Concussions: Bridging Gap Between Athletic, Academic Departments
David Hayward began thinking differently about his job the day the parents of a student-athlete at Highland High School in Gilbert, Ariz., expressed frustration to him about their son's lack of academic progress while recovering from a concussion.
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Field Lights Drive Growth in Soccer’s Popularity
This past fall, the San Diego State University women’s soccer team reached the NCAA Sweet 16 for only the second time in the Aztecs' history, finishing the season with a record 21 wins and only two losses.
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How Step Into Swim Can Help Aquatics Facilities
During the final months of 2012, bad news for community pools hit residents like a crashing belly flop:
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New Projects: Metropolitan State; Greater Wichita YMCA; St. Catharines
Metropolitan State University of Denver broke ground last month on a new athletic complex to be used by its baseball, softball, and men's and women's tennis and soccer programs, as well as students and the public.
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Oklahoma State Sets New Rules for Employee Air Travel
The odds of an athletic department having to endure a fatal plane crash involving employees are long.
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Parkour Is Finding a Foothold in United States
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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Stanford Professor Talks Sleep Deprivation Among Athletes
William Dement wakes up students who doze in his class (there's at least one every day) by targeting them with a squirt gun, often after classmates in a lecture hall of 300 have pointed the person out.
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Torrent River’s Access Ramp Designed to Shield Users from Waves
A common misperception about leisure pools is that they're all alike. Not so.
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Turf Vandalism Presents Short- and Long-Term Challenges
There's something about a home sports field that brings out feelings of pride and protectionism — defending one's own turf, if you will — and not just during games.
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Worcester, Mass., Looks to Ice to Help Revitalize its Downtown
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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