The Locker Room

Depending on where you are in the country, a high school athlete could feel as though they are a professional. In Texas, for instance, they build multi-million dollar football stadiums, where each Friday night the entire town comes out to watch their boys compete. The citizens know the team better than the coaches, they can [...]

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You want to watch an ESPN 30-for-30 film. Your date is interested in seeing Pretty Woman for the 50th time. One of two things ends up happening: You either split-up, and go into different rooms to watch what each of you wants, or one of you gives in, eventually falling asleep during the undesired show [...]

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As a serious athlete, you may be battling multiple challenges. This may include muscle and joint soreness from hard training or injury; recovery and improving your performance from the physical stress of strength and conditioning, practice and/or competition; psychological stress and pressure to perform at the highest level – all while fulfilling real-world obligations to [...]

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Have you wondered how great athletes raise their game under pressure? Case in point: Tiger Woods at this year’s Honda Classic Golf Tournament. It was the eighteenth hole and Tiger Woods knew he had to make an eagle to have any chance at winning this tournament. He hit his drive almost 320-yards and had a [...]

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A professional sports locker room is a place typically buzzing with activity. Players, trainers, coaches, staff, news reporters, etc., can all congregate there at once. They can also bring with them an unwanted visitor, infections and illness. Every pro-sports team has battled infection and illness. Outbreaks of the flu occur to sports teams each year. [...]

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Today, negative reports of professional athletes dominate the headlines. Within minutes it can ravage reputations and diminish an athlete’s brand. Therefore, in a time of instant and lasting impressions, knowing the strategies and tactics that bulletproof a professional athlete’s reputation is a career survival imperative. It’s no longer a question of whether crises will happen. [...]

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As consumer tastes evolve, digital entertainment blossoms. But the economy is limping along. Will live events soon be on life-support ESPN is reporting that TV viewership, this truncated NBA season, is up 21 percent.  While the NBA seems to have pushed viewers to reach for the remote and climb into their armchairs, the problem of [...]

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The pass takes your breath away.  It’s that lightning-fast, arcing lob that Eli Manning is so famous for, the one that leaves his fingers to hurtle down the field like a missile.  Spellbound, you watch as wide receiver Mario Manningham reaches for the ball, tucks it in, and heads into the end zone for a [...]

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Remember the baseball movie Field of Dreams? In it, Kevin Costner plays an Iowa farmer who hears a voice saying, “If you build it, they will come.” He has a vision of a baseball field amid his cornstalks. He listens to the voices, and against all odds, people flock to play on his baseball field, [...]

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Every athlete needs a mental break from the pressures of the game. Luckily, they don’t have to go far to get one because the iconic Golden Tee Golf video game has become a staple in today’s professional sports locker rooms. The most popular coin-operated video game of all time, Golden Tee continues to expand its [...]

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