2 days ago Make it a perfect 4 for 4 for Maya Moore. The Connecticut star became only the second four-time All-American when she was honored by The Associated Press on Tuesday. She was joined on the team by Baylor’s Brittney Griner, Stanford’s Jeanette Pohlen, Texas A&M’s Danielle Adams and Ohio State’s Jantel Lavender. “It’s [...]
UConn’s Maya Moore leads AP All-America team again
March 31st, 2011
‘Fitness For A Cause’ To Benefit Boys & Girls Club
March 31st, 2011
Local residents will be stretching, stepping and lifting this weekend to help area children. To raise money for the Boys Girls Club of Yankton, First Fitness will be sponsoring its second annual “Fitness For A Cause” fundraiser from 7 am-3 pm this Saturday at its fitness center at 2509 Fox Run Parkway. Last year’s event [...]
NBA Roundup: A look at Monday’s games
March 31st, 2011
Hours after saying New Yorks latest game was almost a must win situation, Carmelo Anthony gave his finest performance in a Knicks uniform. Anthony scored 39 points, his best effort since coming to New York, and the Knicks pulled out a 113-106 overtime victory over the Orlando Magic to snap a six-game losing streak. Hours [...]
Q & A: Economic Benefits of Nevada Internet Poker Bill
March 31st, 2011
While Nevadas online poker bill is still in the process of being questioned and debated in the state legislature, one thing is for certain: Assembly Bill 258 would offer a myriad of benefits for the Silver State. Last week, Nevadas Assembly Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the bill, which featured testimony from economist and [...]
Congress will be making an attempt tomorrow to begin addressing the home industry and markets by introducing several pieces of legislation built to fix the government mortgage system. This system is the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac programs that have dominated the home buying markets for decades. Aids of House Republicans reported on March 28th [...]
As Economy Sputters, a Timid Fed
March 31st, 2011
WASHINGTON Economix: Does Core Inflation Predict Overall Inflation? Multimedia Low Inflation and High Unemployment Whenever officials at the Federal Reserve confront a big decision, they have to weigh two competing risks. Are they doing too much to speed up economic growth and touching off inflation? Or are they doing too little and allowing unemployment to [...]
.XXX Does Not Mark the Spot
March 30th, 2011
Whats in it for the skin merchants? Not much–just a chance to market what they are currently selling quite successfully from .com domains. By raising public awareness of this announcement, ICANN and the news media have given publicity to something that is, in essence, an unwanted product. Its a truth universally acknowledged that sex sells. [...]
Zeo and RunKeeper Explore the Power of Sleep & Fitness
March 30th, 2011
BOSTON, MA–(Marketwire – March 30, 2011) – Its time for fitness to catch some Zzzs!Today, Zeo is proud to announce full API integration into RunKeeper, leveraging the power of sleep for improved fitness. The partnership allows RunKeeper users to experience a fully integrated health and fitness app with the addition of sleep tracking.Athletes and self-improvers [...]
Fitness test results show little gain, drops
March 30th, 2011
PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST RESULTS Percentage of Kern County students who passed all six parts of the state physical fitness tests. 2010 5th: 23.8 percent (CA: 28.7) 7th: 31.8 percent (CA: 34.6) 9th: 35.5 percent (CA: 38.5) 2009 5th: 24.2 percent (CA: 29.1) 7th: 30.7 percent (CA: 34.1) 9th: 35.4 percent (CA: 37.9) Source: California Department [...]
Vols Won’t Win The Press Conference With Martin, But…
March 30th, 2011
Tennessees hiring of Missouri States Cuonzo Martin hasnt done much to cool fan anger over the dismissmal of Bruce Pearl. The early results are in in the form of a non-scientific poll at The Knoxville News Sentinels website: Happy with the hire: 25%Not happy with the hire: 36%Reserving judgement: 37% When just 25% of the [...]