
This week's top stories from AB and elsewhere.
Happy Friday, and welcome to AB Today This Week!
This week our editorial team has been hard at work on our first issue of 2018. The New Year will feature a few fun additions to our content that we’re excited to share with you.
Now, to the news highlights…
- A girls’ high school basketball game in Montana ended with a truly astonishing score: 102-0. A rash of injuries hit one of the teams, and by the end of the game they were so shorthanded they were playing 3-on-5.
- Did you see the Big Ten Championship football game last weekend? The star of the game wasn’t an athlete at all — it was field manager Eric Harlow. Here’s how he came to fame.
- The International Olympic Committee banned Russia from competing in the 2018 Winter Games over the sweeping doping scandal.
- AB contributors offered some great advice on planning and designing two kinds of facilities that present some special challenges: aquatics facilities and ice arenas.
Elsewhere on the Internet…
- The college football coaching carousel is spinning, via ABC News: “Grading the college football coaching hires so far”
- Looking back on 2017’s top fitness trends, via Self: “These Are the Biggest Fitness Trends of 2017, According to ClassPass”
- California wildfires impacting sports, via ESPN.com: “UCLA cancels Montana game due to Southern California wildfires”
We're always looking out for new story ideas and tips. If we missed anything this week, shoot us an email: editors@athleticbusiness.com
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