A little known winter fact: ski moguls, those tricky-to-navigate bumps on well-traveled runs, actually migrate slowly uphill.
"Any time you have someone come in who the NCAA wants to call a student athlete, and the fact is they only have to stay eligible for a short period of time in order to play basketball and then leave straight for the NBA, it makes a mockery of higher education."
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KEVIN BLACKISTONE, Professor of Sports Journalism, University of Maryland
New research shows kids who play football take hits to the head just as hard as any high school, college or NFL player.
Because they lack the protective neck and chest muscles of older players, young players are kind of like bobblehead dolls - the acceleration of each hit is greatly exaggerated.
Once again, women’s college basketball programs beat the men in graduation rates. A report found 92 percent of the women’s teams compared to 39 percent of men’s teams graduate at least 70 percent of their players. Twenty-two women’s teams have a 100 percent graduation rate in this year’s tournament, including the University of Connecticut.
One of the greatest tests of human endurance, ever.
PHOTO: Legendary long distance swimmer Diana Nyad, 60, will attempt to be the first person to swim the 103 miles from Cuba to Key West without a shark cage. Photo by Miami Herald via Getty Images.
Mark Shields and David Brooks are now filming The Doubleheader with Hari Sreenivasan. Check out some of the past “webisodes.”
Mark Shields and David Brooks: What do you want to know?
A Q & A with Mark Shields and David Brooks on Reddit.
They’ll answer on the DoubleHeader tomorrow-so what have you always wanted to know about behind the scenes with these influential and prolific columnists and commentators?
Ask away-and compete to get the most upvoted question to be answered.
Intelligence welcome.
