Golf and technology may not really sound like a compatible couple, after all, chasing a dimpled ball into a hole in the fewest amount of hits doesn’t necessarily sound like rocket science. However, as with any sport, equipment is getting more and more sophisticated and the stakes grow continually higher. Golfing technology has manifested itself [...]
Continue reading …In about a week’s time, athletes of all ages and skill levels will congregate in the Springs for the 2002 Rocky Mountain State Games. Archers, pool sharks, goalies, marathoners, black belts, point guards and the like from all over Colorado will test their mettle in the three-day Olympic-style event. Preparations for this event have been [...]
Continue reading …Taa Dixon, a 1994 Colorado College grad with a flair for big-picture thinking, started 720 Media, a website design and strategic marketing firm in Colorado Springs. Two years later, her company has already developed an enviable list of premier marketing accounts. This rising star in the Pikes Peak region’s entrepreneurial skies heads a young team [...]
Continue reading …Have you had your pronation checked lately? If not, you’re not alone – hundreds of runners and athletes out there pound the pavement on feet suffering in less-than-perfect footwear. Local runners, walkers and joggers who do understand the importance of proper foot and shoe alignment know it can mean the difference between a fast, strong [...]
Continue reading …The United States Olympic Committee is looking for a new president, and vows to thoroughly investigate resume claims before naming a successor to former President Sandy Baldwin, who resigned last month after inaccuracies were discovered in her resume. A new president is expected to be named by mid-summer, but could take as long to complete [...]
Continue reading …FYI: Large Ranches Read an interesting article in the May issue of Colorado BIZ on the remaining large tracts of land in Colorado — and who owns what. The Greenland Ranch has become a permanent development buffer between Colorado Springs and Denver – particularly on the west side of I-25. The 21,000-acre parcel (straddling both [...]
Continue reading …Pikes Peak International Raceway (PPIR) had the checkered flag waving for the first time this year on May 19. The running of the NASCAR Rocky Mountain 200 Craftsman truck race and the NASCAR 100 Featherlite Southwest tour series race started a season of events that includes a Busch series race, an Indy Racing League (IRL) [...]
Continue reading …Toby Wong just smashed a 108-year-old glass ceiling. Wong is the USOC’s highest-ranking female staff executive in its 108-year history, but it is not a fact she is letting go to her head. She has pitched products for some of the best-known brands in the world, including Nike and Coca-Cola, and is now poised to [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Springs Galyan’s Trading Company outdoor and sporting goods store will be the company’s third in Colorado and part of an anticipated nine new stores expected to open this year throughout the nation. A new 80,000 square-foot Galyan’s opened at Denver’s Park Meadows Mall on April 18 in a former six-screen movie theater and [...]
Continue reading …Restoration of the People’s Games– sometimes called everyone’s games – probably could not have happened at a better time. Announcing the Rocky Mountain State Games would be restored to Colorado Springs and many other parts of the states, Colorado Springs Sports Corporation president and chief executive officer Dave Ogrean said the games held at the [...]
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