BASEBALL STADIUM LINES ARE SHRINKING!

Baseball fans no longer have to choose between waiting in line for snacks and watching the game.  There are now new ways you can get you grub.  At San Francisco Giants home games you can add money to your Splash Tix when you buy it, then at some concession stands you can scan your ticket [...]

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HOW MANY FANS ARE TOO DRUNK TO DRIVE?

If you’ve ever attended a professional sporting event or, for that matter, ever seen one on television, it seems that there are always lots and lots of people who have had way too much to drink.  But, how many sports fans actually leave the venue too drunk to drive?  Although it may seem like there [...]

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WHAT IS THE MOST DANGEROUS SPORT YOUR KIDS CAN PLAY?

All parents worry when their kids decide they want to take up a sport, but which one should you really worry about your child playing?  Your first response to this question would be football and that would be wrong.  It turns out that baseball has the highest fatality rate among sports for children ages five [...]

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BAKING SODA CAN IMPROVE YOUR PHYSICAL ENDURANCE

A new Taiwanese study reports that baking soda can sharpen your late-game skills on the court.  Tennis players who drank water with baking soda before and during a simulated tennis match showed less of a performance decline than the players in a placebo group.  Bicarbonate may alleviate the fatigue-induced slowdown of nerve signals to muscles, [...]

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THE BEST MARCH MADNESS POOL WEBSITE

March is here and with that comes the annual NCAA basketball tournament which starts on March 15.  If you’re looking for the best website to participate in March Madness pools, Men’s Health Magazine says ESPN.com is good, but TournamentPools.com is better.  The site lets you micromanage everything from deadlines to round values to upset bonuses.  [...]

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YOU CAN SHOW YOUR TEAM SPIRIT ON A PIZZA

The company that made it possible to print pictures on cakes is at it again – this time with pizza.  Pizza Prints are edible, tasteless decals that go on top of a pizza when it’s hot out of the oven and become one with the cheese.  More than 600 pizzerias across the country are selling [...]

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WATCHING THE SUPER BOWL MAY TRIGGER HEART ATTACKS

This Sunday’s Super Bowl could prove to be a real heartbreaker for some fans of the losing team.  A new study suggests that the emotional stress fans feel after their team loses may trigger fatal heart attacks, especially in people who already have heart disease.  Stress generates the so-called fight-or-flight response, which causes sharp upticks [...]

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FOOTBALL NUTS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE ONE OF THE PLAYERS

You’ve heard super sports fans use phrases like, “We really kicked their ass on Sunday” when talking about the results of a big football game.  Why do we use the word “we” when none of us were really on the field? Because, from a neurological standpoint, our brains think we were. Watching someone perform an [...]

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THE TOP TEN MOST ANNOYING THINGS PEOPLE DO AT THE GYM

If getting back in shape is your New Year’s resolution for 2011 and you don’t want to be “that guy” or “that girl” at the gym listen up.  Here are “The 10 Most Annoying Things People Do At The Gym”: 1.  Grunt and moan — Some say it’s beneficial, but it’s also uncivilized.  Instead, concentrate [...]

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WHICH CELEBRITIES ARE YOU SICK OF HEARING ABOUT?

At some time, most celebrities get so overexposed that we get sick of hearing about them.  As part of its Great Male Survey 2010, Askmen.com surveyed men all over America to find out who they were most tired of hearing about.  Topping their list of male public figures men were most tired of hearing about [...]

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