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Morocco refuse to host African Nations Cup over Ebola fears

A big question mark has been placed over next year’s African Nations Cup after Morocco announced they would not stage the tournament in January because of fears over the spread of Ebola. The country,...

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2015 Tour de France Announced

Designed with the intention of breaking away from tradition, the route of the 2015 Tour de France was announced in Paris, with more than 4,000 spectators attending at the Palais des Congrès. “The...

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Phelps to enter six-week program after second DUI

Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps is entering a six-week, in-patient treatment program following his arrest last Tuesday on a drunken driving charge for the second time. In a statement posted...

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Virginia Tech Latest to Join NCAA’s $30M Concussion Study

Virginia Tech researchers announced this week they will be joining universities across the country as part of a venture the NCAA is calling “the most comprehensive study of concussion and head impact...

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Phelps’ second DUI arrest should draw harsher penalty

Police arrested Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps on a DUI (Driving Under Influence, the editor) charge early Tuesday, and officials say he was speeding and failed field sobriety tests when officers...

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Bus Driver Shortage Puts Custodians on Sports Trips

Regional School Unit 9 has a shortage of bus drivers, but it is not the only school district needing help. The problem is statewide, David Leavitt, director of support services, said. “We are three...

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NCAA’s Emmert: Domestic Violence a School Issue

NCAA president Mark Emmert believes it’s the responsibility of individual schools to handle issues of domestic violence and sexual assault, and that a spate of recent cases reflect greater societal...

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What a Horrific Mess

There is nothing positive about domestic violence. For me the act seems to get worse when the one who is committing the violent act is an NFL running back, admittedly 10 times more powerful than the...

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“New York Times writes “Racism in the United States is as virulent as ever”"

Racism in the United States is as virulent as ever”, Willliam C. Rhoden writes in The New York Times in connection with the National Basketball Association for the second time since April being rocked...

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NFL Hypocrisy on Display in Scotland and Greenland

There is not a more unlikely spot on the globe than Qaqortoq, Greenland to explore the hypocrisy of the National Football League in the group’s absolute scorched earth policy against legal sports...

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College Bassletes Find Fishing Pays Off Without NCAA’s Oversight

Jacob Nummy had trained all year to defend his title. Now, on the breezy eve of the national championship, the 23-year-old political-science major was soaking up tips from a pro. Use rock salt to calm...

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U.S. Air Force Academy launched investigation of its athletic department

The U.S. Air Force Academy has launched an investigation of its athletic department following reports by the Colorado Springs Gazette that cadet athletes have flouted the academy’s “sacred honor code...

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If you’re LeBron James, you can go home again

“All that he knew was that the years flow by like water, and that one day men come home again.”  Thomas Wolfe’s protagonist in his posthumously published 1940 novel “You Can’t Go Home Again,” George...

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Senator McCaskill Releases Findings of Campus Sexual Violence Survey

The findings of the campus sexual violence survey, released by Senator Claire McCaskill on July 9, assess how institutions report, investigate, and adjudicate sexual violence. Overall, the findings are...

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Knoxville Dives into Olympic Fun

Visit Knoxville is extremely excited to announce that there will be two USA Diving events that will take place right here at home! USA Diving AT&T National Diving Championships will take place at...

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Fan caught sleeping at Yankees game sues MLB, ESPN for $10 million

One New York Yankees fan who was shown on camera taking a snooze during an early season Yankees-Red Sox game has filed a defamation lawsuit against ESPN, commentators John Kruk and Dan Shulman, Major...

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Rupert Murdoch Bets a Half Billion Dollars That the Next World Cup Will Be...

No matter what happens on Tuesday in the World Cup game between the United States and Belgium, soccer is not going to be going away anytime soon on American television. Since the 1994 World Cup in the...

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NATA Issues Heat Guidelines, Research at Conference

At NATA’s 65th Clinical Symposia & AT Expo in Indianapolis today, leading health care professionals advance released an executive summary of the association’s exertional heat illnesses position...

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Federal judge denies Lance Armstrong’s request to dismiss fraud lawsuit

A U.S. federal judge has denied Lance Armstrong’s request to dismiss a 100 million Dollars fraud lawsuit filed against him last year by the U.S. Government. In an 81-page ruling, Judge Robert Wilkins...

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Health and safety to be considered in all future playing rule changes

The Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports urged sport and playing rules committees to carefully consider the safety consequences of proposed playing rules HIGHLIGHTS WHAT...

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