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Kroc Center Challenges Will Continue After Construction's Done
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Andrew Cohen,
May 2013
The late-February opening of a 104,000-square-foot facility in Memphis, Tenn., meant that the Salvation Army could count 23 Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers in all. ...
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Locker Reuse at Center of Locker Room Renovation
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Andrew Cohen,
April 2013
One might have expected the renovation of Brooklawn Country Club’s men’s locker room to yield new custom wood lockers, but members of the Fairfield, Conn., private club wouldn't hear of losing their cage-style metal lockers, which are valued by members and management for their history, large size and superior ventilation.
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Broken Lockers: Repair or Replace?
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Emily Attwood,
April 2013
When Kim Clark took over as the University of Houston's director of campus recreation in 2012, one of the first things she noticed was the poor condition of the lockers. ...
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Social Media Complicating Efforts to Oversee Student-Athlete Behavior
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Michael Popke,
April 2013
John Williams now realizes how close Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Va., came to being sued for violating a student-athlete's First Amendment rights. ...
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Race Planning Tests Mettle of Facilities and Personnel
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Christopher Prawdzik,
April 3, 2013
Once the weather warms, most could throw a rock and hit the nearest 5K or 10K race in virtually any part of the globe, and military events are no exception. They make for ideal promotional opportunities, fundraisers and team-building exercises.
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Intramural Coed Basketball Playing Rules Vary Greatly
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Paul Steinbach,
February 2013
Suppose for a moment that you're a recreational basketball player at Gonzaga University — and a woman.
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Cooling Solutions Trending in Synthetic Turf Industry
By
Emily Attwood,
February 2013
From its introduction in the late '90s, the role of synthetic turf infill was to make synthetic turf play more like natural grass, providing more cushioning for the athlete’s safety and performance.
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Parkour Is Finding a Foothold in United States
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Emily Attwood,
January 2013
Less than two minutes into the opening scene of 2006's "Casino Royale," James Bond is chasing a bad guy through a construction site in Madagascar, racing across beams high above the ground, climbing steel cables and leaping from cranes.
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Worcester, Mass., Looks to Ice to Help Revitalize its Downtown
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Andrew Cohen,
January 2013
Worcester Common, then 20 acres of green space, was established in 1669. On July 14, 1776, it hosted the Declaration of Independence's first public reading in New England. And on Nov. 30, 2012, for the first time (as shown above), residents laced up their ice skates there.
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NCAA Institutes Indexing System for 2012-13 Indoor Track and Field
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Emily Attwood,
November 2012
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.
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