NBA fines Anthony Edwards $25,000 for throwing a ball into the stands after the halftime buzzer

NEW YORK (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Anthony Edwards was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Thursday for “throwing the ...

As a Liverpool ball boy, he helped Origi score ‘that’ goal. Now he is trying to save his career

Oakley Cannonier became a local hero for his role in an iconic Champions League goal but now must leave the club if he is to make the grade ...

A Boston Celtics game-inspired friction test finally pinned down the sneaker squeak

Squeaky shoes are part of the symphony of a basketball game, when rubber soles rasp against the hardwood floors as players jab step, cut and pivot and defenders move their feet to stay in front of ...
Major League Baseball

There's loads of ABS data from last season. What does it all mean?

Welcome to the future. No robots required. For the first time, ABS (the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, powered by T-Mobile) has come to regular-season and postseason Major League play, after ...
Scientific American

Squeak! The surprising new physics of why basketball games are so noisy

A new study explains why basketball shoes make a high-pitched squeaking noise when they rub against the hardwood. The ridges on the sole hold the key ...
Live Science on MSN

We now know why shoes squeak, and it involves miniature lightning bolts

Harvard engineers think they've found the reason basketball shoes squeak, and it's due to pockets of friction between the ...