The tackle, the art of making the ball carrier not stay in motion, is football's most primeval action. Amusing physicists the way batting averages do actuaries, collisions lead the highlight reels, impart the force of a deadly car crash, and rely upon kinematics that date to a considerably different big bang.
Physics of 'the Hit'
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The New York Times
Seeded on Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:30 AM
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