Doctors: Exercise Caution When Introducing CrossFit
Let the debate begin!! In the interest of full disclosure, I have an interest in a local Crossfit box. I also ...

No-Score Youth Sports Policies Gaining Popularity
Tough issue because of the nature of team sports with head-to-head competition vs individual sports determined by personal performance. ...

No-Score Youth Sports Policies Gaining Popularity
This world is raising a bunch of non competitive tree huging sensitive kids that are taught FAIRNESS. LIFE IS ...

CrossFit Requires Consideration, Cooperation at Military Facilities
Perhaps if the Army wants to do high intensity interval training and is worried about injuries, heres an idea. Lets ...

CrossFit Requires Consideration, Cooperation at Military Facilities
Mike: I think you have the right idea, but training a sport all the time, doesn't necessarily make us better ...

Update: Plan to Discontinue 'Redskins' on Hold at HS
This is rather humorous considering the actual name of the high school and what it was named for.

NFL's Goodell, Idaho School Diverge on Use of 'Redskins'
My congratulations and acknowledgement of Teton High School. You can try to spin this anyway you can, but when it ...

NFL's Goodell, Idaho School Diverge on Use of 'Redskins'
This is just another case of political correctness. It wasn't until the y started to question the name that I ...

NFL's Goodell, Idaho School Diverge on Use of 'Redskins'
I'm a white skin and have no problem with it..
the Teton High School district needs to get a grip ...

Study: Repeat Concussions Require Longer Recovery Time
Thank you for the continued coverage, updates and diligence. In the future could you please provide the actual journal reference ...

Blog: Zumba's Great — Just Not for Us
We’re going to come right out and say it, and then go hide behind something sturdy in anticipation of the ...

Coach Comes Out, Gets Ousted
The story of Lisa Howe, Belmont University's women's soccer coach who resigned last week after she told school officials that ...

Controversial TD Celebration Video: Was Right Call Made?
If the comments on AB's website Wednesday afternoon are any indication, the referees at Saturday's Massachusetts Division IV-A Super ...

Should Health Clubs Ban Grunting?
Every health club has exercisers who grunt — often listed among the "things you should not do at the ...

NCAA Clarifies Transgender Participation Policies
The NCAA has established new guidelines for transgender student-athletes, clarifying on which teams individuals can compete. The standards, years in ...

Doctors: Exercise Caution When Introducing CrossFit - Christopher Prawdzik
Before launching a CrossFit program at your facility, consider the risks. For many, it's a matter of gauging injury frequency against its physical fitness benefits.

Fort Bliss Raises Standard With New Aquatic Center - Christopher Prawdzik
Building a state-of-the art aquatic facility doesn’t happen overnight. Just ask officials at Fort Bliss. It took seven years, $15.5 million, and overcoming several challenges to get theirs just right.

Northwestern Experiments with Dutch Auction Ticket Pricing - Paul Steinbach
In Holland, the price of flowers starts high and drops the longer it takes to sell them. It's been that way for more than a century. But not until this year did that sales approach inspire Northwestern University economists and, in turn, athletics administrators, who believe their suburban Chicago institution is the first in this country to use a Dutch auction to price and sell game tickets. ...

Air Force 24-Hour Fitness Test Shows Early Momentum - Christopher Prawdzik
Three months into a yearlong test of 24-hour fitness facilities for the Air Force, early reception appears positive, but officials will collect data on the six test facilities through December 2013 to determine their feasibility.

Synthetic Turf Offers Baseball Teams Options - Paul Steinbach
A true baseball purist, Steve Malliet likes stepping onto a well-manicured baseball diamond and smelling the freshly mowed grass. And his personal journey through professional baseball, with stops in the front offices of four minor-league teams and one big-league club, has allowed him this pleasure often. ...

Sports Injury Expert Dawn Comstock Talks Concussion Prevention - Paul Steinbach
There are few better brains to pick on the subject of prep sports injuries than the one residing in Dawn Comstock's head. Eight years ago, the injury epidemiologist joined the faculty at Ohio State University and established as her first major research initiative the National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance System — an NFHS-endorsed online tool that hundreds of certified athletic trainers across the country use weekly to report injury exposure and incidents, logging up to 300 distinct variables for each injury in the process.

Is it Time to Give Up the 'No Cell Phones' Rule in Health Clubs? - Rob Bishop and Barry Klein
The Serenity Prayer, as it is known, has been adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and can be a comfort to anyone coping with life's many challenges.

CrossFit Requires Consideration, Cooperation at Military Facilities - Christopher Prawdzik
CrossFit is an increasingly hot topic and there’s no denying its popularity. Before adding it at your military facility, consider these tips from people who have.

Athletic Departments Apply Disney Principles to Game Day - Paul Steinbach
A young boy attending an Arizona State University football game last fall slipped and skinned his knee. Nothing unusual about that, except for what happened next.

How Stadium Construction Costs Reached the Billions - Andrew Cohen
In some circles, outrage accompanied the 2001 opening of Miller Park, the Milwaukee Brewers’ new home.

Increasing Participation in Recreation Programs - Emily Attwood
The last few years have been a mixed bag for the recreation industry. The recession brought with it budget cuts that forced many recreation departments to get creative.

NCAA Institutes Indexing System for 2012-13 Indoor Track and Field - Emily Attwood
While the idea of building an outdoor competition track in any length other than 400 meters is preposterous, no one bats an eye at the variation in indoor track lengths.

States Seek to Ensure Student-Athlete Safety in High Heat - Michael Popke
July 26 marks the one-year anniversary of what Douglas Casa, a leading expert on exertional heat illness, called “the worst week in the last 35 years in terms of athlete deaths.”

Locker Room Design Goes Vertical at Oregon, Michigan - Paul Steinbach
Glen E. “Bo” Schembechler Hall houses the University of Michigan’s football offices, a Michigan football museum and team locker rooms.

Men's College Basketball Programs Facing Attendance Declines - Paul Steinbach
Is the NBA’s Oklahoma franchise stealing the ticket-sales thunder from major college basketball programs in the state? Are Duke students less crazy about watching the Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium than they used to be?

Helmets at the Center of Battle to Tame Concussions - Michael Popke
No football season in memory has begun with as much emphasis on helmet safety at nearly all levels of the game as the 2012 campaign. Pop Warner Football has banned head-to-head hits.

Administrators Point Out Potential Dangers of Energy Drinks - Michael Popke
As energy drink consumption amps up among student-athletes, administrators are pointing out the potential dangers.

10 Steps to Managing Critical Incidents at Commercial Pools - Michael Popke
Following 10 important steps before, during and after a critical incident can keep swimmers safe and aquatic facility operators out of legal trouble.

Bally Should Match its Rhetoric with Real Customer Service - Rob Bishop & Barry Klein
If Bally insists on sticking around, the company should match its rhetoric with some real customer service.

Heightened Awareness of Concussions Changing Culture of High School Sports - Michael Popke
Heightened awareness of concussions is changing the culture of prep sports.

Public Parks Serve as Battlegrounds in Fight over Gun Rights - Nicholas Brown
Public parks often serve as battlegrounds in the fight over Second Amendment rights.

Schools Seek New Ways to Combat Student-Athlete Alcohol Abuse - Paul Steinbach
A parade of off-season DUI offenses has schools seeking new ways to combat student-athlete alcohol abuse.

Cal Women’s Basketball Openly Embraces a Niche Base: Gay Fans - Paul Steinbach
Cal women’s basketball is the first program to openly embrace a niche base: gay fans.

Adults Struggle to Overcome Lifelong Fear of Swimming - Michael Popke
Helping adults overcome a lifelong fear of the water requires as much attention to comfort and confidence-building as it does to skills development.

Numerous Decisions Go Into Buying the Right Synthetic Turf Field - Paul Steinbach
Synthetic turf systems have evolved over the past quarter century, but buying the right field still requires plenty of decision-making.