Feature Channels: Sports

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Research shows body reveals early clues to direction of soccer penalty kicks.

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Whether you’re an elite athlete or weekend sports warrior, muscle cramps can affect performance. Research done by a North Dakota State University professor may shed light on how to alleviate them. Kevin C. Miller, Ph.D., certified athletic trainer and assistant professor of health, nutrition and exercise science at NDSU, investigates whether pickle juice affects muscle cramps.

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Physics experts at the University of Adelaide believe the new ball created for the 2010 World Cup, called the Jabulani, will play "harder and faster", bending more unpredictably than its predecessor.

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Williams College math professor Frank Morgan is keeping an eye out for Major League hitters who veer toward the dugout on their way to first base. While at first glance this route might not seem the best way to start a sprint toward home plate, Morgan says his calculations prove it’s the fastest way around the diamond.

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For Tate Wagers, the big race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this month comes two days before the scheduled 94th running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race.

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Moving from the inner circles of professional automotive racing to the halls of academia has given Andrew Borme the second life he’s wanted - teaching a new generation of motorsports engineers .

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Growing up in the northern Indiana town of Granger, Nicholas Hawes played football and other sports. But along came the IUPUI Motorsports program and he is now working trackside at IndyCar Series events.

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Now in its second year, the motorsports engineering program at IUPUI enrolls nearly 60 students from more than 16 states. As the first U.S. university to offer a bachelor’s degree in motorsports engineering, IUPUI is placing those students on fast tracks to careers across the motorsports industry

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Summer camps for cheerleading and dance are coming up and aspiring sideline spirit squad members and those already members of teams will participate.

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Much of the world’s population will be watching as the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament begins June 11 in South Africa. A majority of those fans will be outside the United States however, where soccer has never been able to gain the popular foothold it enjoys in many of the world’s nations. Several reasons exist for this phenomenon, says Stephan Schindler, PhD, professor of German at Washington University in St. Louis, who has taught courses on the global culture of soccer.

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Michigan Tech exercise scientists find that on-ice testing provides a more accurate prediction of hockey players' fitness.

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Martin Brodeur is considered one of the best NHL goaltenders of all time, certainly the best of his era, but a new study from the University of Iowa suggests that there's not much difference between Brodeur and an average NHL goalie.

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Southeastern Louisiana University English Professor Norman German’s recently published novel about minor league baseball in the ‘50s ("Switch-Pitchers) has been added to the Baseball Hall of Fame’s library in Cooperstown, N.Y.

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Just how much does Tiger Woods dominate professional golf? This mathematicians can put a number on it.

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As Tiger Woods resumes tournament play, the big marketing question is whether it will benefit the PGA,” says University of Maryland consumer psychologist Stephen McDaniel, an expert in sports marketing and fan behavior. “If it’s just morbid curiosity, all the publicity probably won’t translate into a sustained increase in tournament viewership.”

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Professor who studies sports streakiness and probability can discuss NCAA games and matchups.

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Candid and engaging memoir recounts player's two seasons as “Jackie Robinson in reverse".

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At the University of New Hampshire, where hockey dominates the athletic scene, the sport is not just a game or a Friday night spectator tradition. It’s the subject of academic inquiry for 20 students each semester who take “The Coolest Game? Hockey and History,” a research and writing-intensive course taught by hockey historian Stephen Hardy.

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A new University of Michigan study supports what college football fans and rabid tailgaters already knew: Nothing can keep diehard fans away from tailgate parties on game day.

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Author Rob Fink explores baseball in Texas before integration in rich and revealing book.