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Sports August 10, 2023

Metro Atlanta Sheriffs to host football tournament August 12

The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office distributed the following announcement about an invitational football tournament hosted by Cobb, Dekalb, Fulton and Gwinnett county sheriffs: The sheriffs of Cobb, Dekalb, Fulton, and…

Young woman running in high school track event

Sports May 28, 2023

High school track stars from Cobb County among All-Metro Track & Field honorees

High school track and field athletes in Cobb County made a great showing as the date is approaching for the All-Metro High School Track & Field Awards Ceremony. The ceremony…

Sports April 2, 2023

Against baseball’s new pitch clock

by Alva Noë, University of California, Berkeley, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Baseball moves very fast. That’s how it seems to me, anyway. Just try…

Running February 26, 2023

Second annual Noonday Shanty 5K & 10K on March 25; registration now open

The Town Center Community has opened registration for the second annual Noonday Shanty 5K & 10K, managed by Orion Racing. This USA Track and Field-certified race is the first to…

Running February 26, 2023

Kennesaw announces this year’s lineup for the Grand Prix 5K race series

The City of Kennesaw announced the 2023 Kennesaw Grand Prix 5K series schedule. The series is a premier 5K race series in north Georgia, with a flat and fast asphalt…

An announcement of the race described in the article along with a photo of a group of foot racers

Sports January 18, 2023

Registration open for the second annual Noonday Shanty 5K and 10K

The Town Center Community Alliance issued the following press release about the second annual Noonday Shanty 5K & 10K. January 24, 2023 – Kennesaw, Ga. — The Town Center Community announced…

Sports January 6, 2023

Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest during ‘Monday Night Football’ could be commotio cordis or a more common condition – a heart doctor answers 4 questions

by Wendy Tzou, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Damar Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills, collapsed on the…

The "Star of Life" symbol represents medicine and health care. Three rectangles are arranged in a radial pattern to form a sort of abstract star shape, with a snake coiled around a staff superimposed on the center.

Exercise and Fitness December 27, 2022

Heart rate variability – what to know about this biometric most fitness trackers measure

by Anne R. Crecelius, University of Dayton, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Your heart beats around 100,000 times every day. Heart rate is a key…

Tracey Viars enters diner and raises arms, smiling

Exercise and Fitness December 22, 2022

Kennesaw power walker Tracey Viars hits 4,000-day milestone

By Rebecca Gaunt When Tracey Viars completed her daily power walk Wednesday and opened the door of Honeysuckle Biscuits & Bakery in downtown Kennesaw, more than a dozen friends and…

Sports November 28, 2022

Pickleball’s uphill climb to mainstream success

by Josh Woods, West Virginia University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Most newer sports are hybrids of older ones, and pickleball is no exception. The…

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