© 2000 the British Journal of Sports Medicine
Editorial
Warm down
A parting gift. Some memorable papers that made us smile. Astrology is not our strongest suit and, as scientists, our first response was that perhaps the postman had got it wrong (page 465). Strange, unusual, intuitively, and intellectually challenging. But fascinating. In the scientific world of sport, dominated by physiologists, biochemists, pharmacists, and even geneticists, the idea that performance could be related in some way to the path of the moon and the stars sounds daft at first. Can you imagine the implications? Pregnancies planned to coincide with astrological events. Multi million pound transfer deals determined by heavenly bodies. Never mind your goal scoring record, tell us your star sign.
Fishing injuries. It's sport, it's injury—yes, it's the right journal. Looking for a reviewer, no one came to mind immediately. Nothing in the medical literature was even close. The paper that nearly got away (page 459). We finally found two
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