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Science of NFL Football: Projectile Motion & Parabolas

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
September 12, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Sun, 09/12/2010 - 16:23
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Part of the NSF and NFL's 10-part "Science of NFL Football" series.   This one on projectile motion.  Lester Holt is clearly out of his skin doing this stuff but it's good NBC is - they can always get Garth Sundem or someone else from Science 2.0 to do the color commentary if this catches on.

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