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February 6, 2013

Texas Lawmaker Aims To Limit Full-Contact Football Practices

The Associated Presshttp://www.highschoolot.com/texas-lawmaker-eyes-football-in-concussion-fight/12070819/A state lawmaker who wants to make concussion screenings as routine as physicals in Texas public school athletics has taken direct aim at footba...

February 6, 2013

Congress Briefed On Plan To Protect Youth Athletes

USA Todayhttp://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/preps/2013/02/05/youth-sports-safety-summit-washington-dc-concussions-heart-related-deaths/1894743/Amid high scrutiny of NFL concussions, the 4th Youth Sports Safety Summit convened Tuesday to address inj...

February 6, 2013

Old Dominion Fires Coach Blaine Taylor

USA Todayhttp://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2013/02/05/old-dominion-fires-basketball-coach-blaine-taylor/1893935/ Before the start of the 2012-13 season, coach Blaine Taylor printed shirts for his Old Dominion players that read, Mission Possi...

February 6, 2013

Study Finds Correlation Between Exercise And Success

Ridge Reviewhttp://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/articleid/574760/newspaperid/4137/Study_finds_correlation_between_success_and_exercise_among_teens.aspx Teachers and parents always seem to tell teens to be active and participa...

February 5, 2013

Documents Detail Clemson NCAA Violations

The Republichttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/90579c50e31d42bdbb4d1279ae5afbba/ATH--Clemson-NCAAA Clemson’s men track athlete ran in five indoor meets after his eligibility was complete and a women’s track team member received impermi...

February 5, 2013

Conn. School Board Refuses To Increase Pay For Play To Raise Revenue

Daily Voicehttp://ridgefield.dailyvoice.com/sports/ridgefield-schools-wont-raise-athletic-feesPossibly raising the pay for play rate at the Ridgefield schools was not a good idea, the Ridgefield Board of Education said Monday night.The board would ne...

February 5, 2013

Idaho Coach Suspended For Unsportsmanlike Actions

Idaho Statesmanhttp://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/02/05/2439414/conference-suspends-nnu-basketball.html The Great Northwest Athletic Conference suspended Dave Daniels for one game for unsportsmanlike actions after Saturday's game at the University of...

February 5, 2013

Miles Asks For More Effort From Nebraska Team

Daily Nebraskanhttp://www.dailynebraskan.com/sports/article_17ec86c0-6f43-11e2-a1ab-0019bb30f31a.html Chalk one up for the Friday press conference.If a team ever responded to its coach's public comments, it was the Nebraska men's basketball team on S...