What do you get the sports fan who wants to bowl 300 without practicing? Try the RC900, a remote-control bowling ball invented by Texas-based 900 Global. The product is being marketed to children and those unable to bowl because of physical limitations.

We sat down for a one-on-one interview with Shaun White to discuss making the upcoming Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage video game, designing safer snowboard set-ups and his love/hate relationship with Carrot Top.

There's been lots of talk of how the Yankees' superstar third baseman has affected his place in baseball history books, there has been little about the substance found. Here's a closer look at the drug—Primobolan—that A-Rod was reportedly taking.

The yellow first down line is so ingrained now that NFL junkies may be disappointed when a real game reminds them it’s just an effect. Allen St. John explains the origin of the little line that makes first downs stand out, and how it works.

PM asked snow experts to tell us what makes the best packing snow, how to build a solid snow fort and what tools you can use to dominate this winter.

In this exclusive kickoff weekend excerpt from the new PM book How a Curveball Curves: The Incredible Science of Sports, track the high-tech history of brain safety on the gridiron, from "head harnesses" to face masks.

China staged a power-packed opening ceremony for this summer's already high-tech Olympic games that will set the standard of excellence (or extravagance) for future ceremonies.

Why is Michael Phelps the ultimate athlete? How does Nastia Liukin pull off those incredible uneven-bar dismounts? We examine the physics and physiology behind the games. (Published in the August 2008 issue)

No. 5 ranked Andy Roddick has the world’s fastest tennis serve—his 155-mph scorcher in 2004 set the record—but he doesn’t like to talk about it. When he first met Patrick McEnroe, his Davis Cup coach, he said: “Whatever you do, don’t say anything to me about my serve. If I think about it, I’m in tro... (Published in the September 2007 issue)

With an estimated $7 billion wagered on the Big Game, websites vie for action with increasingly outlandish proposition wagers—or prop bets—that make up nearly 50 percent of the total wagers because they’re accessible to those who don’t exactly sweat the stat sheets.

The average football sack can produce a bone-shattering 1600 lbs of force. Armed with new tools, researchers are now studying the science of a gridiron fundamental: The tackle. (Published in the February 2007 issue)

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