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 ...

New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye has a tendency to slide head-first, rather than feet-first, when going for first ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1948 olympic organizers looked at skeleton bobsleigh, so called because the first sleds were so rudimentary, and decided the sport was too dangerous. Sliding head first at up to 135 km/h on a tiny ...