Over-conditioning kills: Non-traumatic fatalities in football is preventable

Most non-traumatic fatalities among high school and college football athletes do not occur while playing the game of football, but rather during conditioning sessions which are often associated with overexertion or punishment drills required by coaches and team staff, according to research presented today at the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. The…

This Dessert Is Worthy of a Diva, or Two

Here’s a game for the food-obsessed: Instead of contemplating which historical figures you’d invite to a dinner party, picture the dishes you’d serve for the meal. As in oysters Rockefeller followed by tournedos Rossini with a side of Caesar salad? Then for dessert, will it be a fruity peach Melba and vanilla ice cream drizzled…

6 Glorious Ways to Do Corn on the Cob

We ask a lot of elotes, the Mexican corn covered in mayonnaise, cotija, chile powder and lime. They are the only common cob topping at cookouts beyond butter. (They’re also a great dish to bring up when someone foolishly says they hate mayo, because in elotes, this divisive condiment is both the key ingredient and…