Visiting Professor John Eric Goff studies the physics behind your favorite sports. His athletic tests are more vital than you ...

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Since about 1970, soccer balls have been stitched or glued together from 32 patches of material—12 of them five-sided and 20 of them six-sided. These patches are arranged so that each pentagon is ...

University of Puget Sound visiting physics professor John Eric Goff’s main research area is sports physics and includes ...

"I've learned you don't have to be a celebrity or be a certain age to make a difference," says Ethan King One minute, 10-year-old Ethan King was standing alone, kicking his soccer ball around a dusty, ...

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