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Jerod Mayo on the sidelines during his last game in 2024 as New England Patriots head coach. Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

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The illusion of equal opportunity for minority NFL coaches

Staff Writer - February 9, 2025

Philadelphia Eagles fans braved temperatures in the 20s to watch their team play the New York Giants on Jan. 5, 2025. AP Photo/Chris Szagola

Sports

That Arctic blast can feel brutally cold, but how much colder than ‘normal’ is it really?

The inaugural match at CITYPARK on March 4, 2023. Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images

Sports

Stadiums don’t have to be a drain on taxpayer dollars − 4 lessons from St. Louis

Movement is essential to staying healthy, and even an easy walk helps. Ariel Skelley/Digital Vision via Getty Images

Sports

Light exercise can yield significant cognitive benefits, new research shows

Money disputes abound between players and universities. Aksonov/E+ via Getty Images

Sports

Student-athletes find more power in the changing legal landscape of college sports

Hank Greenberg hit 331 home runs with a batting average of .313 during his career. Sporting News via Getty Images

Sports

Up against Hank Greenberg, baseball’s first Jewish superstar, antisemitism struck out

Staff Writer - October 6, 2024

New York Mets manager Casey Stengel and outfielder Jim Hickman celebrate after breaking their 17-game losing streak in 1962. Bettmann/Getty Images

Sports

What White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf can learn from the last...

Staff Writer - September 28, 2024

Bad weather, including rain or snow, tends to suppress voter turnout. Gregory Adams/Moment/Getty Images

Football

Policy, shmolicy: Election Day weather and football victories could decide the election

Staff Writer - August 31, 2024

A wheelchair rugby player trains for the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games in Paris. Alex Davidson/Getty Images

Sports

When Paralympic athletes fake the extent of their disability

Staff Writer - August 28, 2024

An 18th-century stained glass window panel by William Peckitt, showing The Last Supper of Christ and the disciples. TonyBaggett via iStock / Getty Images Plus

Sports

Why is an ultimate goal called a ‘Holy Grail?’

Staff Writer - August 12, 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates Paris’ coronation as host of the 2024 Olympics Games. Photo by Yoan Valat/AFP via Getty Images

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Paris Games herald a new anti-corruption era, but carrying the torch...

Staff Writer - August 9, 2024

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Could flag football one day leapfrog tackle football in popularity?

Staff Writer - May 3, 2024

Sports

Why March Madness is a special time of year for state budgets

Staff Writer - March 24, 2024

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EXPLORING NATURE

Parts of the North Fork of the Kentucky River flooded in July 2022, and again in February 2025. Arden S. Barnes/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

Environment

Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks

Staff Writer - February 26, 2025

Kristina P. Brant, Penn State On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia....

In the toxic male technique, genetically engineered male insects would implant semen containing toxic venom into the female insects during mating. Madugrero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease...

February 23, 2025

Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has made it his life’s mission to delay aging and death. Netflix

The quest to extend human life is both fascinating and fraught...

February 23, 2025

Greenland has large deposits of rare earth minerals along its coasts, but these are also geologically hazardous regions. Alex Hibbert/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and...

February 19, 2025

National Institutes of Health indirect costs, which are under the knife, go toward managing laboratories and facilities. Fei Yang/Moment via Getty Images

Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US...

February 17, 2025