Many basketball players like to spin the ball on their fingers. It is some sort of juggling move that can be learned in a few days (see figure 1). To make the ball spin in balance on your fingers it ...

In a way, a game like basketball is a physics geek's delight. It's a playground where you can apply physics principles to try and get some added insight to the game. You've got the interplay of ...

Pay attention, Shaq: Two engineers have figured out the best way to shoot a free throw -- a frequently underappreciated skill that gets more important as the game clock winds down. Pay attention, Shaq ...

Josh Gates (@DeltaGPhys) beat me to this one. A great analysis of the following commercial. I kind of like the commercial (from a non-physics view). Well done. But as Josh points out, not so well done ...

A dispute in professional basketball about a new ball has bounced its way into a physics lab. A study launched last month at the University of Texas at Arlington compares a controversial plastic ball ...

To reveal just why and how those little speckles made their way to your basketball, we’ll need to take a trip back to the early days of the sport, dabble in a little bit of physics, and swing on over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s officially squeak season. The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s March Madness is right around the corner. The ...