For those of you who are following the World Cup, I ran across an article this morning at that has quite a few links that describe the science of World Cup soccer. Linked from this article are interesting studies showing that teams who wear red uniforms are most likely to win, that winning is great but losing is safer for the fans, and that "heading the ball" is associated with an increased risk of motor neuron disease.
Read this article for these and more interesting reports of soccer-based or inspired research.
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Comments
Was that the same study?
OT, any thoughts on this?
Posted by: coturnix | June 20, 2006 4:28 PM
You are always the best at finding cool stuff. This little URL will get me in good with my nephew!
Posted by: Tabor | June 20, 2006 5:15 PM
red uniforms are most likely to win"
so there is still hope for England afterall :)
(well, at least when they wear their away kit!)
Posted by: iant | June 21, 2006 12:51 PM