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February 10, 2010

Coaches Fistfight After 4- To 6-Year-Old Hockey Game

The coaches of two youth hockey teams that feature players ranging in age from 4 to 6 years old got in a fistfight following a game Saturday. The head coach of a team from Allen Park (Mich.) called the coach of a team from Taylor a "bad coach and a p...


February 5, 2010

Hockey Player Collapses, Dies After Practice

Matt McCarthy, a senior captain of the Pentucket Regional High School (Mass.) hockey team, collapsed and died after practice yesterday. There hasn’t been a determination of death. One player reported that McCarthy’s "lungs hurt."http://ww...


February 5, 2010

Girls Hockey Team Suspended For Playing In Non-School Event

The Falmouth High School girls hockey team had to deal with the suspension of seven players, head coach and an assistant coach recently. Those players participated in the Polar Bear Holiday Tournament in Connecticut, which was a non-school athletic e...


February 3, 2010

17-Time State Title Field Hockey Coach Still Recovering

Jane Nixon, the field hockey coach at Pioneer High School (Mich.) who has led her squad to 17 state titles, still is recovering from an accident Nov. 18, 2009, when she was riding as a passenger on a scooter that lost control and ran into a car. Nixo...


February 3, 2010

Sliding into a Strong Core

Core training is one of the current strength and conditioning trends that has launched a multitude of diverse applications and filled the pages of equipment catalogues with a wide array of assistive paraphernalia.Practitioners no longer treat the "ab...


January 29, 2010

Mass. School Postpones Hockey Game Due To Serious Injuries

Norwood High (Mass.) has postponed its next game following back-to-back serious injuries on the ice. A sophomore varsity player was expected to undergo surgery to fuse together his fourth and fifth vertebrae after he was hit by another player and cra...