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Abuse Victim Katherine Starr Launches Safe4Athletes
(May 2012 - Paul Steinbach)
She still holds Wisconsin swimming records for 13- and 14-year-old girls 30 years after setting them, but Katherine Starr has surrendered much in her life — innocence, Olympic dreams, even the name she was born with.
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Variable Frequency Drives Help Pools Maximize Energy Efficiency
(May 2012 - Emily Attwood)
After the wave of aquatic regulation changes that have taken effect over the last few months, commercial pool owners are likely looking forward to summer — their busiest time of year — as a chance to catch their collective breath.
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Shock Pads Make Bigger Impact in the Synthetic Turf Industry
(May 2012 - Michael Popke)
One of the more popular seminars attended by industry professionals at the Synthetic Turf Council’s March Spring Membership Meeting in Las Vegas didn’t boast a sexy name or even a call to action.
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Different Color Combinations Enliven Tennis Courts
(May 2012 - Andrew Cohen)
Your eyes are on the athletes as they run, jump, slide, swing. The surface beneath their feet slides by, mere background.
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Fighting in Ice Hockey Faces Unprecedented Scrutiny
(May 2012 - Paul Steinbach)
Derek Boogaard’s brain is handled with care these days. It resides with dozens of others at Boston University, donated to the Sports Legacy Institute so that it might be studied for signs of long-term damage.
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Capitalizing on the 'Strongman' Training Trend
(May 2012 - Rob Bishop and Barry Klein)
Many years ago, before age and injury took their toll, one of our favorite pastimes was strongman training. Actually, it was one of Rob’s favorite pastimes.
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Communities Find Solutions to Sports Field Shortages
(May 2012 - Emily Attwood)
A dedicated push by communities across the country to get youths off the couch and out playing appears to be paying off.
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Live Streaming of Prep Sporting Events Makes Slow But Sure Progress
(May 2012 - Michael Popke)
Locals in southeastern Louisiana call it the “Battle on the River,” the annual football rivalry between Destrehan and Hahnville high schools.
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Athletic Departments Navigate Nepotism Policy
(May 2012 - Paul Steinbach)
Confusion over who actually hired Brian Ferentz in February to serve as an assistant football coach at the University of Iowa resulted in more than one headline punctuated with a question mark.
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Gaps in Glass Walls Allow for Movement of Air and Sound
(April 2012 - Andrew Cohen)
Noise is something that most facility owners would prefer to keep from escaping the fitness center and affecting other facility users. Not so at Missouri Southern State University's Beimdiek Recreation Center.
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New Projects: University at Albany; Le Moyne College; Marlins Park
(April 2012 - Emily Attwood)
The University at Albany (above) plans to break ground this month on a new athletic and recreation complex.
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Former Wrestler Hudson Taylor Champions Tolerance
(April 2012 - Paul Steinbach)
As a member of the nation's top-ranked high school wrestling team, Hudson Taylor was subjected to homophobic taunts as a teen.
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Sprint Football is Witnessing a Growth Spurt
(April 2012 - Paul Steinbach)
Bruce Kirsh has been associated with Franklin Pierce University for more than four decades as a student-athlete, coach and administrator.
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Exercise Intervention Policies in Campus Fitness Centers
(April 2012 - Emily Attwood)
Today's generation of incoming college freshmen expect a college to deliver the full package — not just a good education, but the latest technology, luxurious dorms, state-of-the art buildings, an elite athletic program and of course, an extensive offering of recreational activities to keep them busy outside of class.
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Club Chains Should Level with Potential Franchisees
(April 2012 - Rob Bishop and Barry Klein)
We must be in the wrong business. If we owned a fitness franchise, rather than our privately owned facilities, we'd be wildly successful while rarely going to work.
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Stadium Security Professionals Urged to Remain Diligent
(April 2012 - Paul Steinbach)
It hasn't happened. By due diligence or pure luck, no major outdoor spectator venue in the United States has experienced a significant security breach — much less an act of premeditated, catastrophic terrorism — in the decade since the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Building Sponsors into the Design of Spectator Facilities
(April 2012 - Andrew Cohen)
Few professional venues have enjoyed as smooth and quick a route to success as MetLife Stadium.
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School Districts Embrace Monolithic Domes as Gymnasiums
(April 2012 - Michael Popke)
Ninety minutes before tipoff of the first basketball games scheduled in the Archie (Mo.) R-V School District’s new gymnasium on Jan. 20, staff members were still cleaning up from its seven-month construction.
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How to Weed Out Trouble-making High School Sports Fans
(April 2012 - Michael Popke)
In a brief but volatile confrontation with a referee officiating his daughter's basketball game at Albuquerque, N.M.'s Volcano Vista High School in January, Paul Alfaro flung a vulgarity the official's way.
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Adopt-a-Park Programs Improve Community Green Spaces
(April 2012 - Emily Attwood)
"Great parks make great neighborhoods," says Alex Moroz, quoting the simple philosophy driving the adopt-a-park program in Hamilton, Ont.
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Underwater Chaise Lounge a Draw at Texas Tech
(February 2012 - Andrew Cohen)
To the underwater bench and conversation pit, you can add the underwater chaise lounge as a method of encouraging socializing in college leisure pools.
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New Projects: Rice University; Utah State; University of Connecticut
(February 2012 - Emily Attwood)
Demolition crews are clearing the way for a new arena in Allentown, Pa. The $157 million arena will feature seating for 8,500 hockey fans and serve as home to the Phantoms, a minor-league affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers.
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Properly Cleaning and Disinfecting Fitness Equipment
(February 2012 - Emily Attwood)
A health club's top-of-the-line fitness equipment, complete with interactive workout monitoring and web access, can be a draw for new members.
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Why Health Club Members Are Not Always Right
(February 2012 - Rob Bishop and Barry Klein)
The customer is always right." How many times have you said this to your staff — or when you were the customer, felt this yourself?
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High School Sports Teams Stretch Out with Yoga
(February 2012 - Michael Popke)
When baseball practice begins next month at Jeffersonville (Ind.) High School, Matt Rigsby will find out whether the optional once-a-week yoga classes he has been offering his players since September have paid off.
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