After working in advertising for fifteen years, Tim Harris got involved in a pub argument about why football shirts tend to be striped and rugby shirts tend to be hooped. Thus began an obsession with the odd reasons and strange stories behind the games we take for granted. This book is the result. Like so many writers, Tim is married with two children and lives in North London.Frank G. Hillary, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Pennsylvania State University and holds faculty positions in the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and in the Department of Radiology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of… New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School in Newark. Dr. Hillary’s research examines neural plasticity and recovery from brain injury and disease in humans using various MRI techniques, such as magnetic resonance spectroscopy, diffusion tensor imaging, and fMRI. His current work examining the influence of brain trauma on the fMRI signal is funded by the National Institutes of Health. nbsp; John DeLuca, PhD, ABPP, is the Director of Neuroscience Research and Vice President for Research Training at the Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation; Professor in the Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurosciences at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School; and a licensed psychologist in New Jersey and New York. Dr. DeLuca is currently studying disorders of memory and information processing in a variety of clinical populations, including multiple sclerosis, aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, chronic fatigue syndrome, and traumatic brain injury. He has published more than 300 articles, abstracts, and chapters, and serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including theArchives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,Rehabilitation Psychology,andNeuropsychology Review. Dr. DeLuca is a recipient of early career awards from the American Psychological Association (Division 40, Clinical Neuropsychology) and the National Academy of Neuropsychology, as well as the Distinguished Researcher Award from the New Jersey Psychological Association.