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12 قسمت
از سال 9 آوریل 2019
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Sled hockey programs have empowered disabled athletes around the world, and the sport is expanding faster than ever. But the same cost issues plaguing traditional hockey may be cause for concern, especially considering the other financial burdens many disabled people face. Mackenzie Rodrigues looks…

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Many people may not consider esports a particularly dangerous activity, but esport players are vulnerable to serious health risks unique to their sport. There’s a lack of research into how colleges backing the teams can protect and train these athletes. Who is looking out for the young players comi…
While wearable technology and performance tracking have fundamentally changed sports betting and coaching, regulation of the industry has not kept up. Teams are collecting more and more information about everything their players do -- both on and off the field. Privacy experts are worried that play…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Bill Brink set out to see whether research into head injuries has affected youth football participation in Western Pennsylvania, which has seen some decline in recent years. What he learned was that many people don’t even fully understand how to identify severe inju…
Get ready for season 2 of "Field Study," a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette podcast about the intersection of science, sports and society. Each episode looks at how scientific discoveries or fields of inquiry affect the way we play and live. These stories will lend context to stat sheets, an approachable le…
In this bonus episode, host Matt Moret interviews Dr. Meredith Wills, a sports data scientist and astrophysicist who has spent the last several years tearing MLB baseballs to shreds. Dr. Wills has researched how changes to baseball manufacturing are affecting home run rates and pitch control. For t…
What metric should decide whether women with hormonal differences can compete against other women? South African Olympic star Caster Semenya has found herself at the center of an international dispute over the matter. Semenya has a rare condition called "hyperandrogenism," which causes her body to …
Most of baseball isn't uniform. Fields vary wildly in size. Some have roofs that alter game variables like wind. Differences like these have always just been part of the game, for better or worse. But for the first time in its 116 year history, Major League Baseball may soon standardize the storage…

Grunt Work

If you've ever watched a professional tennis match, there's a good chance you've heard the loud noises many players make while striking a ball. Research shows that these loud exertions tangibly increase an athlete's strength. So why don't players in other sports do the same? Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…

Inside the NFL's AI Race

The NFL has gotten tech savvy lately, even using artificial intelligence to predict the rate of player injuries or the kinds of decisions coaches will make. But will this fundamentally change the game fans know and love? In the second episode of "Field Study," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette technology rep…
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