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The Dirty Work of Plogging Can Help Race Directors Clean Up

The Dirty Work of Plogging Can Help Race Directors Clean Up

There’s running. There’s walking. And now, there’s plogging. And this new trend – picking up litter and recyclables while out running – is catching on...

NCAA Adopts Final Four Family Travel Proposal

NCAA Adopts Final Four Family Travel Proposal

A pilot program that began in January 2015 to help cover travel expenses for families of players on teams in the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Bas...

BMX Dropped from World Beach Games; Venue Cost Cited

BMX Dropped from World Beach Games; Venue Cost Cited

The World Beach Games, scheduled for this October in San Diego, took another blow with the announcement that BMX freestyle has been dropped. It’s a se...

Immigrant Students Score Victory, Can Play on High School Teams

Immigrant Students Score Victory, Can Play on High School Teams

In a decision absolutely guaranteed to stir debate in the current political climate, immigrant students in Louisiana who lack governmentally-issued So...

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Coast-to-Coast Trail Could Give Event Owners a Way to Challenge Endurance Athletes, Bucket Listers

It might be premature to tell the Appalachian Trail or the Pacific Crest Trail to step aside but a coast-to-coast, traffic-free trail could be a game-...

The Concussion Report: A Round-Up of the Latest Headlines

The Concussion Report: A Round-Up of the Latest Headlines

A change in treatment regimens (kids can go to school after a head injury), new protocols for testing of injured athletes that can yield results withi...

Plenty of Obstacles Stand Between Cricket and the Olympic Podium

Plenty of Obstacles Stand Between Cricket and the Olympic Podium

If cricket wants to be on the Olympic program, it has significant obstacles to overcome. The first of those: it has to actually apply. Cricket missed ...

Measles Outbreak Stands to Affect Youth Sports

Measles Outbreak Stands to Affect Youth Sports

A satire site recently noted, “CDC Releases List of Vaccine Side Effects, Including Old Age, Grey Hair.” Unfortunately, the problem of unvaccinated ch...

Report: Charter Planes Used More by Men’s Teams Than Women’s

Report: Charter Planes Used More by Men’s Teams Than Women’s

The great divide between men’s and women’s teams at the collegiate level is an often-referenced (and much argued) issue. A recent report highlighted d...

Massachusetts Youth Sports Facility Ready to Open, 20 Years Later

Massachusetts Youth Sports Facility Ready to Open, 20 Years Later

Better late than never? A long-delayed youth sports venue (two decades in the making, in fact) could open in New England this spring – although it rea...