Outdoors: Sports Archive
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| High-Tech Brings High Stakes for Super Bowl XLI 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.
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| Next-Generation Running Gear: Track Test PopularMechanics.com hits the asphalt to break down the latest rush of (pricey) fitness gadgetry. After two weeks on the course, we find the “running system” worth its weight on your feet — whether you’re in marathon training or out for a morning stroll.
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| Football Physics: The Anatomy of a Hit 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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| Turn Your Mountain Bike into a Snowmobile: Ktrak Rear-Drive Kit (Published in the January 2007 issue)
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| Tech Watch: Pitch Perfect (Published in the November 2006 issue)
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| The Science Behind The Olympics Forget the 4-minute mile. Shani Davis has skated 1500 meters--the "metric mile," or nearly 5000 ft.--in a world record time of 1:43.33, averaging more than 32 mph. It's all about glide, enhanced by Davis's superior body mechanics but made possible, of course, by the near-frictionless property of ice... (Published in the February 2006 issue)
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| Barry Bonds Vs. Babe Ruth (Published in the April 2005 issue)
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| Extreme Hobbies: From Supersonic Rockets to Ballistic Pumpkins (Published in the April 2005 issue)
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| Hi-Tech Super Bowl XXXIX (Published in the February 2005 issue)
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| 5 Infomercial Workout Machines: Get Ripped Or Ripped Off? (Published in the August 2004 issue)
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| Revival Of The Coach Gun (Published in the June 2004 issue)
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| Baseball 2004 - Technology In The Dugout (Published in the May 2004 issue)
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| Baseball 2004 - Mechanics Of The Fastball (Published in the May 2004 issue)
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| The 2004 Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show Show (Published in the March 2004 issue)
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| Smith & Wesson Model 500 .50-Cal. Magnum Is The King Of Handguns (Published in the September 2003 issue)
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| Home Team Advantage: Corked Bats And Foul Balls (Published in the June 2003 issue)
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| The Mechanics Of Baseball (Published in the April 2003 issue)
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| PM.Zone 2003 SHOT Show Coverage (Published in the February 2003 issue)
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| Zevo Golf 400cc-Class Compressor Driver (Published in the January 2003 issue)
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| Education Is Key To Gun Safety (Published in the October 2002 issue)
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| New Cowboy Guns Of The Old West (Published in the August 2002 issue)
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| Roller Coasters (Published in the July 2002 issue)
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| Take Me Out To The Ballpark (Published in the June 2002 issue)
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| Baseball Catching And Returning Device (Published in the May 2002 issue)
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| Baseball Pitching Gun For Batting Practice (Published in the May 2002 issue)
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| Take A Lesson From Champion Pitchers (Published in the May 2002 issue)
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| Power Tennis Rackets (Published in the December 2001 issue)
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| The Evolution Of The Football (Published in the October 2001 issue)
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| The 2001 SHOT Show In New Orleans (Published in the January 2001 issue)
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| Demolishing Seattle's Kingdome In 16 Seconds (Published in the September 2000 issue)
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