These days, a person can't talk about football without bringing up questions about the health effects of hard hits. Evidence is mounting that concussions experienced by players could lead to changes ...

The conversation about football and the future of the sport seems inextricably linked to concussions. Take former San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland’s decision to leave the National Football ...

Is tackle football too dangerous for kids or has the sport been hijacked by fear? It's a messy topic getting a lot of attention. But some experts in the field are now saying that attention is based on ...

Next week's FIFA World Cup will be the first of many tech-powered global sporting tournaments.

Scientists and sports stars are taking to the field with a 10-part video series that explains the physics and biology behind football, just in time for today's start of the NFL regular season.

It’s a drama of rival against rival and a race against the clock. It’s precision, persistence, power. A gritty band of physicists and data specialists is locked in smash-mouth combat, a battle etched ...

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