Sports - News and Articles

• Even the tiniest broken part can end an F1 race before it begins - Jordan Golson
• Frog jumping - and the will of the frog jockey - Joseph Stromberg
• Globetrotter sinks world's longest baskbetball shot - Mark Crumpton
• The Olympic pictograms for Rio 2016 - Margaret Rhodes
• West African wrestling - a contest of courage and strength - Richard Newton

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• An insider's guide to Kentucky Derby 138 - Mickey Meece
• Bike Polo: On the rise? - Henry Grabar
• Confessions of a college basketball benchwarmer - Craig Hubert
• Dynamic pricing: The future of ticket pricing in sports - Patrick Rishe
• Formula One technology goes beyond the track - Katia Moskvitch
• Free running Parisians fly around town - BBC
• How instant replays changed professional tennis - Ashley Fetters
• Is stretching before and after exercise necessary? - Claudia Hammond
• Looking for more than an edge - Christie Aschwanden
• Maasai cricket warriors - Alan Taylor
• Mayweather tops list of highest-paid athletes - Kurt Badenhausen
• Pacquaio v Bradley: Counting punches - Richard Vadon
• Ping Pong: The movie - Banyak Films
• Playing polo in Buenos Aires - Tim Fitzgerald
• Pogo stick: Leaping from classic toy to extreme sport - Ariel Sabar
• Prost vs Senna: The final competitive head-to-head - Henry Hope-Frost
• Retirement for star athletes - money-wise - Robert Laura
• Rooting for a soccer team - Suhrith Parthasarathy
• The biggest sporting fails - Jim Morrison
• The changing face of hockey's oldest arenas - Mark Byrnes
• The dark side of EKG screening in athletes - Larry Husten
• The decline of sports cartooning - Richard Sandomir
• The funny side of diving - Guardian
• The graphic design of racing cars - Sven Volker
• The Iditarod trail sled dog race - Alan Taylor
• The little-known history of the modern Olympics - Frank Deford
• The NBA's small-market disadvantage - Richard Florida
• The rise of Spain in sports - Allen Barra
• The world's most valuable sports teams - Kurt Badenhausen
• Uganda's famous goat races - Lindsey Galloway
• Wenlock Olympian Games: Since 1850 - Matt Bolton
• What the French make of a British cycling hero - Hugh Schofield
• Where sport meets haute couture - Sean O'Neill
• Who cares about Dale Earnhardt Jr? - Hruby et al
• Why are Jim Thorpe's Olympic records still not recognized? - Sally Jenkins
• Why wrestling is booming in Senegal - BBC
• Why your smartphone can't get Wi-fi in the home team's stadium - Jon Brodkin
• Will we ever.. run 100m in under 9 seconds? - Ed Yong

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• Snacking about baseball: Foodstuffs of the major league parks - David Roth
• Speed comparisons: F1 vs GT cars - mclaren777
• Sports bicycles of the future - FVN
• The shame of college sports - Taylor Branch
• Wimbledon in 3D: Behind the scenes - TR