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Beat Goes On for Promotors of AEDs in Youth Sports

Beat Goes On for Promotors of AEDs in Youth Sports

While coaches and trainers keep track of a lot of equipment in youth sports, many physicians and sports groups are hoping that coaches will add one mo...

‘Tebow Laws:’ What are the Effects on Travel Teams?

‘Tebow Laws:’ What are the Effects on Travel Teams?

It’s the sports equivalent of a hot potato. At the very least, it’s as polarizing as the issue of prayer in schools. The so-called ‘Tebow Law,’ allowi...

Women Coaches Declining in Record Numbers

Women Coaches Declining in Record Numbers

Encouraging girls in science, technology, engineering and math is a concern, but so should be the diminishing number of women coaches.

Soccer: The New American Pastime?

Soccer: The New American Pastime?

While football may remain the undisputed king of American sports, soccer takes the crown for the fastest-growing sport in the U.S. in terms of viewers...

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Inside Events: USA Racquetball

USA Racquetball is the national governing body of the sport, which plays out nationally and internationally, in all age groups and in all sectors. Fin...

Kissimmee, Florida, Sports Complex to Include… Snow Sports?

Kissimmee, Florida, Sports Complex to Include… Snow Sports?

Florida may be about to make an important step toward winter sports tourism, thanks to a new action sports resort proposed for the Kissimmee area. The...

Massachusetts Mandates Background Checks on School Sports Officials

Massachusetts Mandates Background Checks on School Sports Officials

While coaches of youth sports have long been subject to background checks, other jobs -- and those who apply for them -- have slipped through the crac...

Colorado Convention Center Hits Another Roadblock

Colorado Convention Center Hits Another Roadblock

The proposed convention center and resort hotel in Aurora, Colorado, just hit another road block, and it’s just about as formidable as the Rocky Mount...

Land of the Ozarks: A New Sports Destination?

Land of the Ozarks: A New Sports Destination?

Attracting youth baseball and softball is the goal, and two St. Louis-area sports radio hosts want to build a sports complex to do that.

Public Health Officials Dispute NBC’s Report of Health Risks Associated with Synthetic...

Public Health Officials Dispute NBC’s Report of Health Risks Associated with Synthetic Turf

Those who are arguing that synthetic turf fields aren’t safe just got a reminder not to believe everything they see on television. A report released b...