Why do baseball players wear that black mark under their eyes? It’s part science, part routine–and here’s what it really does

Why baseball players wear eye black and what science says about its ability to reduce glare and improve on-field vision.
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Seven years of testing exposed hidden trade-offs in MLB's AI strike zone

Training artificial intelligence to enforce even seemingly straightforward rules—like balls and strikes in Major League ...

Arsenal head of sports science performance departs

Arsenal head of sports science performance Tom Allen is the latest member of the club's backroom team set to leave the club.

How to make sports more inclusive | READER COMMENTARY

We live in the year 2026 with modern sports science, material engineering, medicine and mathematics. Instead of making sports ...

Science in Sport Commits to Japan, One of the World's Great Endurance Nations, Bringing Three Decades of Performance Science to Japanese Athletes

Science in Sport (SiS), the global performance nutrition brand trusted by elite athletes and teams around the world, has ...

Pune ZP plans first-ever sports academy for rural talent

Pune ZP has decided to establish its first-ever sports academy (Krida Prabodhini) to provide rural talent with ...

Ancient DNA reveals clues about mysterious ‘Golden Man’ and rise of the Scythian elites

Elite Scythians such as the “Golden Man” inherited their lofty status and shared power during the Iron Age, DNA analysis ...

Want to leverage wearable tech like a World Cup athlete? Here are the metrics to track

Millions of people around the world wear smart rings and fitness trackers to keep tabs on their sleep, workouts, heart rate ...

USA Powerlifting, once in trans athlete lawsuit, supports SCOTUS ruling: 'Law has caught up with the science'

USA Powerlifting welcomed the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling that upholds state laws protecting women's sports from transgender ...

NCAA president says it would be a ‘mistake’ to ‘walk away’ from Protect College Sports Act

Charlie Baker, the president of the NCAA, said the Protect College Sports Act effectively “deals with” many of the issues ...
The Daily of the University of Washington

Spin cycle: UW discovery finds spiraling waves coordinate sensory activity brain-wide

Researchers at UW’s Steinmetz Lab have found that the somatosensory cortex – the brain region mapping sensation throughout ...
The Manila Times on MSN

PSC chairman Gregorio pushes for a pioneering Philippine Sports University

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Patrick Gregorio has unveiled a bold proposal to establish the country’s first Sports University under the University of the ...