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Retired Soccer Player Brandi Chastain Plans to Donate Her Brain to Science

Chastain hopes her brain can provide researchers with important information on a common form of soccer-related brain damage.

Wii Golf May Improve Your Real-World Game, Study Finds

Researchers found that going through the motions improved putting accuracy.

11 Surprising Places You Can Go Skiing

Consider a journey off the beaten piste with this selection of surreal ski destinations.

Apple Is Trying to Teach Siri About Sports

If you’re an engineer with a “deep love of sports” and an in-depth knowledge of artificial intelligence, you might want to check out the latest job listings at Apple.

On the Origins of Sports: The Early Rules of Football

Excerpted from On the Origin of Sports by Gary Belsky and Neil Fine (Artisan Books).

21 Super Facts About the Carolina Panthers

There's a hidden symbol in their logo.

The Only Recording of Super Bowl I Is Collecting Dust in Storage

According to the owner, the NFL refuses to buy it.

21 Super Facts About the Denver Broncos

Denver's current mayor will be rooting for the Broncos—after all, he used to be their mascot.

An All-Female British Crew Just Rowed Across the Pacific Ocean

They're the first team of women to achieve the feat.

9 Figure Skating Moves From a 1921 Ice Skating Manual

A step-by-step photographic guide to hitting the ice, courtesy of an early skating champion.

8 Trail-Blazing Female Firsts In Sports

Take a look at a few historic female firsts across the sporting spectrum.

The Man Who Broke The World Record For Pole Vaulting—35 Different Times

In the late '80s and early '90s, Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka intentionally broke world record just a centimeter at a time.

In Basketball, Why Does the Home Team (Usually) Wear White?

How Starter Jackets Came Unraveled

David Beckerman decided he was done peddling plaid golf pants. The 1966 University of New Haven graduate had been a salesman at a Duckster sporting goods store when he realized that the bland clothing on the racks held little interest for casual sports fa

14 Things You Might Not Know About Nike

The graphic designer's bill for the iconic Swoosh: $35.

Listen to Basketball Inventor James Naismith Discuss the Early Days of the Sport

The rare audio was recorded just months before Naismith's death.

9 Facts About the NHL's Winter Classic

Stacy Conradt via Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Meet the Mount Rushmore Baseball Team

The men who crafted the memorial worked hard—but they also played hard.

Running Ultramarathons May Shrink Your Brain

That’s the bad news. The good news is that the effect is temporary.

In a League of Her Own: The Girl Who Fought to Play Baseball With the Boys

In the 1970s, 12-year-old Maria Pepe changed the face of Little League forever.

Why Do Sports Teams Give Out Bobbleheads?

16 Breezy Facts About Cool Runnings

Loosely based on the unlikely true story of the Jamaican bobsled team that participated in the 1988 Winter Olympics, Jon Turteltaub's 'Cool Runnings’s legacy endures more than two decades years later.

Watch This Former Navy SEAL Break the Wingsuit Distance World Record

Stumpf travelled a total of 18.26 miles.

10 Football Passing Routes Explained

There are all kinds of rules about who lines up where and why, but we’ll stick to the basics with a description of some of the most common routes and what they look like on the field.

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