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Quote of the Day: 12/29/07

Posted December 29th, 2007 at 9:00 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes

“Just go out there and do what you’ve got to do.”

- Martina Navratilova, tennis legend and a premier vegetarian athlete


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Maurice Greene Featured in New Book by Todd Gallagher

Posted November 1st, 2007 at 7:30 PM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Maurice Green2000 Olympic gold medalist Maurice Greene is among the celebrity athletes making an appearance in a newly published book by Todd Gallagher, Andy Roddick Beat Me With A Frying Pan.

The book is one man’s mission to settle, once and for all, some fifty different sports debates, no matter how ridiculous. Gallagher gets answers from A-list names in every major sport, from Greene to LeBron James to Jason Giambi to Mike Tyson, and many others.

In the chapter, “What kind of a handicap would it take to beat an Olympic sprinter?” Gallagher’s editor takes on Greene in a footrace. The hitch: the editor gets a more than 30-meter head start and runs more than half the 100-meter race on a moving walkway.
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Specificity of Bone Strength

Posted March 16th, 2007 at 4:00 PM by Jamal Walker

Section: Health & Fitness, Exercise

bone_health2.jpgA study from Wolverhampton University in England shows that exercising to strengthen muscles strengthens the bones on which these same muscles attach.
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Know when to change sports to avoid injury; reduce pain

Posted November 27th, 2006 at 7:00 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: Health & Fitness, Injury & Rehab

tennis player baby boomer1.jpgIf your favorite sport causes chronic pain or an injury that does not heal, you should probably switch to another sport. Two recent studies from the Argentine Tennis Association followed players with knee and shoulder problems (British Journal of Sports Medicine, May 2006).

In the first study, men who had anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears showed a great drop in their tennis performance. The knee is just two sticks held together by four bands, called ligaments. Two ligaments are located on the outside of the knee and two ligaments cross in the middle of the knee joint. Read the rest of this entry »


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