When President Trump called for owners of National Football League teams to fire players who take a knee during the national anthem to protest racism, the response by players and others was an even more widespread dissent ...
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2017
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In some potentially game-changing news for the way we understand professional football, the National Football League began the 2016 preseason by placing tracking sensors in its footballs for the first time. The chips are ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 22, 2016
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Some top soccer players are under-performing because of worries about gambling losses, new research says.
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2016
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Football is back, and with all the hard hits and tough tackles come renewed concerns about safety. Every NFL player is required to wear a helmet, but the helmets of today are a far cry from the leather creations from decades ...
Other
Sep 9, 2015
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On the Ivy League campus of Dartmouth College, even the football tackling dummies are smart.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 26, 2015
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A 24-hour news cycle, viral videos and tweets about football players' run-ins with the law can make it seem like criminal activity is an epidemic in the National Football League.
Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2015
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While many of us rely on passwords to protect our identity, there's more sophisticated identity recognition technology called biometrics that we could use. Security measures that use biometrics rely on a person's unique characteristics ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 4, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A device developed by Stanford bioengineers could one day provide real-time measurements of the head impacts sustained by football players. The research could also help characterize the forces sustained in more ...
Engineering
Jun 20, 2014
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It is often said that football is the beautiful game, resistant to the kinds of doping seen in cycling, baseball or less beautiful games of the same name.
Other
Jun 18, 2014
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Fantasy sports players can spend thousands of dollars and certainly that many hours developing sophisticated leagues and playing strategies steeped in analysis and superstition—all for teams that aren't real.
Social Sciences
Jan 15, 2014
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