The International Cheer Union (ICU), the recognized World Governing Body of Cheerleading, this week held its annual World Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, Florida, crowning the top cheer champions in the world in multiple divisions. Teams from more than 70 countries competed in the cheerleading’s preeminent event, that took place April 24 through April 26. The […]
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2019 Bike Commuter of the Year Winners Announced
This week Bay Area Bike to Work Day (BTWD) organizers named the winners of the 2019 Bike Commuter of the Year awards. Given to individuals for inspiring bicycling in their Bay Area communities, the Bike Commuter of the Year award recognizes a winner from each of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties for their […]
International Day of Football and Friendship Celebrated in Schools Around the World
April 25 is the International Day of Football and Friendship. This year, it was celebrated in schools and sports academies of more than 50 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America. The activities involved meetings, training, and friendly matches with participation of the Young Ambassadors and Coaches of the Gazprom International Children’s Social […]
St. Jude patient to announce round three selection at 2019 NFL Draft
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® patient Owen will be a special guest of the National Football League (NFL) when he announces the Seattle Seahawks’ round three draft pick onstage on Friday evening, April 26, in Nashville, Tennessee. Former NFL MVP running back Shaun Alexander will join Owen onstage to raise awareness of the St. Jude […]
Memorial Day Celebrity Softball Game Announces Beneficiary
The founder and creator of the Red River Rivalry Celebrity Softball Game that kicks off OU/UT Weekend announces another star-studded celebrity coed softball game happening this Memorial Day Weekend at the AirHogs Stadium in Grand Prairie on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Following the success of the Red River Rivalry game, Tim “TK” Klund announced this […]
The “Tiger Boom” is real
Want additional proof that the “Tiger Boom” is real, and that the game of golf in general is on stable footing? Look no further than the surge of visits to GOLF.com, which had already been growing steadily in the first quarter of 2019, then simply exploded with a record-breaking traffic day as Tiger Woods completed […]
Amateur Bowler Beats Top PBA Pro to Win More Than a Quarter Million Dollars
Bowlero Corp league bowler, Luis Gonzalez, of Chicago, Ill., won the inaugural Bowlero Elite Series event, a historic night for bowling featuring 16 of the world’s top professional and amateur bowlers competing for over half a million dollars in total prizes at Bowlero Romeoville. “I’ve bowled hundreds of thousands of games and one single frame […]
Athletes Like Golf Champ Tiger Woods Can Come Back from Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Golf champion Tiger Woods, in 2017, said he was trying to escape pain when he was charged with driving under the influence. A toxicology report later revealed that Woods had Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax, Ambien and THC in his system. A month later he entered a treatment program according to news reports. Addiction doesn’t discriminate and […]
World Class Swimmer Madisyn Cox Sues Cooper Clinic Affiliate
Madisyn Cox, a world-class competitive swimmer and former member of the U.S. National Swim Team, has filed a lawsuit against an affiliate of the well-known Dallas-based Cooper Clinic for negligently producing and selling its Cooper Complete Elite Athlete multivitamin, which was subsequently found to contain a banned substance. In March of 2018, Ms. Cox was […]
Jackie Robinson 100th Anniversary Auction Headlines Goldin Auctions 2019 Spring Auction
The last autograph ever signed by John F. Kennedy, Jackie Robinson’s 1951 Dodgers jersey, Lou Gehrig’s 1925 contract and historic home run baseballs from Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Alex Rodriguez headline the Goldin Auctions 2019 Spring Auction, from April 15, through May 11 at GoldinAuctions.com. Included in the 1,200-lot auction are a dozen lots […]