AB StaffIndustry Press RoomConnor Sports® to Provide Official Courts for 2018 NCAA® March Madness®As another Selection Sunday® has captured the attention of bracket-minded basketball fans across the nation, Connor Sports® , a Gerflor company, will again provide the Official Courts for the NCAA® Men’s and Women’s basketball championships culminating inMarch 12, 2018Industry Press RoomNFHS Selects Connecticut, Rhode Island Students as Recipients of National High School Spirit of Sport, Heart of the Arts AwardsMarissa Walker, a student-athlete at Waterford (Connecticut) High School, has been selected the 2018 national recipient of the “National High School Spirit of Sport Award,” and Cecelia Egan of Riverside (Rhode Island) St. Mary Academy-Bay View has been seMarch 12, 2018Industry Press RoomMercedes-Benz Superdome Again Selects Act Global Synthetic TurfFollowing a strong 2017 season, the SMG-managed Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans has chosen Act Global for the second-consecutive year as the manufacturer and installer for turf. The new field will be installed in late July before the New Orleans SaMarch 12, 2018Industry Press RoomPittsburgh Penguins, Covestro and Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering unite to ‘Rethink the Rink’The Pittsburgh Penguins are teaming up with two international giants of science and technology on a bold initiative to make hockey safer at all levels.March 12, 2018Stadium & ArenaFan Experience Elevated, Efforts Simplified at Oakland University (Sponsored)“One of the best video scoreboards in the country and ScoreVision’s done it here at Oakland.” That’s how Oakland University’s Director of Broadcasting Neal Ruhl describes their recent upgrade to ScoreVision jumbotrons.March 12, 2018ProgrammingNonprofit Aims to Improve Participation in Outdoor ExerciseActive Southern West Virginia, which partners with the New River Gorge National River to provide enhanced outdoor exercise opportunities in the region it serves, is expanding into the state parks system to host monthly guided hikes.March 11, 2018Stadium & ArenaTown to Vote on $400K Hockey Rink Design FirmThe Town of Tonawanda, N.Y., could take the first step toward replacing the Brighton Arena hockey rink with a new facility when the Town Board votes tonight on a $400,000 proposal to hire an architectural firm to design the project.March 11, 2018Media & TechnologyOpinion: New Selection Show Format FlopsBeing a sports fan means making some concessions, compartmentalizing some jadedness and accepting a certain level of commercialism and inconvenience as the fair trade for, well, sports. But come on. We can deal with flopping, with tanking, with too manyMarch 11, 2018LegalOpinion: Committee Rewards Big Leagues at Expense of Little GuysOn Selection Sunday, we weep for those left behind. We gnash our teeth and pull our hair over the injustice done to Notre Dame, Louisville, Southern California and Baylor. But who will weep for Vermont, other than the Catamount fans?March 11, 2018ProgrammingIs Men's College Hoops Ready for a Female Head Coach?Thursday was International Women's Day, a day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. Also Thursday, the Colorado State athletic department officials announced they want to interview Becky Hammon for their men's basMarch 10, 2018Previous PagePage 407 of 1412Next PageTop StoriesNewsletter OnlyAB Today Replay - Week of September 8Test your knowledge of this week's top stories from AB Today with five quick multiple-choice questions.FundraisingFundraising Friday: Southern Illinois Announces Two Seven-Figure Gifts for Women's SportsStadium & ArenaWashington State Adopts Walk-Around Alcohol Policy on Game DaysSafety & SecurityMan Accused of Causing Thousands of Dollars in Damage to City's Athletics ComplexSponsored ContentDual Impact Solutions: Engage Students, Fund Your Future
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