Kansas guard Brannen Greene (14) comes down from a breakaway dunk with seconds remaining in the the Jayhawks' 77-59 win over Kansas State, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016 at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas ...

From Part 1 of this series: But, you may ask: What did the animals actually learn? Were they really playing the game? Did the animals actually enjoy the game? Were they actually playing just for the ...

In the previous edition of Goal Posts, I wrote about the absence of informal, unstructured play in today’s culture. There is certainly a place for organized sports in society, as coaches, camps, and ...

The Play Ball! middle school football championship was a big moment for Narayan Jones. At White Stadium in Jamaica Plain, his parents, Monica Cannon-Jones and Anthony Jones, were bundled up against ...

Social play behavior, abundant in the young of most mammalian species, is thought to be important for social and cognitive development. Social play is highly rewarding, and as such, the expression of ...