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OSU Alums Fowler, Mahan The Latest Athletes To Pitch In For Tornado Relief Efforts05 / 23 / 13Golfers Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan, who both played collegiately at Oklahoma State Univ., have "announced plans to personally help out with relief efforts" following this week's tornadoes in Oklahoma, according to Will Gray of GOLFCHANNEL.com. Fowler yesterday "explained plans to enhance a ... Tags: Sports in Society |
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CLINTON'S POVERTY INITIATIVE HAS HIM SEEKING OUT PRO TEAMS
President Clinton will visit Newark today to ask corporations and sports organizations across the U.S. to help "rejuvenate poor patches of America and spark opportunities for its youth," according to
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WOMEN'S SPORTS FOUNDATION HOLDS ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET
The Women''s Sports Foundation (WSF) held its 20th annual awards dinner last night in N.Y. and awarded Mia Hamm the organization''s Team Sportswoman of the Year award and Juli Inkster the Individual S
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ARE RECENT BOMBINGS OF LOWES LINKED TO MAY 1 IRL CRASH?
Police are investigating a "possible link between" the bombing of a Lowe''s store in Asheboro, NC, and the May 1 crash during an IRL event that killed three spectators at Lowe''s Motor Speedway (LMS),
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PITTSBURGH NOT RECEIVING TAX LEVIED ON ATHLETES FROM TEAMS
The city of Pittsburgh is "well short" of the $1M it hoped to "collect from a tax imposed on professional athletes," according to Christopher Keough of the Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW. The city has coll
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ORIOLES FORCED TO MAKE UP TWO HOME GAMES DUE TO FLOYD
The Orioles were forced to postpone the final two games of their series against the A''s due to Hurricane Floyd, and in Baltimore, Joe Strauss reports that the Orioles "are confronted with shoe-hornin
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LEAGUES AND TEAMS BRACE FOR EFFECTS OF HURRICANE FLOYD
With Hurricane Floyd bearing down on the Southeastern coast, several sporting events and leagues are bracing for the effects of the storm. USA TODAY''s Rudy Martzke reports that Fox Sports officials a
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STUDY REVEALS RESULTS OF SPORTS TRAVEL; YOU MAY BE SURPRISED
A study by the Travel Industry Association of America reveals that Americans took "60 million trips last year to attend" pro or amateur sporting events as either a spectator or a participant, accordin
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NBA EARNS TOP GRADES IN NORTHEASTERN'S RACIAL REPORT CARD
In the ''98 report issued by Northeastern Univ.''s Center for the Study of Sport in Society, the NBA "received an overall" A- for the hiring of members of minority groups and B for its gender hiring,
ONE WRITER WONDERS IF WOMEN SPORTS STARS SEND MIXED SIGNALS
Female athletes positioning themselves as "sex objects" is the subject of a column by Doug Robinson of the DESERET NEWS, who wrote under the header, "Sending A Mixed Signal." Robinson cited the curren
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NASCAR'S $7 MILLION TRAINING CENTER OF ATTENTION
NASCAR "plans to develop" a $7M NASCAR Training Institute "somewhere in the Charlotte region" to train automotive technicians, according to David Boraks of the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER. The training center,
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