Issue May Really Be How Far Players Will Go to Gain an Advantage
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With items like over-the-counter pills and prescription injections, baseball playersâ medicine cabinets have expanded as unmistakably as their physiques.
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Top stars make more than ever, but they raise the tide for the whole league.
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SAITAMA, Japan -- If you were tied, without the ball, with 21.9 seconds to go and the other team's best player was sitting on the bench with an injured ankle, would you put someone on the line deliberately less than two seconds later?
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US National Basketball Association stars are concerned that playing in international events is hurting their ability to play their best in quest of a league crown.
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The N.B.A. has made a concerted effort to control player behavior on and off the court. Now, the league may have a major blind spot.
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League championship games can mean big bucks but may not always be risks worth taking as they can serve as landmines to dodge on the way to the BCS title game.
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The atmosphere suits certain players. While others have to learn to deal with the unique situations that a New York crowd promote.
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In the aftermath of the fiasco that was the Pacers-Pistons game last Friday night, you would think that pro sports leagues would be looking to move fans farther away from the action.
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Most athletes will have back trouble sooner or later â if theyâre not suffering already. Hereâs what to do about it.
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Sudden death in athletes is more common than you might think. What to do about it, however, remains a dilemma.
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The tricky thing about being the team to watch is it's impossible to stay that way for long. Either you become an also-ran or you turn into the team to beat.
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Expectations come with a noose. In a sport where the need to live one day at a time is always reinforced, not living up to long-range projections often tightens that noose.
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New data gives a peek into how the players are posed to do.
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Notre Dame&#39;s offensive game plan this season might be to keep defenses off balance in the same manner pitchers like to vary speeds to keep hitters guessing.
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Soccer is a sport with a field 80 yards wide by 120 yards long, and 22 players running for 90 minutes. Often times the only players that stand out are the ones that put up &#39;big&#39; numbers, scoring goals and setting up others.
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Elevation. Everyone's familiar with it, but only a rare breed can attain it. It's the intangible that allows a player to make his teammates play beyond their natural abilities.
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As new titles become more innovative, existing players scramble to keep up.