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FOX Sports Supports Announces Broadcast Partners For 2011 Season

2011-03-12T21:33:00.000-08:00

Bill Wanger, Executive Vice President, FOX Sports and co-creator of FOX Sports Supports has announced that FOX Sports' charitable initiative 'FOX Sports Supports' is partnering in 2011 with four new organizations through its NFL, MLB, NASCAR and national college football broadcasts.

FSS' 2011 campaign begins this weekend at The Daytona 500 with NASCAR on FOX's partnership with The Association of Hole in the Wall Camps, an international family of camps and programs that provide life-changing experiences to children with serious medical conditions.

Now in its fourth year, FSS is FOX Sports' on-air charitable initiative devoted to raising awareness, providing financial assistance and spurring volunteerism for select health related charities. In January, FSS selects aid organizations for the year and connects each charity to one of FOX Sports' core properties for their season-long partnership.

Through public service announcements, verbal and graphic in-game and/or pregame mentions, the network has successfully raised awareness for worthy charities helping to generate over $3.5 million in donations and over four million online visits for its partner charities.

"Hole in the Wall Camps" is set to begin its partnership with FOX Sports beginning this Sunday with the 53rd running of the Daytona 500 through the network's final NASCAR event in June. During the Major League Baseball season on FOX, the network aligned with "Stand Up to Cancer," an organization that utilizes resources from the film and media industry to support a new model of cancer research.

Once the National Football League season begins, FOX Sports Supports gets behind the Armed Forces Foundation from its regular season kick-off through the NFC Championship Game in 2012. The Armed Forces Foundation provides vital assistance to active and retired military personnel.

Lastly, the network united the "About Dream Foundation" to its national college football events in January on FOX: the Big Ten and Pac-12 conference championship games and the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. The mission of Dream Foundation is to enhance the quality of life for individuals and their families battling life-threatening illness.

All four partnerships benefit from on-air public service announcements featuring broadcast talent from each FOX Sports property. The NASCAR on FOX/ Hole in the Wall Camps PSA debuts this Sunday during the Daytona 500 and stars Darrell Waltrip and Kristen Voda and features footage of the late Paul Newman, founder of Hole in the Wall Camps.

Wanger said "Once again, FOX Sports Supports is proud to team up with four tremendous organizations in helping them champion their respective causes. Our hope, as always, is to use the power of the FOX Sports brand and all of its platforms to inform and stimulate all of our viewers to participate in all of these very worthy programs."

Over the last four years, these PSA's have received tens of millions of dollars worth of air time across all of News Corporation's channels helping to support such worthy causes as St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Ronald McDonald House Charities, City of Hope, Malaria No More, and Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.

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Every Sport Begins with Mikasa Outlets

2010-12-26T01:04:00.000-08:00

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Take Mikasa for instance, it is a Japanese company that particularizes in making top-quality volleyballs and it was established in Hiroshima, Japan in 1917. Since their volleyballs are renowned for their perfect-quality, they've become the manufacturers of the official volleyballs utilized in the Olympics and the International Federation of Volleyball (FIVB). In 1973, to further sell their brand and greater meet the needs of North American athletes they have established headquarters in California. Not only did they cater to volleyball but they have broadened their line of merchandises to basketball, soccer, football, water polo, rugby, tetherball, kickball, dodge-ball and playground-ball. They have made important steps with all other sport equipments that they have been making but they've made their name through volleyball. To boot, the company never disregarded where all sports started, the playground, even if they've gotten into manufacturing items for the Olympics and professional sports. There are various Mikasa outlets that can be located in North America so purchasing Mikasa products is very simple. Buying from online Mikasa outlets is also possible for nations that don't have a walk-in store.

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Running: Tips for Beginners

2009-07-22T15:18:00.000-07:00

by: Sandra Prior

For beginning runners - or those beginning again - just getting out the door a few times a week for a few weeks in a row is cause for celebration. But once you have that routine down, you may feel like you want to do more - without risking injury. Gentle challenges followed by rest days can improve your speed, endurance and motivation while reducing the chance of aches and pains. Here's how:

Speed

A regular increase in speed can boost your confidence as well as your pace. You can try this on a track or on a 400-metre stretch of road.

Plan It

Do this workout once a week, if possible on the same day each week.

The Workout

Warm up with 10 minutes of easy running. Then run a lap around the track slightly faster than usual (but not all-out) and record your time. Walk half a lap, then do another lap at the same pace. Try to keep your times consistent. If you're huffing and puffing on your second lap, or if it was much slower than the first lap, you went out too fast.

Make Progress

Add one lap each week, building up to six laps. Then do a 1600m time trial. Time yourself running four laps on the track or 1600m on the road. In the following weeks, build up to 10 laps, then do another time trial.

Distance

Tacking on even just a little mileage to your usual run can improve your endurance and make the normal distance seem easier to manage.

Plan It

Run long once a week. Rest the day before; run easy the day after.

The Workout

Warm up for 10 minutes, then run 400m more than the longest distance you've run in the past two weeks. The pace should be about 90 seconds per kilometre slower than your usual pace. At the end, you want to feel like you could continue.

Make Progress

Keep extending your long runs by 400m each time. Once you build up to 8km, run long every other week. On the alternate week, do a 5km run.

Run a Race

Even if you're not competitive, it's a good idea to enter a race every so often. Just having the date on the calendar will give you a goal to work toward, and help you stay motivated. Once you have run seven kilometres, you're ready to enter a 5km.

Plan It

Find an event that's known for being fun and well organized. Check with running stores and websites. Do a long run two weeks before the race. One week out, run five kilometres, taking the first three kilometres very slow, and picking up the pace on the last two kilometres. Rest the day before the race.

Make Progress

Schedule a race every four weeks. Don't worry if you don't improve each time. Factors like weather and the course may affect how you do.

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