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Dune of Dreams: Baseball league in Dubai begins with novel rules and camels
UD AL-BAYDA, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Emerging from the shimmering heat in the desert outskirts of Dubai is an unfamiliar sight in the Middle East, a baseball field.
Now that it's built, though, one question remains: Will the fans come?
That's the challenge for the inaugural season of Baseball United, a four-team, m ... (full story)
How the 89-year-old tradition of Script Ohio and dotting the i defines Ohio State and its band
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lots of kids who grow up in Ohio dream of scoring a touchdown in front of 100,000 Buckeyes fans at Ohio Stadium.
While many dream of celebrating in the end zone, a smaller group of Sousaphone players aspire to dot the i and complete "Script Ohio" before the Buckeyes take the field.
At 89 ... (full story)
World record physiology
One of my many reading passions involves sport-science articles, especially those that try to identify just what it is physiologically that enables one particular world class athlete to be so much better than his/her peers.
Because let’s face it, once you reach that level of athleticism all the “could’ve been ... (full story)
fitness mythbuster 6.0
Okay, let’s get out our magnifying glasses and our Sherlock Holmes hats for another edition of the Fitness Mythbuster.
And this edition is a humdinger, a fitness myth that I’ve heard virtually my whole fitness career: If you stop exercising, your muscles will turn into fat.
And I bet I’m not the only one ... (full story)
Ohio dads hope to help grow football interest among kids and internationally
Having enjoyed and then agonized over the Cincinnati Bengals making the Super Bowl in the 2021 season and losing to the Los Angeles Rams in February 2022, Mike Schroeder was a little lost the following year when his favorite NFL team made another playoff run.
His wife was pregnant with the couple's third child, and he wanted to ... (full story)