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PG East: Riverview graduate Sabatini earns a national title in weightlifting
Phil Sabatini was a standout high school athlete at Riverview a decade ago, and he became a solid Division I college baseball player at Ohio University soon thereafter. But he's reached elite world-class status in a sport he only took up competitively later in life, a sport -- weightlifting -- that requires an exorbitant amount of thankless training.
Football practices sizzle under the sun
It's midsummer with temperatures in excess of 100 degrees, and high school football teams are sweating through conditioning drills, and weightlifting as well as playing in 7-on-7 tournaments.
Olympic champion facing racism accusations
Prague, July 15 (CTK) - Ota Zaremba, Czechoslovak Olympic winner from Moscow 1980, was summoned to the disciplinary commission of the Czech Weightlifting Association (CSV) over his offensive public statements on Romanies.
Unbeaten Bradley may be on road to big-time fights
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Timothy Bradley realizes the path to boxing superstardom is narrow and unforgiving. A fighter can get lost with even one misstep.
Hats Off
Paul Morganroth, 14, of Challis, placed third in the 14-15 85 kg. (187 lb.) category in the National School Age Olympic Weightlifting Championships in Foster City, California. Paul, at a personal weight of 81kgs (178 lbs.), snatched 94 kgs (207 lbs.) and clean and jerked116kgs (255 lbs).
Bradley moves up for welterweight fight vs. Abregu
Timothy Bradley realizes the path to boxing superstardom is narrow and unforgiving. A fighter can get lost with even one misstep. This Palm Springs product has stayed right on the road so far, and most everybody believes Bradley is only a few fights away from reaching his destination. The WBO 140-pound champion (25-0, 11 KOs) temporarily will move up to welterweight on Saturday night to meet ...
Players must be available for dope tests from Aug. 1
International cricketers will be required to provide information about their whereabouts from Aug. 1 to enable out-of-competition dope testing.
Dr. Paul Donohue: Exercise guidelines are not rocket science
Dear Dr. Donohue: You have written several times in the past about the formula used to determine the training zone for exercise. It's the one where you deduct your age from 220 and then take 60 percent to 75 percent of that number for obtaining the low and high heartbeat rate that puts you in the zone for benefiting from the exercise.
Stars and Dogs for this week
A humorous look at the companies that caught our eye, for better or worse, this week
Team Nigeria departs for Africa youth championships in Morocco
Nigeria's representatives to the 2010 Africa Youth Championships in Morocco from July 14-18, departed Lagos on Wednesday. The contingent, comprising boxing, taekwondo, table tennis, weightlifting and wrestling athletes and their officials are being sponsored by the National Sports Commission (NSC).