News tagged with athletes
San Francisco startup makes data science a sport
(AP) -- Strange secrets hide in numbers. For instance, an orange used car is least likely to be a lemon. This particular unexpected finding came to light courtesy of a data jockey who goes by the Internet ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 15, 2012 |
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Runner's high motivated the evolution of exercise
In the last century something unexpected happened: humans became sedentary. We traded in our active lifestyles for a more immobile existence. But these were not the conditions under which we evolved. David Raichlen from the ...
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Australia's Twitter warning to athletes
Australian athletes have been warned against using Twitter during competition after officials found competitors tweeting during last week's Olympic diving test event in London.
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Sustainability, college athletics don't always connect
Large college athletics departments talk the talk when it comes to concern for the environment and environmental sustainability, but only a small percentage of these departments actually walk the walk in making their operations ...
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Pro athletes bolster star status through team selection, teammates and career evolution: study
Basketball fans in Cleveland may disagree, but two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Lebron James' decision to play with a higher-profile Miami Heat team and all-star teammates shows sound marketing and career-management acumen, ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Analysis shows now-banned technical swimsuits led to top swim performances in 2009
(PhysOrg.com) -- Superstar swimmers and certain comic book superheroes have something unusual in common--when they wear special suits, they gain phenomenal abilities. A first-of-its-kind study from Northwestern Medicine highlights ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Light dependency underlies beneficial jetlag in racehorses
A new study has shown that racehorses are extremely sensitive to changes in daily light and, contrary to humans, can adapt very quickly to sudden shifts in the 24-hour light-dark cycle, such as those resulting from a transmeridian ...
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Tendons absorb shocks muscles won't handle
Anyone who has hiked down a mountain knows the soreness that comes a day or two after means the leg muscles have endured a serious workout. While the pain is real, it's not well understood how leg muscles ...
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Anti-doping expert warns cheating athletes
Professor David Cowan, Director of the Drug Control Center at King’s College London, has warned athletes who take prohibited performance-enhancing substances that the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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College athletes worth six figures, live below federal poverty line
Perhaps the upcoming football game between Ohio State and Miami is the most fitting backdrop to the results of a National College Players Association (NCPA) and Drexel University Department of Sport Management joint study, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Robots may dominate rugby by 2050
Elite athletes with bionic implants, built-in chips to monitor their performance and shirts embedded with nanotechnology medicines to heal minor injuries could be taking the field for the 2051 Rugby World Cup.
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Classical ideas endure in modern digital culture: study
Computer enhanced images surround us. Flip through any magazine or catch a current film and you will find scores of digitally enhanced images that serve as ideals. According to Radio and Television Arts professor ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 31, 2011 |
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It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it
Scientists have shown that soccer players with superior ability in areas such as passing accuracy or sprint speed do not necessarily achieve better overall performance on the pitch.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 01, 2011 |
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Most labor unions unlikely to follow decertification path of NFL players
With legislation to diminish private- and public-sector collective bargaining rights already in the books in Wisconsin and Ohio, should more labor unions steal a page from the playbook of the NFL Players Association and decertify? ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 25, 2011 |
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Pro athletes ought to bargain outside federal court, legal scholar says
New research by a University of Illinois law and labor expert shows that in labor disputes between professional athletes and owners, courts have consistently failed to maintain a clear separation between antitrust ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 17, 2011 |
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