The First-Time Marathoner’s Guide to Fuel and Hydration for Your Marathon...
First-time marathoners, if your training program is overwhelming you (and, if you’re anything like I was during training for my first 26.2, it is), I’m here to make one particular part of your marathon...
View ArticleExperts question why previous heatstrokes at Maryland colleges weren’t a...
The two football practices unfolded roughly four years and 40 miles apart. At each one, a teenage football player ran drills outside, the temperature hovering in the 80s. When each started showing...
View ArticleWhy college football players are still dying preventable deaths (WTOP)
WASHINGTON — When University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair collapsed during a workout last spring, doctors who are experts in the field say his death was 100 percent preventable. And yet,...
View Article3 Simple Things I Do to Make Winter Running More Enjoyable (SELF)
Long gone are the days of heading out the door in shorts, a sports bras, and sunglasses. While the days are getting shorter, colder, and grayer, I love nothing more than combating the winter blues...
View Article30 NCAA Football Players Have Died During Workouts Since 2000, HBO Reveals...
When writing about this topic three weeks ago, our focus was mostly on the failure of high schools to protect student-athletes from potentially-fatal heat stroke. Little did we know what the big boys –...
View ArticleNCAA considering guidelines to help prevent offseason workout deaths...
The NCAA’s board of governors has given initial approval to a measure aimed at preventing non-traumatic deaths in offseason workouts, Sporting News has learned. It is expected be enacted this spring...
View ArticlePreventing Student Athlete Injury or Sudden Death – Interview with Dr....
Dr. Douglas Casa began his study of student athletic safety in 1985 when he suffered an exertional heat stroke while running a 10K race. As he explains, “I was fortunate to receive amazing care on-site...
View ArticleA dirty little secret vexes high school sports in Utah: Athletic trainers...
There’s a dirty little secret plaguing high school sports in Utah. The fact that the plague might not be as bad here as it is in some other states shouldn’t bring much comfort. Here’s what would bring...
View ArticleNCAA’s role in protecting student-athletes could be clouded by legal...
By Dan Bernstein The NCAA could end up becoming more liable to lawsuits if proposed measures aimed at protecting student-athletes pass, just one of the barriers to the organization taking a more active...
View ArticleStudy Examines Sudden Deaths in Youth Athletes (Athletic Business)
by Jason Scott New research by the Korey Stringer Institute (KSI) and the University of Connecticut revealed the most common cause of sudden death in American youth sports for athletes aged 6-17...
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