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February 20, 2013

Research Shows Concussions May Require Long-Term Follow-Up

Sports players suffering game-related concussions need long-term follow-up care, according to research in Canada.The study into injury rehabilitation by Dr. Maryse Lassonde of the Quebec Nature and Technologies Granting Agency found older athletes wh...

February 20, 2013

Top N.C. Hoops Prospect Dies After Collapsing During Game

News-Record.comhttp://www.news-record.com/news/777679-63/new-garden-friends-school-student#continue A timeout was called with about three minutes left in the fourth quarter.Josh Level collapsed."We called 911 immediately, and a nurse gave him artific...

February 19, 2013

Kansas Bill Aims To Give Parents More Power In Governing Sports

Lawrence Journal-Worldhttp://www2.ljworld.com/news/2013/feb/18/bills-target-high-school-competition-rules-overhau/In what has become an annual ritual at the Kansas Statehouse, lawmakers again this year will consider bills that would overturn certain ...

February 19, 2013

UGA Study To Look At Effects Of High School Football

The Telegraphhttp://www.macon.com/2013/02/18/2361040/uga-research-study-looks-into.htmlThe long-term physical effects of playing football remain a hot subject, especially among those who played it for a living. But an ongoing UGA research study is ta...

February 19, 2013

Former N.C. State Coach Arrested On Tax Charges

News & Observerhttp://www.newsobserver.com/2013/02/18/2690185/former-nc-state-basketball-coach.html Former N.C. State basketball coach Sidney Lowe was arrested Monday in Wake County and charged with failure to file and pay state income tax in the yea...

February 18, 2013

School District Considers Ending Drug Testing Program

NewsMiner.comhttp://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/article_6425fef4-79f7-11e2-b9f2-0019bb30f31a.htmlA mandatory drug testing program for Juneau’s (Alaska) high school students involved in extra-curricular activities might end in an effort t...

February 18, 2013

U. Of Iowa Athletes’ Funds Not Used For Athletes

Press-Citizen.comhttp://www.press-citizen.com/article/20130214/NEWS01/302140023/Athletes-funds-didn-t-go-Iowa-athletes?nclick_check=1University of Iowa Athletics Department officials last year erroneously spent thousands of dollars from a fund intend...

February 18, 2013

Cal A.D. Calls Coach’s Shove Of Player ’Unacceptable’

The Oregonianhttp://www.oregonlive.com/pac-12/index.ssf/2013/02/cal_coachs_shove_of_player_unacceptable_athletic_d.htmlCalifornia Athletic Director Sandy Barbour says coach Mike Montgomery’s two-handed shove of a player during a game is unaccep...