Joong-Ang High School was once renowned for its high-ranked basketball team, but as the years pass, victories grow fewer. The school’s social worker Kang Yang-hyun who was a former minor league basketball player, becomes the head coach. Six members agree to return for the love of the game and take on the KBA National Tournament. With only six players on their roster, they begin knocking on victory’s door, following Coach Kang’s motto: “There...

Sports. They get our blood pumping and our hearts racing. Fans scream and cheer as their favorite athletes run, throw, pedal, dive, or swing their way to victory. But what makes an athlete successful? Why do some players excel when others fall behind? In Why a Curveball Curves , the experts at Popular Mechanics , along with top athletes, coaches, and sports journalists, explore the science behind sports. Fluid dynamics, biomechanics, and technology...

Learn about the world of hockey and how science is helping the game. You'll read about hockey skates, hockey sticks, and goalie equipment, and get a better understanding of how hockey is improving with science and technology. Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension. Downloadable Teacher Notes available.

In April 2018, seasoned adventurer Ben Fogle and Olympic cycling gold medalist Victoria Pendleton, along with mountaineer Kenton Cool, took on their most exhausting challenge yet – climbing Everest for the British Red Cross in an attempt to highlight the environmental challenges mountains face. The expedition was to become the adventure of a lifetime, the culmination of a journey that started with a moment of tragedy years before. For Ben was inspired...

In May of 1973, a group of eight divers embarked on an exploration of a sink hole in Australia, since named The Shaft. Unfortunately, their expedition took a horrifying turn.

Atención: Las personas mayores que quieren ganar músculo ¿Piensa que es demasiado mayor para ganar músculo? ¿Está confundido sobre cómo empezar? ¿Ha iniciado anteriormente el entrenamiento de fuerza solo para dejarlo debido a lo extenuante del ejercicio? Este completo audio libro de ejercicios de entrenamiento de fuerza está diseñado específicamente para ayudarle a descifrar el misterio que hay detrás de la construcción de músculo...

On October 3, 1951, the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hit a dramatic ninth inning game-winning home run off the Brooklyn Dodgers' Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in the decisive third game of a three-game playoff to win the National League pennant. It would be known in baseball lore as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World." The game-the first ever televised nationally-was seen by millions of viewers across America and heard on radio by millions...

On April 27, 1947, baseball legend Babe Ruth, diagnosed with a terminal case of throat cancer, attended "Babe Ruth Day" at Yankee Stadium. A 13-year-old boy representing the American Legion baseball program introduces Babe Ruth, who delivers a speech to the crowd from home plate.

Football has always measured success by what you win, but only in the last twenty years have clubs started to think about you win. Data has now suffused almost every aspect of how football is played, coached, scouted and consumed. But it's not the algorithms or new metrics that have made this change, it's the people behind them. This is the story of modern football's great data revolution and the group of curious, entrepreneurial personalities who...

If you're an older adult looking to improve your strength and mobility, then keep listening… Do you sometimes feel physically weak? Have you ever felt constantly weary and continuously fatigued? Are you intrigued by the idea of improving your body composition without having to purchase a gym membership? Don't worry about feeling weak again; this guide will show you how to gain strength by only using resistance bands! The program is designed...