Watch a water-filled soccer ball collide with Dan’s face in fantastically slow motion
In 2010, Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy made a super-slow motion video of Gruchy getting smacked in the side of the head with a […]
Bend It Like Beckham: Why soccer balls curve one way and smooth balls curve backwards
David Beckham’s ability to curve free kicks around defenders and into the goal was the stuff of legend, but do you know the physics […]
Brother’s Keeper: Can you identify Cristiano Ronaldo’s siblings?
Soccer stars may possess some of the most recognizable faces in the world, but would you be able to pick out your favorite player’s […]
First Pope Francis got his own baseball card; now he has a retro soccer card too
A photo posted by phillies (@phillies) on Sep 15, 2015 at 1:33pm PDT Even divine intervention couldn’t rescue the 2015 Philadelphia Phillies — they […]
Phreaky Physics: Stacked ball drop sends top ball soaring many times height of release
Every child that’s ever bounced a super ball has inevitably tried to see just how high it could go after being thrown hard against […]
James Island boys soccer team scores goal on flippin’ incredible double bicycle kick
It’s not often that action from a high school soccer game makes ESPN’s Top 10 plays on SportsCenter, but when a goal is scored […]
Short-handed sports: Playing basketball, baseball, soccer and hockey minus a few players
Almost everyone is familiar with the maximum number of players that a team can have playing in each of the major sports: in basketball […]
Soccer-playing superhero: Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a footballer can
In the 2014 German Supercup, Borussia Dortmund forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored to give his side a 2-0 lead over Bayern Munich. In his post-goal […]
Sports stars on sandwiches featuring Michael Phelps on double-decker fried egg and cheese
Sandwiches have fueled at-home sports spectating since the advent of the television, and the language used by sports commentators subconsciously feeds the hunger. In […]
Luck vs Skill: Comparing the role of chance in hockey, football, baseball, soccer and basketball
There’s an old adage in sports that it’s better to be lucky than good, but how much of a role does chance play in […]
Freddy Adu Effect: When heavily hyped athletes fail to perform per media-driven expectations
In 2016, ESPN ran a two-part series on their website in which a panel of more than 60 experts identified the top 25 instances […]
Revenge of the nerds — just wait until soccer robots have their own World Cup team
Soccer stars are among the most idolized people on the planet. From David Beckham posing in his skivvies to the nuances of Lionel Messi’s […]