College Coaches on the Front Lines of Crisis Management
Penn State replaced Joe Paterno, but Jerry Sandusky has been harder to shake. His name seems to appear whenever the university makes news lately.
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Exacting Design Standards Spur Quality Track Construction
It starts with a dotted line. Not the kind that stretches a short distance across the bottom of a contract, but one drawn to represent a closed circuit covering 400 meters.
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Football Visionary Kurt Bryan Looks to Launch New Pro League
During his first 21 years as a head football coach and offensive coordinator, Kurt Bryan ran exactly one play out of the shotgun formation.
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High School Sports Teams Stretch Out with Yoga
When baseball practice begins next month at Jeffersonville (Ind.) High School, Matt Rigsby will find out whether the optional once-a-week yoga classes he has been offering his players since September have paid off.
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How to Make the Most of Limited Pool Deck Space
As both a professional pool designer and the parent of two competitive swimmers, Matt Freeby attends several swim meets every year and keeps a mental list of competition venues he prefers to avoid.
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New Projects: Rice University; Utah State; University of Connecticut
Demolition crews are clearing the way for a new arena in Allentown, Pa. The $157 million arena will feature seating for 8,500 hockey fans and serve as home to the Phantoms, a minor-league affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers.
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Properly Cleaning and Disinfecting Fitness Equipment
A health club's top-of-the-line fitness equipment, complete with interactive workout monitoring and web access, can be a draw for new members.
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Recreation Departments Restructure to Maximize Efficiency
Cities and recreation departments have been slashing services and staff, struggling to operate within their budgets without sacrificing programs.
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Sports and Recreation Facilities Boost Small-College Enrollment
Rick Creehan has been here before. Not here, exactly. When he started out in higher education in 1984, it was as the baseball coach at Allegheny College — a relatively well-known school, where he was given a relatively straightforward charge of producing winning baseball teams.
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Underwater Chaise Lounge a Draw at Texas Tech
To the underwater bench and conversation pit, you can add the underwater chaise lounge as a method of encouraging socializing in college leisure pools.
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Why Health Club Members Are Not Always Right
The customer is always right." How many times have you said this to your staff — or when you were the customer, felt this yourself?
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