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Shaw to Host Nation-Wide Telethon in Support of Canadian Athletes
Shaw Communications (TSX: SJR.B) (NYSE: SJR) announced it is launching its first nation-wide televised auction in support of Canadian athletes. Partnering with the Canadian Athletes Now Fund CAN Fund and the Lions Club of Canada, Shaw is encouraging Canadians to watch Shaw TV and Star Choice TV on Sunday, November...
Tags: athlete, Company, FINANCE, Shaw Communications, Taxes
Research articles 2008-10-29
EarthLite(R) Celebrates 19th Consecutive Year Providing Portable Massage Tables and Donating Post-Race Massages to Participants in Ford Ironman World Championship
EarthLite ( www.earthlite.com ), the world's largest manufacturer of massage and spa treatment tables, will provide portable massage tables and will donate massages at this year's 30th anniversary of the Ford Ironman World Championship scheduled for October 11, 2008 in Kona, HI. To date EarthLite has provided up to...
Tags: athlete, Ford Motor Co., team
Research articles 2008-10-09
TECHALT INC'S STAN'S RODEO OINTMENT Launches National Ad Campaign at MLB World Series!
SEATTLE -- Techalt, Inc.'s (Pink Sheets: TECA) ("Techalt" or "Company") Stan's Rodeo Ointment is the choice when premier athletes and savvy consumers have the option for a topical ointment. Stanley Johnston, former Major league Baseball trainer and inventor, has made his product available by prescription since 1980. It has been...
Tags: advertisement, athlete, Company, FINANCE, Government, Investment, MLB
Research articles 2008-10-02
Garco converts Martin Centre space for training center
Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, is working on a $1 million project at Gonzaga University to convert part of the school's Martin Centre athletic facility into a training center. The contractor is transforming a 5,000-square-foot space that formerly housed a dance studio into a training center with offices for Gonzaga's...
Tags: athlete, Gonzaga University, training, treadmill
Research articles 2008-09-25
ARRAY OF CELEBS JOIN ATHLETES; Stars get set for run
Byline: By LAURA CAROE A STAR-STUDDED line-up is set to pound the streets in the Great North Run. Around 52,000 people, from elite runners to firsttimers, are due to start on Sunday, October 5, running more than 13 miles from Newcastle to South Shields. The Great North...
Tags: athlete, British Broadcasting Corp., celebrity, TVs
Research articles 2008-09-19
Baltimore-based Under Armour signs $17.5M deal to protect entire
The University of Maryland announced Tuesday it is officially an Under Armour school. The Baltimore-based sports apparel company, founded by alum Kevin Plank, will be the official outfitter for all 27 varsity sports teams in a five-year, $17.5 million deal. "It's all in the family now,"...
Tags: athlete, Maryland, team, uniform, University of Maryland, women
Research articles 2008-09-03
Greeks tried to outsmart IOC with 'rare' drug: anti-doping expert
ATHENS AFP — Over a dozen Greek athletes who failed doping tests prior to and during last month's Beijing Olympics thought a rare anabolic steroid would help them elude tests, a leading anti-doping expert said Monday. But the International Olympic Committee IOC had been on the lookout for cheats...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, athlete, Government, Greece, International Olympic Committee, Regulations
Research articles 2008-09-01
A soldier's story: Purple Heart recipient aspires for Olympic gold
HIS WAY A FAMILIAR STORY: WITH no way to pay tuition for his junior year of college, Jerrod Fields enlisted in the Army. "My goal was to serve for three years, get out, get the money, and then go back to school and try to make it to the NBA."...
Tags: athlete, Games, NBA
Research articles 2008-09-01
Hitting a Home Run With Diabetes: College Coach and Catcher Team Up on and off the Field
RBIs, batting averages, home runs, ERAs, strikeouts -- there are many numbers to keep track of in baseball. Some players and coaches have to watch other numbers, too, like blood glucose levels, carbohydrates, and insulin units. In the September issue of Diabetes Forecast , the consumer magazine...
Tags: American Diabetes Association, athlete, baseball, Benefits, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, Investment, SOFTWARE, Strategy, team
Research articles 2008-08-28
Kenya's Olympic team feted on arrival
NAIROBI AFP — Kenya's successful Beijing Olympic team returned home to a jubilant reception on Wednesday. Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and the Sports Minister Helen Sambili welcomed the athletes who won 14 medals: five gold, five silver and four bronze, registering Kenya's best ever performance at the summer Games...
Tags: Africa, Agence France-Presse, athlete, Games, Government, medal, team
Research articles 2008-08-27
Techalt, Inc. Announces that Derek Lowe Credits SRO for Helping His Career
SEATTLE -- Techalt, Inc. (PINK SHEETS:TCLT)("Techalt" the "Company") announces that Stan's Rodeo Ointment ("SRO") and Stan's Blister Cream ("SBR") continue to experience success in Major League Baseball ("MLB"). Derek Lowe ("Lowe"), starting pitcher for the MLB team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, for the past 4 years credits SRO and SBR...
Tags: acquisition, athlete, CAREER, Company, FINANCE, financing, Investment, Lowe, MLB
Research articles 2008-08-25
Phelps already eyeing more gold in London
LONDON AFP — US swimming sensation Michael Phelps warned Sunday that he is already eyeing more gold at the London Games in 2012. Phelps became the most decorated medallist in Olympic history with 14 gold medals from Beijing and Athens, including a record eight gold in China, the most...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, athlete, Beijing, CAREER, London, Olympic
Research articles 2008-08-24
Don't laugh at Dear Leader, SKorean athletes warned
BEIJING AFP — South Korean Olympic athletes have been given detailed guidelines to avoid friction with their North Korean counterparts in Beijing, officials said Wednesday. Contestants should not point or laugh at badges or portraits depicting North Korea's "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-Il or his late father Kim Il-Sung, the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, athlete, Beijing, Games, handbook, Korea, leader, Leadership, North, portrait
Research articles 2008-08-20
Ohuruogu stuns Richards to take Olympic crown
BEIJING AFP — Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain produced a stunning race here on Tuesday to add Olympic gold to the world and Commonwealth crowns she already owns, winning in a time of 49.62seconds. The 24-year-old, who served a one year ban until August last year for missing three...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, athlete
Research articles 2008-08-19
Feat worth a thousand words
Web Watch What they're writing about Michael Phelps Michael Phelps was "good to the last drop," as The Baltimore Sun said in a headline about the swimmer winning a record eighth gold medal in the Beijing Olympics. Among...
Tags: athlete, Baltimore, Los Angeles Times, MARKETING, medal
Research articles 2008-08-18
Celebrations, controversies as Olympics enter final week
BEIJING AFP — The pollution has lifted, roaring crowds have spurred China to the top of the medals table and athletes have offered warm praise over the near flawless organisation of the Beijing Olympics. Michael Phelps' historic swimming campaign, the pure joy of Chinese athletes winning home-town gold and...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, athlete, Beijing, food, Games, Manufacturing, pollution
Research articles 2008-08-16
Olympics hype leaves me cold
Byline: Denis Kilcommons Is it just me who can't get excited about the Olympics in China? The BBC has been banging on about it to some tune. The radio is full of it and they have been running a rather splendid advert on TV. This two-minute animation...
Tags: athlete, British Broadcasting Corp., TVs
Research articles 2008-08-11
Beard bares all in first Olympic athlete protest
BEIJING AFP — American swimmer Amanda Beard staged the first athlete protest of the Beijing Olympics, unveiling a nude photo of herself Wednesday outside the Athlete's Village to back an anti-animal cruelty cause. The two-time Olympic champion, who will defend her 200-meter breaststroke gold medal from Athens, held a...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, athlete, photograph, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, voice
Research articles 2008-08-06
Athletics still haunted by Jones doping scandal
BEIJING AFP — Marion Jones will watch the Beijing Olympics from a television in federal prison if she sees the Games at all but the former athletics star's downfall into doping disgrace continues to haunt her sport. Jones began serving a six-month prison sentence in March for lying to...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, athlete, Beijing, Games, Jones, medal
Research articles 2008-08-06
Federer words can't obscure Games' dark cloud of doping
BEIJING AFP — Roger Federer may be anticipating a "dream Olympics" but, with just three days to go until the Beijing Games start, the dark cloud of doping was becoming as much a part of the atmosphere here as the pollution enveloping the Chinese capital. Federer, once the unchallenged...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, athlete, Beijing, game, HEALTHCARE
Research articles 2008-08-05