Sports Science

More than 100 people in Ohio have been sickened with a diarrheal illness linked to swimming in local pools.

For as long as athletes have been trying to game the system by doping, officials have been coming up with ways to catch them.

Nothing represents the peak of physical condition like Olympic athletes, yet they also represent a wide range of body types, shapes and sizes.

What illnesses might people catch if they swallow some of the water, which is reportedly contaminated with sewage?

A new project from Google lets you see Rio de Janeiro in 360 degrees.

Will Olympic athletes return to their home countries with more than a medal?

Hall of Fame basketball coach Pat Summitt died today after a 5-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. But how does the disease kill?

A teenager who went white-water rafting in North Carolina contracted a rare, brain-eating amoeba and died. Here are five key facts about these infections.

A new study measured the impacts that football players take, and sorted them by position.