Backlit Translucent Panels Impart a Vibrant Glow
The Michigans of the world haven’t cornered the market on blue, nor on the ability of the color — or any color — to invoke school pride, even at the junior-college level.
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Converting School Playgrounds to Community Parks
Fitting in physical activity is as much about finding a place as finding time. Larger cities especially are hardpressed to provide more parks and recreational areas in already cramped quarters.
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How Stadium Construction Costs Reached the Billions
In some circles, outrage accompanied the 2001 opening of Miller Park, the Milwaukee Brewers’ new home.
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Locker Room Design Goes Vertical at Oregon, Michigan
Glen E. “Bo” Schembechler Hall houses the University of Michigan’s football offices, a Michigan football museum and team locker rooms.
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Military Veterans Find Success in Fitness Industry
The boot camp workout trend is still going strong in the fitness industry, once again making the American Council on Exercise’s list of fitness trends to watch in 2012. Also on the list is suspension training, the invention of a Navy SEAL in the ’90s.
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More States Accommodating High School Wheelchair Racers
Last October, Jordan Houdeshell won the first wheelchair cross country title in Iowa history, completing a 5,000-meter course with a time of 17:04, as enthusiastic spectators stretched 150 yards along either side of the finish line.
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New Projects: Georgia Gwinnett College; El Paso Sportspark; Oregon State
Georgia Gwinnett College has broken ground on a $13.5 million athletics complex (pictured) for its new athletic program. Designed by Precision Planning Inc. of Lawrenceville, Ga., the project will include construction of a 25,000-square-foot athletics building, baseball and softball diamonds and a soccer field.
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Rob & Barry: How to Sell to Us
Our rant back in May, describing our frustration with what has become a daily deluge of phone calls from salespeople, caused some consternation among readers of the AB Newswire.
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Should Coaches' Contracts Incentivize Academic Success?
Whether stipulated with the best of intentions or as mere window dressing, incentives in coaches’ contracts tied to academic performance could potentially get a school in big trouble with the U.S. Department of Education.
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Sponsor-Supported Video Boards Make Impact at High School Level
For Mike Gosz and Jaime Sherwood, being a high school athletic director requires a lot more versatility than it did even a few years ago.
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Sports MBA Scott Minto Discusses Olympic Bids and Sponsorship
Americans are among 10,500 athletes representing 205 Olympic committees at this summer’s Games in London. But the United States has been conspicuously absent in other recent Olympic competitions — those that determine where future Games will be held.
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