Teen Athletes Face Decisions About Sex, Drugs and Alcohol in YA Novels From WestSide Books.
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- While we encourage teens to play sports to help them develop social skills and foster positive relationships, not all new friends are good role models or positive influences. Drugs, sex, alcohol, and bullying are commonly faced by teen athletes as they cope with...

NBA Star Doug Christie Is Announced as One of the Honored Athletes to be Inducted Into the 2009 West Coast Conference Hall of Honor.
Pepperdine University Alumni, Doug Christie, To Be Honored During The West Coast Conference Basketball Championships HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- NBA star Doug Christie was officially announced as one of the six all time greatest athletes, along with two top coaches, from the West Coast Conference...

Equmen Launch: Athletes' Secret Now Available to All Men Every Day.
Australian Company Launches New High-Performance Body-Optimising Undershirt SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Immediately improving how men can look and feel on a daily basis, new men's underwear brand Equmen today launched a state-of-the-art garment that delivers health and body-optimising benefits: the Core Precision Undershirt. ...

RP's best athletes honored tonight.
The best of Philippine sports in 2008 gather together tonight when they are honored in the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual Awards Night at the Alegria Lounge of the Manila Pavilion Hotel. Manny Pacquiao, considered the world's best pound-for-pound fighter today, will lead he awardees...

adidas and Candace Parker Empower Female Athletes to Share Personal Stories in 'Me, Myself' Training Contest.
Contest searches for three real women to be featured alongside WNBA MVP in new campaign PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- adidas announced today that starting February 2 it will host an enter-to-win promotion encouraging women to share their real stories about training struggles and successes. Three...

Elite Skier Uses OmniPod(R) Insulin Management System at World Championships.
Kris Freeman Joins Growing Ranks of Professional Athletes Who Use the OmniPod System to Manage their Diabetes BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kris Freeman, one of the country's top professional cross-country skiers, is competing on behalf of the US in the Skiing World Championships this month....

Winter Dew Cup Champions to Be Decided at Toyota Championship, Feb. 19-22 at Northstar-at-Tahoe.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- With just one event left in the inaugural season of the Winter Dew Tour, the points race and the entire season come down to the Toyota Championship at Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort, held Feb. 19-22 in Lake Tahoe, Calif. The world's best winter athletes are...

Then and now: learn about American women who made history. Some did great things long ago. Some are doing great things today.
ATHLETES [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Then Althea Gibson (1927-2003) Althea Gibson was a tennis player. She made history in 1950, at age 23. She became the first African American to play in the U.S. National Tennis Championships. She later became the first African...

SPORTS MAIL.
Byline: The Register-Guard Women's coverage fine As a former sportswriter and newspaper editor, my feeling is that The Register-Guard goes overboard to cover women's sports. More than they deserve. Here's why: While there are many fine women athletes who perform incredibly well, there are many...

Pacquiao elevated to PSA Hall of Fame tonight.
Manny Pacquiao, whose trophy cabinet is overflowing with accolades, will receive another one tonight when the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) gives him the singular honor of being elevated to the PSA Hall of Fame. He will join a short but distinguished number of athletes in this list...