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Cheerleader tackles thief
OKLAHOMA CITY - People who say cheerleaders aren't athletes are wrong, said a 16-year-old, 5-feet 2-inch tall,...
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Little harm seen from painkiller shots for pro athletes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When professional athletes in sports like football and rugby are injured, they commonly get injections of pain-numbing anesthetics to help them stay in the game. Now a new study suggests that, while safety concerns remain, ...
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Books of The Times: Stefanie Symans Yoga History, The Subtle Body
Stefanie Symans book examines how yoga, the centuries-old spiritual discipline, became a fitness routine for American athletes, C.E.O.s, movie stars and soccer moms.
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NCAA exploring how athletes, agents interact
The NCAA Amateurism Cabinet has begun looking at ways NCAA athletes could have contact with agents and retain their eligibility, but no timetable has been set for any new rules to be put into effect.
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Gay Games kick off in Cologne
German city gets ready to host gay and lesbian athletes from more than 70 countries for eighth quadrennial event Around 10,000 gay and lesbian athletes from around the globe are expected to descend on the western German city of Cologne tomorrow to ...
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The Mag: Pros share the best advice they got
More than 300 athletes, from Manny Ramirez to Marcio Andretti, tell us the best advice they've ever been given
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NHL Slapshot Wii Box Art Uses Current Gretzky Instead of Classic
When it comes to Hockey, Wayne Gretzky is the man. Hes the great one. He dominated the sport in a way even most professional athletes can only dream of doing. So there was no surprise back at our offices when we heard that he would be the retired
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ESPN Will Not Re-Publish Controversial LeBron Article, Integrity Takes Hit
ESPN's journalistic integrity takes a serious blow as they decide to forgo republishing a controversial article on one of the world's most famous athletes.
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Hruby: Time to legalize NCAA football violations
The NCAA has been throwing the flag at school after school after school lately, but the violations just keep on comin'. What to do? Here's the obvious solution: Give up on amateurism.
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Wait on rehab for knee surgery
NEW YORK Attention, weekend athletes: Don't be too quick to agree to surgery for a common type of knee ligament tear.
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ATHLETICS: France's Lemaitre wins 100m gold at Euro championships
France's Christophe Lemaitre won the 100 metres gold at the European championships in Spain Wednesday, clocking 10.11 seconds. The next four athletes all came in at exactly the same time of 10.18 seconds.
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Hey Guys, Beware of Chicken Legs
[Sponsored post] You know that we try to get a leg up around here by bringing you stories about the fittest athletes in the world but sometimes even A-listers can have the dreaded chicken legs. Video after the jump.Whether you are in the gym, ...
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Facing Athletics Deficit - and Sending Athletes on Italy Trip
The athletics department at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee is facing a deficit of up to $8 million. So student leaders want to know why the university is sending its basketball team on a trip to Italy, at a cost of $160,000, The Milwaukee ...
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The Umpire
For the love of the game or the pursuit of some prize money, about 30 million people actively play in fantasy sports leagues across the United States and Canada. Competitors build rosters of professional sports athletes and set lineups in pursuit of ...
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New venues for 'old' stars at downtown LA X Games
Only at the X Games, where athletes sometimes win medals before they graduate the eighth grade, would Travis Pastrana be considered an old man.
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Frank Deford: Is cheerleading a sport?
Two things that people love to ask me are: Is such-and-such really a sport? And: Are people who do such-and-such really athletes? Usually, I can tell, the people who ask me: say, are race car drivers really athletes? ... don't like auto racing -- and ...
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SPAIN: Frances Lemaitre and the UKs Chambers to face off in 100 metres
The only two athletes to have broken 10 seconds this season, Britain's Dwain Chambers and France's Christophe Lemaitre (pictured) are set for an exciting showdown in the 100 metres at the European championships in Barcelona on Wednesday.
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Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge Kicks Off in the Hamptons
The annual Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge kicked off in the Hamptons last weekend as the sport's greatest athletes competed for one of polo 's most treasured prizes. The 2010 Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge at Blue Star Jets Field will run for six weeks and ...
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Tom Brady or Peyton Manning: Which Player Deserves a Wealthier Contract?
I often sit back and wonder how it is at all possible for there to be so much money in the world. You'd think with so many highly paid athletes these days, many leagues and agents would be on the edge of bankruptcy, yet they still continue to push on. ..
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Can music aid athletic performance
Synchronous music, where stride length is matched to musical tempo, can have metronomic effects on the body by allowing athletes to run for longer, they say.
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Chad Ochocinco tweets about T.O.
Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco is one of the most popular athletes in the world on Twitter. On Tuesday evening Ochocinco sent some inter...
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Spanish sun may bring best out of Gillick again
BUILT IN 1929, classically renovated for the 1992 Olympics, and polished up again for this weeks European Championships, this charming old stadium on the slopes of Montjuic hasnt proved the luckiest of hunting grounds for Irish athletes. Sonia ...
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This and that
Each week Dick Vitale talks about the world of sports. This week, he discusses the Lakers offseason acquisitions and the chances Lou Piniella gets inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Louis Oosthuizen drives his way to No. 1
Cross-Sport Power Rankings rates the top 20 athletes making noise around the world of sports.
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Youth athletes playing with pain (northjersey.com)
Noted by Bob Cook on July 26, 2010 2:07 PM
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London Calling
The London Olympics begin two years from Tuesday, and a bevy of Beijing stars eye England. Nick Zaccardi offers 10 athletes to watch, including a swimmer chasing one more record.
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London celebrates 2-year countdown to 2012 Games
London marks the two-year countdown to the 2012 Summer Games on Tuesday by throwing open venues to star athletes, issuing a call for 70,000 volunteers and opening the first official Olympic store for sale of mascots and other souvenirs.
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BMW, USOC make 6-year sponsorship deal official
NEW YORK( AP) BMW and U.S. Olympic Committee officials say there's nothing contradictory about a German automaker sponsoring American athletes. The two organizations made the six-year deal official Monday at a news conference at a BMW dealership in ...
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Want to Score in Sports? Create a Connection
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Michael Levine, co-head of CAA Sports, leads a unit that not only represents more than 500 of the world's most-famous athletes, but is also active in the areas of corporate marketing, broadcast rights and sports-property ...
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London 2012 eyes business backing
Small and medium-sized firms are asked to help raise funds for the British 2012 Olympic and Paralympic teams.
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