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After a quieter year in terms of Apple Watch upgrades, we can't blame you for glancing around at other fitness tracker options on the market — especially when there's a Black Friday deal as big as this one.Garmin's highly-rated Enduro 2 is less smartwatch, more fitness tracker, but it operates in a similar space to the Apple Watch Ultra and Ultra 2 — albeit at an even higher MSRP of $1099.99.Not today, though — Amazon has snipped $300 off the price tag, bringing this powerful GPS-tracking running watch for $799.Where to…

There is impressive, there is spectacular and there is Savanah Leaf – not yet 30 and already accumulating giddying lifetime achievements. At the age of 18, she played volleyball for Team GB at the 2012 Olympics. Then came a psychology degree. After that she returned to volleyball, turning pro and touring Turkey and Puerto Rico. Then, in 2015, an injury put her out of action for 18 months. “My whole world shifted,” she said. “I had to figure out what I was going to do next.”Leaf signed up to a course in music video…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Social media posts that abuse female athletes can remain unmoderated on the official social media accounts of major sports clubs, new research has shown. The study, by the University of Stirling Management School, Chester Business School, Bournemouth University, Durham Business School and the…

The WHOOP is a very simple, almost non-descript looking fitness band. However, it so good at what it does that star athletes, including the likes of Virat Kohli,LeBron James, Michael Phelps, Rory Mcllroy, and Tiger Woods et al, have come to rely on it…

WNBA and MLB players take part in Fanatics' weeklong business immersion program.Source: FanaticsFanatics is helping professional athletes transition to life after the final buzzer — or pitch, or whistle.The company is expanding a pilot program to offer business education and exposure to players with the WNBA and MLB via a partnership with the University of Southern California. Through the one-week immersion program, players get in-classroom learning combined with hands-on experiences in Fanatics' different business…

For 15 years, Joanna Brown competed around the world at the highest level of triathlon, but near the end of her time competing she required a training adaptation she had little idea she would ever need: checking air quality before deciding on her workout.Brown, 30, grew up near Ottawa and represented Canada at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the summer of 2021.In August 2018, she had an unsettling experience over how climate change could disrupt her sport: she arrived in Kelowna to compete in the national championships,…

A University of Georgia study suggests that athletes’ visual range can be improved by eating fruits and vegetables rich in lutein and zeaxanthin. These plant compounds, building up as macular pigments in the retina, enhance functional vision and ability to handle blue light exposure, aiding performance in sports. However, the effect may vary due to individual absorption rates.Visual range is a critical asset for top athletes in almost any sport.Nutrition is an important part of any top athlete’s training program. And now,…

An AI tool successfully detects subtle brain structure changes caused by repeated head injuries in athletes, potentially improving diagnosis and understanding of such injuries over time.A new study involving student-athletes reveals that an artificial intelligence computer program, adept at processing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), can successfully detect structural changes in the brain due to recurrent head injuries. Such alterations were previously undetected by conventional medical imaging methods like computerized…

Getting cash to college athletes isn’t a charitable purpose, the IRS says. Audits could follow. Getting cash to college athletes isn’t a charitable purpose, the IRS says. Audits could follow. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the…

Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news.From Samantha Masunaga: Shaq is everywhere.Laughing it up with Charles Barkley on TNT. Serving as the post-crisis face of Papa John’s pizza. Fist pumping for Carnival Cruise Line. Hawking Epson printers, air fryers, Icy Hot, car insurance, cereal and Shaqtoberfest.“I’ve always been a businessman who is athletic,” he said during a 2013 interview on CNBC.There have been greats. There have been savvy athletes-turned-businesspeople. And of course, there have…