AltWeeklies Wire
Fit to be Tied (to a Contract)new
The fitness industry is booming, but are clubs maximizing their revenue at the expense of consumers' rights?
Tags: industry, rights, business, health, center, club, fitness, consumer, bally, better, Beware, buyer, complaints, contract, deceptive, gym, membership, practices, protection, sports & fitness
Dirt Track Nationnew
In the sport of baseball, if you throw a 96-mile-per-hour fastball and a wicked curve, you are going to get your chance with the big club. In auto racing, however, if a terrific driver doesn't have the connections or resources necessary to upgrade his equipment, he's relegated to the dirt ovals for life. If there's a baseball parallel to be drawn here, it's to the Negro Leagues, whose stars shone in relative obscurity owing to circumstances beyond their control.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
07-28-2004 |
Sports
Hydraulic Mack: Intense, Tattooed Barber Promotes River Surfingnew
Bad-ass California surfer heads north, starts a black barber shop and energetically promotes the frontier sport of river surfing.
Eugene Weekly |
Ben Fogelson |
07-26-2004 |
Sports
Ultimate Frisbee Is the Ultimate Inclusive Sport
Devotees of ultimate, many of whom are women, love to play this growing community-building sport that stresses the spirit of co-operation over competition.
Monday Magazine |
Adrienne Mercer |
07-06-2004 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
NASCAR's Corporate Hillbillies Are Taking Over American Culturenew
NASCAR's fans are traditionally viewed as gun-owning, car-muscling, Republican men's men. Will NASCAR Dads peacefully co-exist with Soccer Moms as part of the "Dixiefication" of America? Or is this a sport of rugged individuals, fueled by dispossessed, angry outcasts?
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
06-30-2004 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Tricycles Make a Comeback for Adultsnew
In a world where some people collect guns, collecting tricycles seems a delightfully innocent occupation.
Monday Magazine |
Mark Vardy |
06-07-2004 |
Sports
Cleveland Fusion Proves Playing Football Is Not Just for Mennew
The rough-and-tumble sport of football appeals to enough women that the National Women's Football League has grown from two teams to 37 since its first season in 2000. Posters that feature defensive backs wearing sports bras and lace-up spandex pants are drawing more men to the games.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
05-24-2004 |
Sports
Denver Nuggets Fans Stage a Comebacknew
The species is represented by the wild-eyed guy on the bar stool next to yours who's wearing a moth-ravaged, pizza-stained Byron Beck jersey and a blissed-out grin. This is the guy who won't shut up.
