June 2008
ROLLER DERBY GOES PRO
Television is always changing. Reality shows faded, replaced by artistic competition shows like American Idol and Dancing With The Stars. The next big thing has yet to break, but there are hints that it may involve athletic exploits. One part of that big thing may be on wheels---again...
CLEAVERS BASH SISTERS
Team 'Leave It To Cleavers' showed no mercy to team 'Sisters Of No Mercy' in a bout that showed the aftermath of the beating a Los Angeles travel team dealt to the Salt Lake all-star roller derby team: more hit-'em-hard play. Rookie Genea Gaudet, in only her second bout, reports...
ADVENTURE SPORTS by WINA STURGEON 6/30/08
It's on! Race at Snowbasin July 4th. Ski or snowboard, it's only ten gates, and you could win a season pass...Tornado stops Olympic swimming trials with 100 mph winds and pool flooding...Tour de France feud gets worse...Floyd Landis spends two million on doping trial, still found guilty of doping...
BILATERAL DEFICIENCY CAN HURT YOU
A muscle imbalance can be a lot of things. But a bilateral deficiency is just one thing, and you can test yourself to see if you have one, says Red Bull's Sports Performance Manager...
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 6/23: WHEN WILL WE STAND UP?
We have become a nation whose people back down under the negativity of opinionated gossipers, who don't stand up even when untrue opinions are presented as fact. What that means is, we have become a people who back down when attacked...
MARATHON OWNER FORCED TO SELL RACES
Chris Devine had big dreams. The Chicago man who birthed the Chicago Half-Marathon, the Salt Lake 'Bump and Boogie' Marathon, the Los Angeles Marathon and more, wanted to be a big name in running. Now he has been forced to sell two of his races for "double digit millions," just to pay bills...
SNOWBIRD CLOSES, LAST DAY "INCREDIBLE"
By 8:00 a.m., the parking lot at Snowbird was filling up. Some walked towards the plaza holding skis or snowboards. Some wore shorts and pushed baby strollers. And some carried big knives and forks...
HOUSEWORK WORKOUT
By 8:00 a.m., Not enough time to work out? No problem. You can get a great workout around the house, and clean up at the same time...
FIRST DEW DONE, SHECKLER WINS
Saturday, June 21, was "Go Skateboarding Day." So it was fitting that it was also the weekend of the first stop of the 2008 Dew Tour...
BIG CHANGES IN NEW DEW TOUR
MTV signs on, FMX half gone, one year for Stephen Murray, and winners of the first stop in China---yes, The Dew hit China! Here's the latest news about the 2008 Dew Tour...
ADVENTURE SPORTS by WINA STURGEON 6/18/08
Tour de France bans clean riders, battle is on...U. S. Basketball player becomes Russian to play in Olympics...The ski season that won't die...Wanna buy Rossignol---the company?... The truth about sunscreen...
USE NEGATIVES FOR POSTIVE RESULTS
It's almost a secret workout trick, used by bodybuilders to build bigger muscles and by elite athletes to get stronger, fast. But you too can use negatives, and here's why you should...
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 6/9: JAPAN'S INTENSELY BAD DILEMA
What is more important in sports: sponsor money or winning? That's a hard choice in today's commercial world; but it's one that Japan is having to make immediately. Can you hear the horrified screams of Japan's Olympic team?...
TAO TE CLIMB
Climbing editor Patrick Welsh is back, and in his first column of the new season, he writes about "The Way" of climbing...
USE A MIRROR FOR YOUR TRAINING
Have you ever judged yourself as you work out? You should. A mirror can be a fantastic coach if you know how to use it while you train...
SALT CITY DERBY GIRLS: IN THE SIN BIN
The Angel City Derby Girls came from Hollywood to play local all-star team, Salt City Shakers---but there were no angels in this bout. Even the coach got ejected. Plus, in the season opener, the Death Dealers killed Sisters of No Mercy...
CHINA'S OLYMPIC WAR---ER, WARS
Take one secretive government that totally controls its citizens---award them the Olympics and expect them to change. Then be surprised when that government tries to control the world's media, athletes and visitors. Why the IOC (and NBC) is tearing out their collective hair...
MARTIN OUT, BUT NOT DOWN
It took one race for Arielle Martin, the top woman BMX rider in the U. S., to lose both her lead and her Olympic slot. She wasn't the only one who got bad news while in China for the World Championships. So did the first ever U. S. team...
INSIDE THE SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
It was a motorcycle champion's weekend at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah: the AMA U. S. Nationals and the U. S. FIM World Championship stop. The AMA winner popped a wheelie at 125 mph. We report what it's like to be a "corner flagger," watching the race and using colored flags to IM the racers...
ADVENTURE SPORTS by WINA STURGEON 6/3/08
The Japanese are challenging Speedo with a version of the controversial LZR Racer swimsuit, but is it legal?...Skate star Tony Hawk gives fans his own ups and downs...Get ready for the Snowbasin Firecracker; a 4th of July ski, yes ski race...women ski jumpers sue 2010 Olympic organizers, say if they can't jump, men can't either...Your Nalgene water bottle could be making you sick...
SUPERBIKE RACERS: ZEN ATHLETES
Superbike racing at nearly 200 miles an hour for an hour at a time requires a hard body, quick reflexes and a calm mind. That calmness can help athletes in any sport. One rider tells how to get it...
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