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Iowa lawmakers take aim at concussions in sports
Iowa legislators have introduced a bill that would require schools to have health care professionals on the sidelines during all contact sports. The bill is currently at the committee level, and it's unclear how much support it has within the legi...
Study: Team sports boost long-term happiness
A new study by the London School of Economics has found that team sports boost long-term happiness in addition to personal health. Researchers from the school studied 459 athletes between 12 and 20 years of age, and those who participated in team ...
Washington study finds no link between artificial turf and cancer
A new study in Washington has found no link between the crumb rubber found in artificial turf and cancer. The state-led study was limited in scope, but it mirrors a Dutch study released last year that similarly found artificial fields were safe fo...
Reducing the risk of football injuries, including concussions
Millions of youths and adolescent athletes participate in various levels of amateur sports each year in the United States with thousands more playing at intercollegiate levels. Despite increasing media attention and the best efforts of media and trai...
Female strength training: Dissecting misconceptions & evaluating strategies
In my early years as a sports coach, and the subsequent years entering the strength and conditioning field, the mainstream culture viewed strength training as a male endeavor. At the time, the social stigma and paucity of disseminated information fed...
Oregon strength coach suspended after football players hospitalized
The University of Oregon suspended one of its strength and conditioning coaches Tuesday, days after three football players were hospitalized following offseason conditioning programs. Irele Oderinde was suspended one month without pay and, accordi...
Nutritional Value: Pay attention to your vegetarian athletes
Be sure the focus is on what they're consuming — not what they're avoiding How many vegetarian student-athletes do you have on the team? Concerned they may not be able to keep up in practice? Will they get injured more often? And what about ea...
Bo Jackson: Risks would have kept me from football
Bo Jackson, one of the all-time greatest two-sport professional athletes, would have never stepped onto a football field had he known the health risks. The Heisman Trophy winner said as much this week, adding that there was "no way" he would allo...
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