If you were in Northridge, right on top of where the earthquake fault moved, you faced what’s known as intensity 9 shaking, defined by the Modified Mercalli Intensity scale as “violent ...

At the Hive has a series of nice graphs showing how NBA basketball is different in the playoffs. For instance: Offensive efficiency is down, as defense is more intense. The pace is slower.

There’s one word you hear in almost all football-related analysis these days: intensity. “It was not a problem of formation, but of energy and of intensity,” said former Manchester United ...