A fascinating article on deaths caused from sports.  Claims that causes of death due to heat stroke and dehydration are largely untrue.
This raises interesting questions about how much hydration during an extreme event is necessary.
http://www.sportsscientists.com/2013/01/dangerous-exercise-hype-of-dehydration.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FcJKs+%28The+Science+of+Sport%29
 
What does everyone else think?
 
Tom

One study says olympic athletes live longer:
http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/14/fast-stronger-longer-olympians-outlive-the-rest-of-us/
Now another says being overweight is an advantage:
http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/02/being-overweight-is-linked-to-lower-risk-of-mortality/
 
What do you think?

"On Thursday afternoon a small group of players led by Steve Fehr, the union’s special counsel, met for about an hour at the N.H.L. office in Midtown Manhattan to discuss penalties for teams caught hiding hockey-related revenue." [NY Times]  
This particular sentence caught my attention in reading through today's article about the potential of a 48 game schedule this season.  It is telling that such a discussion is even needed!  That owners would/could stoop so low as... Read full post

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Sarah

Jets vs. Bills

Bills

Bills

Ravens vs. Bengals

Bengals

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Panthers vs. Saints

Saints

Saints

Bears vs. Lion

Bears

Lions

Texans vs. Colts

Texans

Texans

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PREDICTIONS FOR WEEK 16

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Giants vs. Ravens

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Browns vs. Broncos

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Broncos

Raiders vs. Panthers

Panthers

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Giants vs. Falcons

Falcons

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Broncos vs. Ravens

Broncos

Ravens

Redskins vs. Browns

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7 grandslams, 4 olympic medals and twice she won the Diamond Games in Antwerp. This might have been the reason why Venus Williams was chosen to play Kim's very last match against her. If Venus had won, she would have taken home the racket full of diamonds, that up to now only the French Amélie Mauresmo possesses, since you have to win the Diamond Games three times to own one of the most beautiful rackets in the world. It was the 14th time Kim and Venus played each other. Kim invited... Read full post

The New York Times states that "Bettman was hired 20 years ago Wednesday [today]. Since his first full season as the commissioner in 1993-94, 2,224 regular-season N.H.L. games have been canceled because of lockouts in 1994-95, 2004-5 and 2012. That is 9.7 percent [of all league games scheduled under his tenure]"! Incredible at best; intolerable at worst... 
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Chiefs vs. Browns.

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Chiefs

Falcons vs. Panthers

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Falcons

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Sarah

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Seahawks vs. Bears

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Colts vs. Lions

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