Baseball players and fans have heard ad naseum over the years that players shouldn’t slide head first for safety and speed reasons. But a researcher at Washington University in St. Louis argues that ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida – About the time Pete Rose broke into the big-leagues at breakneck speed and introduced Cincinnati to such baseball thrills as headfirst flights into bases, a teenager in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — For decades, football coaches at every level have preached the same gospel to their quarterbacks: when you run, slide feet-first to protect yourself. It’s become such an ingrained ...

Josh Hamilton lost a month and a half of the season thanks to an ugly head first slide into home plate. So, logic dictates, he’s going cut that sort of thing out, right? Nah. I didn’t see it, but ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The first official test race on the controversial sliding track being rebuilt for the Milan Cortina Olympics was won by skeleton world champion Matt Weston of Britain ...