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February 2, 2022

Video Shows Youth Basketball Coach Choking Referee

Footage that allegedly shows a coach choking a referee during a youth basketball game in the United States has gone viral, attracting more than 1.2 million views in the hours after it was uploaded in the latest instance of violence to mar youth sport...

February 2, 2022

Sports Tech Summit Set To Take Place This Month

Using a groundbreaking Global 3-D Virtual event platform, the #GSTS2022 is poised to become the largest driver in the sports tech industry with over 2.5K industry professionals expected to join. The Global SportsTech Summit 2022 (#GSTS2022) will o...

February 1, 2022

PA Surgeon Pioneers Faster Recovering ACL Surgery

When a budding girls high school basketball player in Pennslyvania saw her season cut short due to a torn ACL during summer league play, Cayleigh Walker and her family turned to one of the best. Dr. Matthew A. Varacallo is the medical director of ...

February 1, 2022

Wisconsin Health Specialist Serving as Olympics Trainer

With less than three days until the start of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, more than Olympic athletes are preparing to perform on the world's stage. A recent story from WMTV NBC-15 in Wisconsin highlighted a University of Wisconsin health exer...

February 1, 2022

Women in Sports Tech Partners with PointsBet

PointsBet, a premier global online gaming operator, announced this week its official partnership with WiST (Women in Sports Tech, Inc.), a non-profit organization dedicated to driving growth opportunities for women at the intersection of sports, tech...

January 31, 2022

ASU’s Beach Volleyball Facility to be Ready by Spring 2022

Arizona State University and Sun Devil Athletics recently announced that construction is already underway on a new Sun Devil Beach Volleyball facility, which will host university and community events and serve as the home for the Sand Devils. Located...

January 31, 2022

Clemson University Announces Women’s Sports Facility Plan

The Clemson University Board of Trustees Finance and Facilities Committee reviewed a $27.5 million expansion plan for new and upgraded lakefront facilities for lacrosse, gymnastics, and rowing. The plans are subject to full Board of Trustees approval...

January 27, 2022

EAP Saves Official’s Life During Colorado Basketball Game

Licensed athletic trainers like Ashley Cowan prepare for the worst with things like an emergency action plan (EAP), but one can only be so ready for when a worst-case scenario actually arrives. That moment came for Cowan on Jan. 4 at Bear Creek, o...