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Sports Can Improve Brain Function (Psych Central)
An intriguing new research study suggests being an athlete or merely a fan improves language skills when it comes to discussing their sport. Investigators believe the enhancements occur because parts of the brain usually involved in playing sports are instead used to understand sport language. University of Chicago researchers studied hockey players, fans, and people [...]
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Title IX watchdogs keeping tabs on university academic departments (The Capital Times)
Critics of Title IX in Madison know the 1972 law that prohibits sex discrimination at any school that receives federal funding as the one that helped doom the University of Wisconsin-Madison's baseball team. Yet the next major Title IX debate on college campuses, and potentially the UW, likely will have nothing to do with sports. Over the past couple years, government agencies such as the ...
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Northern Ireland Office (Northern Ireland Office)
Secretary of State, Shaun Woodward MP, today announced the reappointment of Monica McWilliams as Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; and the reappointment of seven Commissioners.
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Athletes head home in triumph and in tears (Gulf Times)
BEIJING: It’s almost over. After years of preparation, athletes are heading home from the Beijing Olympics to resume jobs, studies, training, and a handful to cash in on new-found fame—and many will struggle to adjust.
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From psychopaths to cycle paths - or how Mr Motivator helped the Golden cycling team (Daily Mail)
A key role in Britain's cycling success is being played by a clinical psychologist who put together a profile of Ian Huntley during the Soham child murders investigation.
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Athletes head home in triumph and in tears (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
By Belinda Goldsmith
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Deaths & Funerals (Victoria Times Colonist)
TYLER, Raymond Douglas December 19, 1926 - August 19, 2008 It is with deep regret the family of Ray Tyler announces his peaceful passing at the age of 81. Ray is survived by his best friend and the love of his life, Lila, his wife of 54 years. He also leaves his five children Garry (Monty), Karen (Dayle), Ross (Donna), Neil (Louise), Kim (Len) and his grandchildren, Kristen, Brandon and Kelly. ...
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Olympics: Cycling- Victoria Pendleton masters the waiting game of nerves and will (Guardian Unlimited)
Victoria Pendleton further bolstered Britain's cycling golds with a calm push in her single race
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The Coach(ed) Corner: Training the brain (Velo News)
In a loving but very matter-of-fact tone my girlfriend said to me the other day, “Babe, I think you’re kind of accident prone.” Sadly, she’s right. This year anyway, I seem to be bouncing along from one injury, ailment, bump, scrape and/or bruise to the next. The latest incident occurred a few days ago during a morning reconnaissance ride of the Boulder Roubaix race course. Loosely mimicking ...
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Can Liverpool launch title tilt? (BBC News)
Phil McNulty blogs on the thorny subject of Liverpool's title hopes
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