This column features short items about sport research in progress or in print, highlights of recent or upcoming conferences, hot topics on mailing lists, and anything else of interest to the sport-science community. Content can range from ground-breaking to gossipy. Send a paragraph or two to ferret@sportsci.org. Items will be edited and bounced back to you for approval. Update 2009: such items may now be suitable for the In-Brief section of Sportscience. Contact the editor.
 1998

Nov-Dec

Performance Gene Discovered · Skeleton In The Freezer · One Set or More? · What's Worth Monitoring?

Sept-Oct:

Basketball Home Advantage · Monitoring Ironman Performance · Acquiring Skills · Worth the Risk?

July-Aug:

African Genes · Just Do It · Ethics of Sharing Data

May-Jun:

Palm-top Blood Lab · Abdominal Exercises · Beefing Up to Win  · New Coach, New Plan?

Mar-Apr:

Ketogenic Diets Maybe · Ketogenic Diets No · Eating Disorders in Males  · Fatigue Fracas · Sit-Up Put-Down · Practice Strategy

Jan-Feb:

Wrestlers' Deaths · Slap-Skate Update · Freezing Field Tests · Reliable Rowing · Review of Sport Vision


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