Players are on a full sprint for 40+ yards sometimes and instead of breaking down, they choose to contine through the goal line to slow down at a decreased rate (possibly limiting a muscle pull injury). Why do football players run through the middle? Why don't they just run to the outside with fewer players? Running backs run up the middle because it's the shortest path to the end zone.

Nope. The Masters runs by USGA rules, and USGA rules only state that a player must use a conforming ball as approved by the organization. Of the approximately 1,200 conforming balls, about 70 are pink. That makes pink the second-most popular color, behind yellow and just about tied with orange. Do any pros use yellow golf balls? Kyle Jones and Rory Sabbatini have also teed up yellow Titleist balls on Tour.

Side-to-side movements, spinal rotation, bending over, jumping, and running all place participants at increased risk of developing low back pain if spinal stability is impaired. Of all movements in pickleball, repetitive dinking is probably the most taxing on the lower back. Is pickleball hard on the back? Areas at risk are primarily in the legs—hamstrings, quadriceps, hip flexors and calf muscles. However, a lower back strain is also a concern as your twist and bend while going for the ball.

From the playing rules, player attempting to catch a punt must be given the opportunity to do so. A player on the kicking team who tackles, bumps or otherwise interferes with the returner before the ball is caught will be penalized. When can you tackle the punt returner? After signaling for a fair catch, the punt returner can't advance the ball. If the defenders tackle the returner after he signals a fair catch, the kicking team incurs a 15-yard penalty.

On this date in 1998, St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire hit #62 to become the single-season home run king. The Summer of '98 is forever etched in the memories of baseball fans everywhere. The summer of the long ball. Who did Mark McGwire hit his 62nd home run off of? On September 8, 1998, McGwire hit his 62nd home run of the season, breaking Roger Maris's 1961 record with a 341-foot homer off Cubs pitcher Steve Trachsel.