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September 5, 2014

The Athletic Edge joins sidelines at college football game

When the Oregon Ducks take the field against the Michigan State Spartans this Saturday at Autzen Stadium, the top-ranked teams will face off on the sidelines too: The Ducks will debut a brand-new product by The Athletic Edge, one of the nation’...


August 26, 2014

Three Virginia HS Football Teams Using Helmet Sensors

From DailyPress.comPlayers trying to hide getting their bell rung will have a harder time concealing potential concussions this season at three Virginia high schools.Many of them will be wearing the latest technology inside their helmets, and it will...


August 12, 2014

Student-Athletes Risking it all With Social Media Behavior

From The Associated PressAt St. Paul’s Episcopal School in Mobile, Alabama, the high school that produced Crimson Tide quarterbacks AJ McCarron and Jake Coker, there’s a new preseason ritual for football players: the social media talk.It&...


August 11, 2014

Football: Why every player should be put on hill sprints

Football coaches who are looking for ways to get an edge on the competition or are curious about the kind of training that can make their players faster and stronger are invited to investigate the possibilities of hill sprints, and running the bleach...


August 6, 2014

Offseason Disappearing for Many High School Sports

From News-Press.comThe last week of June was supposed to be the “dark” week for Florida’s high school football players.No open weight rooms, no voluntary or mandatory conditioning sessions, no seven-on-seven games were on the schedu...


July 29, 2014

NCAA Reaches Settlement in Concussions Lawsuit

From CBSSports.comThe NCAA has reached a preliminary settlement in a class-action lawsuit over concussions brought by former college athletes. As previously reported by CBSSports.com’s Dennis Dodd, the agreement filed Tuesday calls fo...


July 23, 2014

New Calif. Football Rule Limits Full-Contact Practices

From SFGate.comCalifornia schools will be forced to limit the number of hours and days their football programs’ young athletes can practice tackling and other game-speed hitting plays under a bill signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown tha...


July 16, 2014

Notre Dame Reveals New Field Design

From UND.comThe University of Notre Dame’s new FieldTurf surface at Notre Dame Stadium will be put in place in the next few weeks, and a strong sense of history will permeate the look of the field and its markings.The football field itself will...