Extreme Sports Enthusiasts Get Ready (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) SoulSherpas.com, the Web's leading action and extreme sports community, hooks up with Sportskool.com for an unmatched interactive experience....more...Wave riders (The Pantagraph) NORMAL -- Tyler Thompson adds new meaning to the term, "ski bum." Thompson, 20, co-founder of the Illinois State University Water Ski Team, skims across the water every day, weather permitting and even sometimes when it doesn't....more... Cycling safety 101 (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus) A common complaint of new or infrequent road cyclists and commuters is that they feel exposed and squeezed by auto traffic. In the absence of an extensive system of bike paths and lanes, sharing the road is something that we all have to get used to. That means mastering the fear of auto traffic, and knowing how to ride safely and predictably as it flows around you. ... - By CHRIS HRENKO ......more... Relay teams run to combat domestic violence (Poughkeepsie Journal) The team was supposed to have been different. The race was about how things should be different. Last Sunday, New York State Police Elite finished Avon's nine-leg, 53-mile, Bear Mountain-to-New Rochelle Need for Speed Relay Against Domestic Violence in six hours, 55 minutes and 25 seconds. The winner, co-ed Hellgate, clocked 6:10:49. The police had reason to celebrate and to lament. While an ......more... New park starts to take shape (Denbighshire Free Press) WORK has been completed on the first phase of a scheme to provide a home for a town's wheeled sports enthusiasts....more... Saddling up in a new niche (San Antonio Express-News) After leaving the TV news world behind, former producer gaining fame in the horse world....more... Vietnam widow confronted war's legacy with editorial, personality (The Arizona Daily Star via Yahoo! News) Gail James Yoakum, a war widow and mother of two, could not accept war as a road to peace....more... 'A' is for accomplished Trojan senior excels at multiple sports, multiple subjects (The Ann Arbor News) Discipline in the Sawyer house is a little different than your average home. When Whitmore Lake senior Rachel Sawyer would get in trouble, her parents took away the one thing that hurt. Not the car. Not the phone. Not her friends....more... Runners -- Let Thirst Be Your Guide (Science Daily) Many people are drinking too much water, including sports drinks, when exercising, a practice that could put some individuals engaging in prolonged types of endurance exercise at risk of potentially lethal water intoxication, say international experts who study disorders of water metabolism....more... |