup]

Soccer:  The Sport for American Intellectuals?                             [soccer]

When a Soccer Star Falls, It May Be Great Acting                        [The World Cup]

Downloadable World Cup Widgets to Stay Up-to-Date             [The World Cup]

Finger Pointed at Lance Armstrong for Using Drugs                    [Lance Armstrong]

How We Misunderstand the Kentucky Derby                               [horse racing]

Babe Ruth's Whores and Other Truths about Sports Stars             [Babe Ruth]

Paddleboarding                                                                           [Hawaii]

The Splitboard:  It's a Snowboard.  It's Skis.                                   [splitboards]

Ted Williams' Frozen Head Beaten with Monkey Wrench              [Ted Williams]

Alaias, Ancient Surfboard Style is Finding New Devotees              [surfing, trends]

Rugby Returns to the Olympics                                                     [rugby, the Olympics]

Athletes Should Mix Their Choices to Win More. They Don't           [minimax theory, game theory]

Is Visual Training the Sports World's Next Big Thing?                       [visual training, trends]

In India, Women See Boxing as a Way Up                                     [boxing, India, poverty]

Women's Boxing Added for 2012 Olympics                                    [boxing, the Olympics]

College Basketball Stars Sue Over Images in Video Games          [basketball, video games, lawsuits]

For Free Throws, 50 Years of Practice is No Help                            [basketball, free throws]

Rough Waves in Hawaii Controlled by "Gang"                             [surfing, Hawaii]

Stars are Born:  The Birth-Month Soccer Anomaly                           [soccer, Freakonomics]

First There was Spinning . . . Now:  Kranking                                  [exercise, kranking, spinning]

Why are Jamaicans So Good at Sprinting?                                   [Jamaicans, sprinting]

The Blind Boxer                                                                                [boxing, the blind]

Lab to Test Gender of Some Female Athletes                                [female athletes, athletes]

Gaelic Football                                                                              [football, Gaelic football]

Soles of Olympians' Shoes:  Rice Husks                                           [Olympics, rice husks, athletes]

The Return of the (Violent) Roller Derby                                          [roller derbies]

Flying Humans                                                                                 [skydiving]

Slacklining                                                                                       [slacklining]

American Parkour                                                                           [parkour]

dirtsurfer                                                                                           [dirtsurfing]

flowboarding                                                                                  [flowboarding, surfing]

skydiving indoors                                                                             [skydiving]

Life in a Cage                                                                                  [baseball]

Peanuts. . . and Jesus Make an Unsavory Mix at Ballparks               [baseball, religion]

IBSA: They're Athletes.  They're Blind.                                                 [athletes, the blind]

Want to Own a Professional Soccer Team?                                    [soccer]