Posts Tagged ‘sports’

Exploring Why Some People Get Fitter Than Others

June 21, 2015

Exploring Why Some…Get Fitter Than Others
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/29/why-some-people-get-fitter-than-others Now, SNP & expression chips on exercising mice; in future, on people

New York Yankees on the Forbes MLB Team Valuations List

August 2, 2014

New York Yankees

Team Value: $2,500 M
Team Value calculated March 2014

At a Glance

Owner: Steinbrenner Family
Championships: 27
Price Paid: $10 M
Year Purchased: 1973
Revenue : $461 M
Operating Income : $-9.1 M
Debt/Value : 1%
Player Expenses : $225 M

http://www.forbes.com/teams/new-york-yankees

New York Yankees on the Forbes MLB Team Valuations List

July 23, 2014

New York Yankees

Team Value: $2,500 M
Team Value calculated March 2014

At a Glance

Owner: Steinbrenner Family
Championships: 27
Price Paid: $10 M
Year Purchased: 1973
Revenue : $461 M
Operating Income : $-9.1 M
Debt/Value : 1%
Player Expenses : $225 M

http://www.forbes.com/teams/new-york-yankees

Burkhard Bilger: The Dark and Dangerous World of Extreme Cavers : The New Yorker

May 30, 2014

In deep: The dark and dangerous world of extreme #cavers. Ultimate superlight gear & max calories burned per hour.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/04/21/140421fa_fact_bilger

BY BURKHARD BILGER

Sports, Complexity, and the Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule : The New Yorker

April 22, 2014

#Sports, Complexity & 10K-hr Rule (1/2): @Gladwell subtly rebuts @davidepstein on nurture v nature
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2013/08/psychology-ten-thousand-hour-rule-complexity.html HT @coreyspowell

.@Gladwell discounts @davidepstein track counter-ex. Argues rule works for complex, cognitive tasks. I disagree. (2/2) Sports… 10K-hr Rule

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#Sports, Complexity & 10K-hr Rule: Gladwell subtly rebuts davidepstein on nurture v nature
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2013/08/psychology-ten-thousand-hour-rule-complexity.html. Gladwell discounts davidepstein track counter-ex. Argues rule works for complex, cognitive tasks. I disagree.

Statistics and the hot hand

March 29, 2014

The hot hand might be real after all: But streaking shooters only 1-2% more likely than #random to make next basket
http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/02/09/the-hot-hand-might-real-after-all/N8V34bGLWhPqk0Sx9yoHWI/story.html

The Sports Gene Considers the Root of Athletic Success – NYTimes.com

August 27, 2013

The #Sports Gene Considers… Athletic Success: Nature v nurture in the stadium & #genetics class
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/13/science/the-sports-gene-considers-the-root-of-athletic-success.html MT @CoachWonk

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/13/science/the-sports-gene-considers-the-root-of-athletic-success.html

Daniel Lieberman long-distance running: We evolved endurance and dislike of running. – Slate Magazine

June 23, 2013

We evolved endurance to exhaust prey & great head stabilization but dislike of exercise http://bit.ly/11wh0zV via @gandruemom @slate
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2013/06/daniel_lieberman_long_distance_running_we_evolved_endurance_and_dislike.html

Lance Armstrong Interview With Oprah Winfrey Lacked Emotion – NYTimes.com

January 21, 2013

an ultimate cool cucumber — amazing that he sued those telling the truth about his doping
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/arts/television/lance-armstrong-interview-with-oprah-winfrey-lacked-emotion.html?_r=0

Litigation in the area of genetics and athletics

December 31, 2012

focusing on ACTN3 & 23andme

http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2012/12/26/23andme-and-labcorp-sued-for-patent-infringement/