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United States Sports Academy Hosts Elite Athletes from China for Sports Coaching Diploma Program

United States Sports Academy Hosts Elite Athletes from China for Sports Coaching Diploma Program

The United States Sports Academy welcomed 20 former elite athletes from China to campus to prepare them for careers in coaching as part of the institution’s International Diploma in Sports Coaching (IDSC) program.

The United States Sports Academy welcomed a group of former Chinese Olympians and elite athletes to campus to prepare them for careers in coaching as part of the institution’s…

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United States Sports Academy Sports Management Master’s Degree Program Earns Top 25 Designation

United States Sports Academy Sports Management Master’s Degree Program Earns Top 25 Designation

The United States Sports Academy’s online master’s degree program in sports management has been ranked as one of the top 25 of its kind by OnlineMasters.com, an industry-leading educational research organization.

The United States Sports Academy’s master’s degree program in sports management has been ranked as one of the top 25 of its kind by OnlineMasters.com, an industry-leading educational…

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Nightengale: Look Out Dodgers, Brewers — the Red Sox Look Unstoppable By Bob Nightengale | Maybe the Boston Red Sox really are who they thought they were.

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Former USA Gymnastics Head Arrested for Alleged Interference with Nassar Evidence

Former USA Gymnastics Head Arrested for Alleged Interference with Nassar Evidence

By Dan Palmer |

Former USA Gymnastics President and chief executive Steve Penny has been arrested and accused of interfering with evidence relating to the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.

Penny allegedly removed documents from a training center during the investigation into the disgraced former team doctor.

According to an indictment against him, he did this with “the purpose of impairing the…

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The MLS is Watching the San Diego Election Day Stadium Vote

The MLS is Watching the San Diego Election Day Stadium Vote

By Evan Weiner |

Election Day is coming up soon and there are two stadium proposals on the ballot in San Diego that definitely have the interest of Major League Soccer and perhaps the National Football League. San Diego elected officials would like to knock down the city’s seldom used stadium that Major League Baseball’s Padres and the National Football League’s Chargers once called home. There…

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Nightengale: Will Controversial Call Cost Astros a Trip to World Series? By Bob Nightengale | He won’t hide in anonymity like Steve Bartman, or be famous like Jeffrey Maier, but Troy Caldwell certainly will be forever known in Houston if the Astros don’t reach the World Series.

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Owen: Patrick Baumann - Why it Will be Tough to Replace Sport’s Man of the Future

Owen: Patrick Baumann – Why it Will be Tough to Replace Sport’s Man of the Future

By David Owen |

I make no apology for adding to the torrent of words devoted to Swiss International Olympic Committee (IOC) member – and much, much more – Patrick Baumann since his unexpected death in Argentina a few days ago.

After all, while 51-year-old men do very sadly pass away – Marcel Proust, Napoleon Bonaparte and James Gandolfini are cases in point – death before old age causes a jolt,…

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An Investigation of Youth Football Players’ Participation Motivations and Health Related Behaviors

An Investigation of Youth Football Players’ Participation Motivations and Health Related Behaviors

Authors: Zhenhao Zeng, Andria Cuello, Jonathan Skelly, Christopher Gigliello, Steven Riveras

Corresponding Author: P.I. Zhen Hao Zeng, D.P.E. Professor of Sport Pedagogy Department of Kinesiology, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York, USA hzeng@brooklyn.cuny.edu 718-951-5014

Zhen Hao (Howard) Zeng is an associate professor of the Department of Kinesiology at Brooklyn College of the…

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Government Support is Essential for Sports Owners and Organizers

Government Support is Essential for Sports Owners and Organizers

By Evan Weiner |

Former National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern once said that a successful sports franchise needed three things: Local government support, a large local TV deal and corporate support. Government was important because local politicians could make life simple by passing legislation to make stadium or arena building easier. That is happening in California now for…

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Former Pyeongchang 2018 Chairman Charged with Embezzlement and Breach of Trust

Former Pyeongchang 2018 Chairman Charged with Embezzlement and Breach of Trust

By Duncan Mackay |

Former Pyeongchang 2018 chairman Yang Ho Cho has been indicted on charges including embezzlement and breach of trust, South Korean prosecutors have announced.

The charges, though, refer to his position as the chairman of Korean Air and are nothing to do with his time when he led Pyeongchang’s successful bid for the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A Seoul…

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American Sport Art Museum & Archives Receives “Perfect 10” Donation of Rick Rush Serigraphs

American Sport Art Museum & Archives Receives “Perfect 10” Donation of Rick Rush Serigraphs

Fairhope, Ala., resident L.D. McLaughlin Jr. recently visited the American Sport Art Museum & Archives (ASAMA) and donated a set of 10 serigraphs, each one signed and numbered #10 in a series, by 2011 United States Sports Academy Sport Artist of the Year Rick Rush. McLaughlin, left, is pictured with Academy Art Committee chair Nancy Raia and Academy President and CEO Dr. T.J. Rosandich.

Fairhope,…

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Bono Steps Down as USA Gymnastics Chief After Just Four Days

Bono Steps Down as USA Gymnastics Chief After Just Four Days

By Daniel Etchells |

Mary Bono has announced she is stepping down as USA Gymnastics’ interim President and chief executive just four days after taking up the role.

It follows tweets by four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles and other gymnasts in which they questioned the appointment of Bono.

Her resignation marks the latest crisis to strike the problem-ridden national governing body.

“It is…

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Mutko Returns to Position as President of Russian Football Union

Mutko Returns to Position as President of Russian Football Union

By Daniel Etchells |

Vitaly Mutko has fully returned to the position of President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) having temporarily stepped down last December to fight his lifetime ban from the Olympic Games.

RFU vice-president Sergei Anokhin said in June that Mutko, who is now a Deputy Prime Minister in Russia, will still continue in his role as RFU head despite rumors that he was set to…

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Armour: Do You Really Need Experience to be an MLB Manager? By Nancy Armour | Experience is overrated. Or so it now seems in baseball, where the idea that big-league managers have to first toil in the minors or on someone else’s staff is going the way of complete games.

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North, South Korea Plan Talks on Joint 2032 Olympic Bid, Unified Tokyo 2020 Team

North, South Korea Plan Talks on Joint 2032 Olympic Bid, Unified Tokyo 2020 Team

By Florence Almond |

Delegates from North and South Korea met today to discuss fielding a unified team at Tokyo 2020 as well as their joint bid for the 2032 Olympics.

The meeting comes after the leaders of North and South Korea held their third summit in September in Pyongyang and reached agreements on several issues.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had…

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Woods, Osaka Named Academy September Athletes of the Month

Woods, Osaka Named Academy September Athletes of the Month

By Eric Mann |

American golfer Tiger Woods and Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka have been named the United States Sports Academy’s Male and Female Athletes of the Month for September.

Woods shot an 11-under 269 to win the season-ending PGA Tour Championship tournament in Atlanta, Ga., on 23 September 2018. It was the first professional tournament win for Woods in more than five years and his…

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USA Gymnastics Appoints Mary Bono as Interim President and Chief Executive

USA Gymnastics Appoints Mary Bono as Interim President and Chief Executive

By Dan Palmer |

Crisis-hit USA Gymnastics has appointed Mary Bono as interim President and chief executive.

Her appointment was confirmed by the Board of Directors at the governing body which is looking to recover from the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.

Bono replaces Kerry Perry, who resigned after just nine months in the top job following criticism of her handling of the Nassar case.

She…