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...word concussion tends to evoke macho images when you're talking about sports: hulking football players flying across the field, crushing their heads into one another's helmets, lucky if they can count their fingers by the end of the game. But brain pain doesn't affect just boys. Ask Christin Anson, a high school junior from Lancaster, Ohio. During a soccer game her freshman year, an opposing player kicked her square in the back of the head. She shook it off and even finished the game. "I just thought I'd have a headache...
...University of North Carolina, has found that female athletes are more likely than male athletes to land on the floor or field with their knees locked. The less flexible their knees, the worse their balance. The worse their balance, the more likely they'll hit the ground or another player...
Union is attempting to rebuild its program with former Crimson assistant and player Claudia Asano ’99 as its new head coach. Asano is an accomplished recruiter going back to her days with Harvard, and could draw a higher level of talent to the Dutchwomen than the squad has been used to in recent years. Former Crimson standout goalie Ali Boe ’06 is also on the Union coaching staff...
...rookie forward Liza Ryabkina wrapped around the back of the net and centered the puck in the crease between Dartmouth goalie Carli Clemis and two defenders for a waiting Jenny Brine. The junior slammed the puck home for her fourth goal of the season. For Ryabkina, a talented young player known more for her scoring ability than passing prowess, it was her second assist, and fourth in the last two games. “She’s starting to get better and better,” Stone said. “We’re trying to make...
Indeed, while home to a relatively small Christian minority, Iran is seen at the Vatican as a key player in the broader context of inter-faith relations. Religious experts say that Catholicism and Shi'a Islam have a surprisingly similar structure and approach to their different faiths. "What you have in Iran is a strong academic tradition, with both philosophical and mystical aspects - in many ways like Catholicism," says Father Daniel Madigan, a Jesuit scholar of islam, and a member of the Vatican's commission for religious relations with Islam who helped arrange for Khatami's visit. There is also...