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Today, I’m excited to bring back a feature from before the COVID-19 pandemic called Healthy Actions.  In the monthly series, which started in 2018, I pick topics of wide interest to educate readers who might not otherwise have access to our area health experts. The series continued in 2019 and a bit of 2020 before the …

Iran’s Navy once again harassed US ships operating in the Persian Gulf, this time coming within 60m of the ships on Monday night, prompting one of the American ships to fire warning shots, according to Commander Rebecca Rebarich, a spokeswoman for the US Navy. Three fast inshore attack craft from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps …

For elite runners competing in long-distance races, every second counts. So when Nike introduced “advanced shoe technology” in 2017, questions arose about whether the new design would significantly affect performances in professional sports. A new paper published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living found that the new footwear indeed reduced running times for both …

TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / December 9, 2020 / Binovi Technologies Corp. (Binovi) (TSXV:VISN)(OTCQB:BNVIF)(FRA:2EYA) is proud to announce a partnership with the Babe Ruth League, one of the largest youth baseball and softball organizations in the United States, serving more than 1,000,000 players in over 11,000 leagues across the country. Through the partnership, Binovi becomes …

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing changes to the fanfare of being recruited by any college team but especially smaller schools on a budget. With the safety measures in place much of the pomp and circumstance won’t happen for high student athletes looking to play at the next level. Technology is allowing athletic …

OHIO, USA — Technology has been vital during this time as we work from home and stay connected with loved ones. But it’s also how coaches have kept in contact with their athletes. Skype, Zoom, and Facetime, all being used now more than ever as we try to keep life as normal as we can. …

Hey Siri, what is teamwork? Alexa, what is commitment? OK Google, what is integrity? Simply put, these are AVSC’s core values, but they’re not merely simple values to understand and practice. As the idea of Moore’s Law (the notion that computer processing power doubles roughly every two years) integrates its way into all aspects of …

Baseball is Connor Riley’s love and passion, and since he’s a minor league pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels organization, it’s also his job. So when the Aurora-native’s right shoulder was slow to recover after surgery in May of 2018, he felt demoralized. “I felt like I was a bug caught in a spiders web,” …

World championships and Paralympic berths will be at stake Nov. 7-15 at the World Para Track and Field Championships in Dubai. The top four athletes in each event will win Paralympic qualification berths for their countries, with the exception that no athlete may earn a spot in more than one event. Athletes are split into …

Team GB are helping to develop ground-breaking new immersive technology to adapt athletes and coaches to Japan before they even arrive for next summer’s Olympics Games. With the first athletes who will represent Great Britain next year formally confirmed on Tuesday, the planners at Team GB have also been working on a range of initiatives …