Television movies for the week of August 26 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Television movies for the week of August 26...more...Academy Sports stores to open this fall (El Paso Times)
Academy Sports and Outdoors has delayed opening two El Paso stores by about six weeks, but they'll still be open in plenty of time for the winter holidays, a top company official said Tuesday....more... BRING YOUR KIDS (AND SOME PATIENCE) (The Florida Times-Union)
Nostalgia is finding new life in Northeast Florida's suburbs and creating a social experiment as communities grapple with handling an explosion of children. Drawn by the ideal of the old-fashioned neighborhood mixed with the suburban town center, families are moving to mega-developments in Clay and St. Johns counties by the dozens every day....more... Weighty Backpacks Harm Kids (The Morning News)
Every year, thousands of children seek medical attention for it. Many kids have permanent damage done to their spine because of it. Thousands more complain of back, neck and shoulder pain. Others complain of a tingling or numbness in their hands and arms. The culprit: school backpacks with too much weight or worn improperly (slung over one shoulder or worn low on the back)....more... skate park dreaming (The Shelby Star)
SHELBY ? A 13-and-a-half foot vertical wall. An 8-foot bowl. A fly box, roll-ins, quarter pipes and a bell box. To many, those terms are gibberish, but to local kids with few places to go for extreme sports, it sounds like heaven....more... Benton City kicks off Grid Kids program (Tri-City Herald)
Randy Rutledge stared out at the 105 children standing on the field before him....more... Crunch time (Leader-Telegram)
Corporate sponsorship. Elimination of freshman programs. Increased fees. Athletic foundations. Those are just some of the options facing area districts struggling to stretch cocurricular budgets under what for years have been constricting state-imposed revenue limits....more... LOCAL SPORTS CALENDAR (The Morning News)
BASEBALL * SPRINGDALE FALL SIGNUPS: Springdale youth fall ball registration for Cal Ripken ages 6-12 will be through Aug. 31 at the Springdale Youth Center from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Cost for fall ball will be 35 per player. Players will be furnished a cap and jersey. Games will be played on 5 dates: Sept. 8,15,22, 29, and Oct. 9. Games rained out will not be made up.Teams will play ......more... Cycling News Roundup 25 August 2007 (Daily Peloton)
Cycling News Roundup 25 August 2007 Team and Rider News, Stevic Returns, Cycling on TV, DHL Sprint School, Jonathan Page Cross Weekend, Livestrong Philly Challenge, Trips for Kids, Bike Biz and Interbike News....more... |