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Microspikes for safe winter hiking
I’ve been doing a good bit of hiking this winter season.
And for some reason I’ve seen a lot of people this year utilizing micro spikes - ice cleats.
Now though I haven’t used mine just yet, they’re hanging in the gear room just waiting for the day when my favorite trail becomes dangerously frozen o ... (full story)
Texas Tech's biggest and richest fan explains how he'd fix college sports
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Because he is a billionaire, the chairman of the Texas Tech board of regents and the school's No. 1 superfan, the easiest route for Cody Campbell would be to keep pumping money into his school's sports programs and let the chips fall where they may.
"For Texas Tech, the best thing that could ... (full story)
Takeaways from AP report on what sources say was Olympic watchdog's failure to close abuse case
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DENVER (AP) — There was an eight-year gap between the time young gymnasts and their parents started sounding warnings about a coach in 2017 and when he was arrested earlier this year on federal child pornography charges.
It took the U.S. Center for SafeSport — the agency formed by Congress to combat this type of abus ... (full story)
In 2025, Trump told FIFA, Olympics and NCAA to get in line. For the most part, they complied
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It has never been unusual for the leader of the host country to show up for one of the biggest moments of soccer's World Cup — the gala where the team pairings are revealed.
What made President Donald Trump's appearance last month different was the "FIFA Peace Prize." The newly created honor by the sport's intern ... (full story)
Abdominal aortic aneurysms
I’m sure many of you participate in an annual health screening.
So a few weeks ago during mine I was surprised to hear my doc suggest that, because I was an ex-smoker (traditional tobacco and that doggone wacky variety) for a string of years during my late teens, I should get an ultrasound to check for any signs of abdomi ... (full story)