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minnesota
June 26, 2023

Minnesota Athletics announces gymnastics performance center

At its June 2023 meeting, the University of Minnesota Board of Regents approved for Athletics to proceed with the construction of a new gymnastics performance center. The new performance center will be built in the Athletes Village footprint, whic...


findlay
June 26, 2023

University of Findlay announces upgrades to football facilities

The University of Findlay Department of Athletics recently announced plans for a new multi-purpose practice facility located in the heart of campus. Dick Strahm Champions Field will provide 83,000 square feet of turf that will be utilized primaril...


chiefs
June 26, 2023

Chiefs ATC inducted into NATA Hall of Fame

Kansas City Chiefs head athletic trainer Rick Burkholder earned yet another award last week. After earning a Super Bowl title with the Chiefs in February, Burkholder — along with six others — was inducted into the National Athletic Trainers' A...


concussion
June 21, 2023

Researchers find new link between sleep and concussions

A new study led by Flinders University points to the importance of sleep quality in the aftermath and recovery process of sports-related concussions, a common form of mild traumatic brain injury. Results from a study published in Nature and Sci...


wilmington
June 12, 2023

UNC Wilmington student-athletes complete nearly 4,200 hours of community service

The University of North Carolina Wilmington has announced that student-athletes contributed 4,197 hours of community service in the local area during the 2022-2023 school year. Even with unparalleled success during the 2022-23 athletic year, UNCW ...


arabitg
June 12, 2023

Heather Arabitg’s love for the profession shines through her commitment

Since high school, Heather Arabitg knew she wanted to be a physical therapist. An avid soccer player at an all-girls high school, she was introduced to the idea of athletic training by her soccer coach.  “My soccer coach said to me, ‘You play...


gender
June 12, 2023

Doctors: Sports medicine must break cycle of gender bias

Sports and exercise medicine must up its game to break the cycle of gender bias in the specialty, urge an international group of doctors in an editorial in the open access journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. The dearth of women in all...


headers
June 12, 2023

Study suggests headers in soccer not as harmful as originally thought

A new study suggests soccer ‘headers’ may not cause irrevocable harm damage — as long as the technique is properly taught. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) studied the repetitive impacts of headers by athletes using six diffe...


abacus
June 1, 2023

A new era for Abacus Sports

{Sponsored} Abacus Sports Installations has begun a new chapter in its storied history. The company is excited to announce that Abacus is now a part of the  Icon Group. The Icon Group is a sports surface collaborative of company partners. Each pa...


brain bank
May 22, 2023

University of Pittsburgh brain bank now accepting donations

A brain bank out of the University of Pittsburgh is now accepting donations from former players in an effort to further understand the effects of sports-related concussions. The National Sports Brain Bank (NSBB) at the University of Pittsburgh is ...