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Working Strategies: Making the most of short training experiences
7+ hour, 16+ min ago (580+ words) When it comes to short training experiences (or long ones for that matter), we are living in an amazing world of overflowing plenty. What makes me so happy about our current situation can be summed up in one word: Access....
Alysa Liu walked away from skating. Her fresh outlook when she returned helped her win Olympic gold
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (949+ words) By DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer Maybe that is why she won it. The 20-year-old with the striped hair, prominent frenulum piercing and carefree attitude never showed any worry or strain when she took the ice for her free skate…...
Ledecka going for glory again on snowboard and skis at the Milan Cortina Olympics
2+ week, 4+ day ago (711+ words) A young Ester Ledecka had heard it all before, that a real champion commits body and soul to a single sport. She wasn't having it. And instead of following conventional wisdom she rewrote what was possible by winning the super-G…...
Ice dancer Allison Reed returns to Olympics after 16 years, skating for Lithuania
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (890+ words) From being treated like "cattle" as a young girl to sleeping in her car off a Polish highway, Allison Reed has taken a long, hard road to follow her Olympic ice dance dream. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Reed has traveled…...
Men’s basketball: St. Thomas defeats Oral Roberts
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (162+ words) St. Thomas remains one of just two Summit teams unbeaten in conference play. The St. Thomas men's basketball team improved to 3-0 in the Summit Conference with an 82-71 defeat of Oral Roberts at the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Okla. Saturday evening....
Women’s hockey: St. Thomas beats Bemidji State for first WCHA sweep of season
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (165+ words) Four different players scored as the St. Thomas women's hockey team beat Bemidji State 4-1 on Saturday afternoon in St. Paul, giving the Tommies their first conference sweep of the season. Ilsa Lindaman and Chloe Boreen each had a goal and…...
Mobility exercises are an important part of fitness as we age. Here are some tips
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (828+ words) By ALBERT STUMM, Associated Press As they age, it's not uncommon for many people to let out a muted groan when getting out of bed in the morning. But if you "oof" every time you get in a car or…...
St. Thomas men’s hockey: Tommies have chance to jump MSU for CCHA lead
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (432+ words) The St. Thomas men's hockey team, winners of its last five games, is looking very much like the team that earned the top spot in the CCHA preseason coaches poll. A regulation win on Saturday night over No. 15 Minnesota State…...
NCAA volleyball: Young Gophers ‘swinging for everything’ in Sweet 16
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (791+ words) The Gophers will need to play with a sense of urgency when they travel to Pittsburgh to take on the top-seeded Panthers in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA volleyball tournament on Thursday night, head coach Keegan Cook said. The fourth-ranked…...
St. Thomas volleyball: Tommies fall in a first-round thriller
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (676+ words) St. Thomas" historic season came to a close Friday night at Maturi Pavilion in Minneapolis in a five-set battle with No. 5 Iowa State, 25-21, 13-25, 16-25, 25-21, 8-15. Iowa State"s balanced attack proved too much for St. Thomas as four different Cyclones finished with…...