Because, for American TV viewers, the world's most elite
athletes competing head to head somehow isn't sensational enough.
Not exact matches
I've been
competing in the sport of Powerlifting for 3 years now (I'm
headed to my second USA Powerlifting Nationals competition in October), and because I am an
athlete (and an older
athlete at 47), I pay pretty close attention to the way I eat so that I can maximize my strength in relation to my body weight.
Youth
athletes and a parent and / or guardian sign and return a concussion and
head injury information sheet in order for
athletes to be allowed to practice or
compete;
Troy Calhoun, the
head football coach at the U.S. Air Force Academy, on helping young
athletes learn, improve and savor
competing
Following a season of grueling practices and hard - fought games, football and ice hockey players who had no outward sign of
head trauma showed worrisome changes in brain structure and cognitive performance that weren't shared by
athletes who
competed in varsity sports such as track, crew and cross-country skiing, according to a report published Wednesday in the journal Neurology.
When he heard about the other
athletes heading to Athens, his son John — a crack pistol shot — decided to go and
compete in the shooting events that were also on the program for the Modern Games.
trauma patients seen in the emergency department (due to a motor vehicle collision,
head trauma, serious fall, etc.) and an
athlete training hard and
competing who also induces a considerable amount of non-contact trauma.