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Sports scientist Ben Klein leads MSU’s effort to use science, stats, and devices to assess athletic performance and strength. An average work day for Ben Klein is filled with meetings, coding, numbers ...

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John Brenkus, who was known for his terrific work on Sport Science on ESPN and Fox Sports Net, died on May 1, 2025 at the age of 54. According to a post on social media from his family: "It is with ...

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Strong, defined midsections are always in demand, but when was the last time you trained your abs according to science? Sure, endless sit-ups, planks and crunches can help you sculpt “abs of steel”, ...

In 2009, ESPN president John Skipper told Sport Science host John Brenkus that short-form content was coming. It was wildly prescient, more accurate than Skipper could have known. And yet, once ...