Professional Basketball Athletes Rely Significantly on Chiropractic Care

As professional basketball continues to make headlines mid-season and March Madness is underway for college basketball, the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the value of chiropractic, points to the role of doctors of chiropractic (DCs) in helping basketball players perform at their best.

“Chiropractic care helps to give a team and athlete a competitive advantage in whatever sport they participate in. Specifically, it helps to enhance endurance levels, assist in the recovery from many structural injuries and achieve overall peak performance,” shares Dr. Craig Buhler, who for 26 years served as the team DC for the Utah Jazz, treating countless athletes including NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton. “By including chiropractic into an athlete’s regular health practices, one is able to maximize training and optimize functional balance and skill.”

Recently, all-star point guard for the Chicago Bulls and former National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Derrick Rose shared his success with chiropractic care in recovering from back spasms that forced him to the bench. In an interview with ESPN, Rose says, “The whole week I was seeing a great chiropractor, (Dr.) Stuart Yoss. He did a great job on getting me back.” After missing five games, the longest in Rose’s career, he has returned to play in optimal shape.

Chiropractic care is an important component of sports injury treatment. Professional athletes across the spectrum of sports, including those with the National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, Professional Golf and others, rely on the unique care of DCs to help manage and prevent injuries. Many college and high school teams are also recognizing the value of increased access for their athletes.

“A collaboration of several healthcare professionals is key to caring for elite sporting teams,” shares Dr. Buhler. “Chiropractic is an essential component to this healthcare team and, as it continues to become more apparent, athletes are recognizing the value it has for accomplishing their goals of staying in the game and playing at their best.”

To learn more about chiropractic and sports, visit: http://www.Yes2Chiropractic.com.

About Foundation for Chiropractic Progress

A not-for-profit organization, the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress aims to inform and educate the general public about the many benefits associated with chiropractic care. To learn more about the Foundation, visit http://www.yes2chiropractic.com or call 866-901-F4CP (3427).

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Official 2012 NCAA® Men’s Final Four® Tickets, VIP Pre-Game Hospitality, and Hotel Accommodations available from …

Year after year, NCAA March Madness® is full of surprises, upsets and big moments for teams across the country in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. As March comes to an end and the 2012 Men’s Final Four teams have been determined, this year promises to bring fans a weekend full of excitement and incredible performances. As Kentucky, Kansas, Ohio State and Louisville compete in the Final Four for the championship, fans and companies are turning to the NCAA and its official ticket and hospitality package provider, PrimeSport, for ticket, travel and hospitality packages through the NCAA’s program titled, The NCAA Experience®.

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“PrimeSport has extensive experience and a first-rate track record when it comes to offering ticket and hospitality packages for the Final Four,” said Josh Logan, Director of ticketing at NCAA. “By partnering with PrimeSport, our fans have safe, dependable and fully authorized methods for securing tickets and hospitality packages throughout the tournament. PrimeSport has the resources and expertise needed to provide our fans with an unforgettable and quality experience.”

The NCAA, through PrimeSport, is offering official NCAA Men’s Final Four packages for fans and groups, which can include game tickets, hotel accommodations, and access to NCAA pre-game hospitality events. Fans and companies can choose between two levels of hospitality and an opportunity to customize packages. Official Men’s Final Four packages can include a game ticket in the Terrace level courtside sections to both the semifinal and championship games with an option to upgrade game tickets, hotel accommodations, admission to the Official FAN Pre-game Event, and more. The event will take place prior to tip-off of the first game on Saturday as well as Monday’s game, and will include beverages, music and snack food.

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In addition, PrimeSport is the Official provider of the Official NCAA Ticket Exchange that allows fans to buy and sell tickets online to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Final Four in a convenient, safe, and guaranteed environment. Ticket holders who are unable to attend the games or find their team eliminated prior to the final rounds of the tournament, have a place to safely sell their tickets, and the buyer, in turn, can be assured that the tickets are authentic and guaranteed.

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About PrimeSport

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NCAA, Men’s Final Four, Men’s Frozen Four, and Women’s Final Four are trademarks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

About the NCAA

The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit association of colleges and universities committed to supporting academic and athletic opportunities for more than 400,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member colleges and universities. Each year, more than 54,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA championships in Divisions I, II and III sports. Visit www.ncaa.org and www.ncaa.com for more details about the Association, its goals and members and corporate partnerships that help support programs for student-athletes. The NCAA is proud to have the following elite companies as official Corporate Champions—AT&T, Capital One and Coca-Cola—and the following elite companies as official Corporate Partners—Allstate, Buick, Enterprise, Infiniti, LG, Lowe’s, Northwestern Mutual, Reese’s (Hershey’s), Unilever, UPS and Wheat Thins (Kraft).

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Official NCAA® Sweet 16® and Elite 8® Tickets and Hospitality Available from PrimeSport

The popularity of the NCAA® Men’s Basketball Tournament grows every year. Fans and companies excitedly seek tickets to support their teams and follow the inevitable Cinderella story of the year. As the official ticket and hospitality provider and official ticket exchange provider for the 2012 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, PrimeSport is offering tickets and hospitality to all Sweet 16 and Elite 8 regional games to be played March 22 – 25 in St. Louis, Atlanta, Boston and Phoenix.

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In addition, PrimeSport is the Official provider of the NCAA’s Official Ticket Exchange that allows fans to buy and sell tickets online to every round of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship in a convenient, safe, and guaranteed environment. Ticket holders who are unable to attend their games or find their team eliminated prior to the final rounds of the tournament, have a place to safely sell their tickets, and the buyer, in turn, can be assured that the tickets are authentic and guaranteed.

“Through our partnership with the NCAA, we can offer tickets that you can’t get anywhere else,” said Sam Soni, President of PrimeSport. “Fans and companies can enjoy the games knowing they have secure tickets, and are buying directly from the NCAA’s only approved ticket and hospitality package provider.”

For further information, please visit ncaa.com/hospitality.

About PrimeSport

PrimeSport is the leader in providing access to the biggest sporting events on the planet, offering tickets, corporate and fan travel packages, and hospitality events for corporations, professional sports teams and fans. Official partnerships with professional and college sports organizations include multiple NFL teams, the Rose Bowl Game®, 2013 Discover BCS National Championship, Allstate Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl. The company is the official ticket and hospitality package provider for selected NCAA Championships, including the 2012 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, 2012 NCAA Men’s Final Four® and 2012 NCAA Women’s Final Four®. In addition, PrimeSport manages the Official Ticket Exchange for select events and organizations, including the 2012 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four®, the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, University of Arizona, University of Nevada Las Vegas and Tulane University. PrimeSport is a privately-held company, headquartered in Atlanta, GA. For more information, visit http://www.primesport.com or call 1-800-591-9198.

NCAA, Sweet 16, Elite 8, Men’s Final Four, Men’s Frozen Four, and Women’s Final Four are trademarks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

About the NCAA

The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit association of colleges and universities committed to supporting academic and athletic opportunities for more than 400,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member colleges and universities. Each year, more than 54,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA championships in Divisions I, II and III sports. Visit www.ncaa.org and www.ncaa.com for more details about the Association, its goals and members and corporate partnerships that help support programs for student-athletes. The NCAA is proud to have the following elite companies as official Corporate Champions—AT&T, Capital One and Coca-Cola—and the following elite companies as official Corporate Partners—Allstate, Buick, Enterprise, Infiniti, LG, Lowe’s, Northwestern Mutual, Reese’s (Hershey’s), Unilever, UPS and Wheat Thins (Kraft).

NCAA, Final Four, March Madness, The NCAA Experience, Women’s Final Four, College World Series and Frozen Four are licensed by or trademarks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

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Official 2012 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament Tickets and Hospitality Available from PrimeSport

The popularity of NCAA® March Madness® grows every year and fans and companies excitedly seek tickets to support their teams and follow all the great moments of the Championship. The NCAA Experience® program is managed by PrimeSport, the official ticket and hospitality package provider and official ticket exchange provider for the 2012 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. PrimeSport’s offerings include ticket packages and the official ticket exchange for the first round games to be played March 13 – 14 in Dayton, OH, the second and third round games to be played March 15 – 18 in eight different locations, as well as exclusive pre-game hospitality for the games in Pittsburgh, Louisville, Portland and Greensboro.

Fans across the country gathered around the TV last night for Selection Sunday™, anxiously awaiting the announcement of the teams in this year’s NCAA Tournament. As selections were made, teams watched as their seeds were determined. NCAA March Madness has officially begun and fans enthusiastically fill out their brackets.

“Our priority is always to ensure our fans have the best experience possible as they root for their teams on the Road to the Final Four®,” said Josh Logan, director of ticketing at the NCAA. “By partnering with PrimeSport, our fans have safe, dependable and fully authorized methods for securing tickets and hospitality packages throughout the tournament – from the very first round all the way through the Men’s Final Four® in New Orleans.”

PrimeSport is providing exclusive pre-game hospitality and ticket packages for the games in Pittsburgh, Louisville, Portland and Greensboro. Packages include a ticket to the Thursday and/or Saturday games in Pittsburgh, Louisville and Portland, or the Friday and/or Sunday games in Greensboro as well as access to the Official NCAA Pre-game Hospitality Event.

PrimeSport is also offering official NCAA ticket and amenity packages for second and third round games in Albuquerque, Columbus, Omaha and Nashville. Packages include tickets to the Thursday and/or Saturday games in Albuquerque or the Friday and/or Sunday games in Columbus, Omaha and Nashville, as well as a commemorative NCAA men’s basketball game amenity.

The Official NCAA Ticket Exchange is also available again this year and allows fans to buy and sell tickets online to every round of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship in a convenient, safe, and guaranteed environment. Ticket holders who are unable to attend their games or find their team eliminated prior to the final rounds of the tournament, have a place to safely sell their tickets, and the buyer, in turn, can be assured that the tickets are authentic and guaranteed.

“Through our partnership with the NCAA, we can offer fans and companies packages that they can’t get anywhere else,” said Sam Soni, President of PrimeSport. “By buying directly from the NCAA’s only approved ticket and hospitality package provider, they can enjoy the games and experience without having to worry about fraudulent tickets.”

For further information and to purchase tickets, please visit ncaa.com/hospitality.

About PrimeSport

PrimeSport is the leader in providing access to the biggest sporting events on the planet, offering tickets, corporate and fan travel packages, and hospitality events for corporations, professional sports teams and fans. Official partnerships with professional and college sports organizations include multiple NFL teams, the Rose Bowl Game®, 2013 Discover BCS National Championship, Allstate Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl. The company is the official ticket and hospitality package provider for selected NCAA Championships, including the 2012 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, 2012 NCAA Men’s Final Four® and 2012 NCAA Women’s Final Four®. In addition, PrimeSport manages the Official Ticket Exchange for select events and organizations, including the 2012 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four®, the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, University of Arizona, University of Nevada Las Vegas and Tulane University. PrimeSport is a privately-held company, headquartered in Atlanta, GA. For more information, visit http://www.primesport.com or call 1-800-591-9198.

NCAA, Men’s Final Four, Men’s Frozen Four, and Women’s Final Four are trademarks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

About the NCAA

The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit association of colleges and universities committed to supporting academic and athletic opportunities for more than 400,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member colleges and universities. Each year, more than 54,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA championships in Divisions I, II and III sports. Visit www.ncaa.org and www.ncaa.com for more details about the Association, its goals and members and corporate partnerships that help support programs for student-athletes. The NCAA is proud to have the following elite companies as official Corporate Champions—AT&T, Capital One and Coca-Cola—and the following elite companies as official Corporate Partners—Allstate, Buick, Enterprise, Infiniti, LG, Lowe’s, Northwestern Mutual, Reese’s (Hershey’s), Unilever, UPS and Wheat Thins (Kraft).

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NBA All-Star Dwight Howard Highlights Duracell’s “Rely on Copper to Go for the Gold” Olympic Games Program

Inspired by the hard work and training of American athletes as they prepare for the London 2012 Olympic Games, Duracell, a Procter & Gamble (P&G) brand, announced today the launch of its “Rely on Copper to Go for the Gold” program. Headlined by six-time NBA All-Star and 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Dwight Howard, and featuring Olympians Hunter Kemper (triathlon), siblings Mark and Diana Lopez (taekwondo), and Olympic Gold Medalist Summer Sanders, “Rely on Copper to Go for the Gold” gives consumers a portal to provide encouragement for the athletes through videos, pictures and texts as they train and compete for the Games in London.

Olympians (from left to right) Mark Lopez, Diana Lopez, Summer Sanders and Hunter Kemper pose at the Duracell “Rely on Copper to Go For the Gold” Olympic Games launch event, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in New York. The “Rely on Copper to Go for the Gold” program allows consumers to support Team USA as they train and compete in the London 2012 Olympic Games by visiting Duracell’s Facebook page (Facebook.com/Duracell) and leaving messages, photos or videos of support in the Virtual Stadium. (Photo: Business Wire)

Just as athletes rely on the power of their devices when training, they also rely on the power of fan support. Duracell’s online Virtual Stadium will offer consumers the unique opportunity to experience the road to the Games through the eyes of these world class athletes, and in turn, send them the power of encouragement and inspiration through video, text and photo messages. Additionally, by submitting motivational messages to the Duracell Virtual Stadium, consumers have the chance to win a trip to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games or a $500 Visa® gift card.1

“Whether in training or using battery power in their everyday lives, athletes trust in Duracell to make sure they are always prepared for what life has to offer,” said Volker Kuhn, General Manager for Duracell North America. “Duracell is committed to powering Team USA, and it’s our privilege to provide consumers with a tangible and meaningful way to help athletes achieve their Olympic Games dreams.”

Duracell Virtual Stadium
Duracell is encouraging fans to band together in its online Virtual Stadium to support the athletes who are hoping to make Team USA. Here people can leave video, text and photo messages of encouragement for specific athletes, sports or Team USA in general. The site also features a navigable mosaic that allows consumers and athletes to search for messages left for a specific athlete or sport. Culminating at the Games, Team USA athletes will be able to interact with the Virtual Stadium in person through motion-sensing technology. Consumers and athletes can access the Virtual Stadium via Facebook (Facebook.com/Duracell) and a free mobile application. Consumers can also participate via Twitter by using the hashtag #GivePower and letting @Duracell know who they are supporting.

Duracell Power Athletes
The Duracell roster of athletes will bolster the “Rely on Copper to Go for the Gold” program through their support at events, social media activations and ongoing fan engagement.

“Training for the Olympic Games is an incredibly grueling process, and hearing, seeing and reading fans’ messages of support remind us that we represent the red, white and blue. That makes us train harder, try harder and compete with a winning edge,” said Summer Sanders. “Please join me in supporting the athletes by heading to the Duracell Virtual Stadium to cheer on Team USA.”

Dwight Howard: Arguably one of the most dominant and charismatic forces in professional basketball, Howard is teaming with Duracell on his path to the Olympic Games. Howard has an arsenal of accolades for his powerful game including an Olympic Games Gold medal, four All-NBA First Team selections, six NBA All-Star appearances and three consecutive NBA Defensive Player of the Year awards. Summer Sanders: An Olympic Games Gold medalist and mother, Sanders will serve as the brand’s Copper Correspondent for the duration of the program, rallying fans behind Team USA and providing insight and regular updates as the Duracell athletes train for the gold. Sanders understands firsthand the power of fan support to motivate and inspire, as it helped lead her to the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona where she emerged as the most decorated U.S. swimmer, winning four medals – two gold, a silver and a bronze. Hunter Kemper: A highly-decorated triathlete and father, Kemper recently experienced the strength of fan support as he persevered through injury to now be training for his fourth Olympic Games. Kemper has twice been named the United States Olympic Committee’s (USOC) Triathlete of the Year, and in 2005 was named the USOC Male Sportsman of the Year. Mark and Diana Lopez: The youngest members of the “first family of Taekwondo,” the Lopez siblings know the importance of support from those around them. Since a young age, they have trained at their family’s facility in Houston and competed at the national and global level. In 2008, their family made Olympic Games history by becoming the first to have three siblings competing on the same U.S. Olympic Team since 1904. Both Mark and Diana hold a world championship title, and a silver and bronze Olympic Games medal, respectively.

To learn more about Duracell’s “Rely on Copper to Go for the Gold” program and to support Team USA, visit Duracell’s Facebook page (Facebook.com/Duracell).

Proud Sponsor of Mom
Duracell’s “Rely on Copper to Go for the Gold” program is a part of P&G’s larger sponsorship of the Olympic Games. As part of its “Thank You, Mom” campaign for the London 2012 Olympic Games, P&G is taking the time to thank one of the most powerful people in an athlete’s life – Mom. Whether getting them started in the sport, being in the stands, or offering a shoulder for tears of victory or defeat, a mom powers her children, and for that P&G is saying “Thank you, Mom.”

In support of Moms and the “Thank You, Mom” campaign, Summer Sanders and other Olympians are taking the time to recognize these important women. Defining her as her largest source of inspiration, Summer said, “I am very confident in saying I could not have won my gold medal without her unwavering love and support. Thank you, Mom!”

To learn more about the “Thank You, Mom” campaign, go to http://www.facebook.com/thankyoumom.

About Duracell
Part of the Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), Duracell has been powering people around the world for more than 40 years. Our products serve as the heart of devices that keep people connected, protect their families, entertain them and simplify their increasingly mobile lifestyles. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-performance alkaline batteries, Duracell also innovates in lighting, renewable power and wireless charging technologies to help consumers live life without limits. Visit http://www.duracell.com for more information, follow us on Twitter.com/Duracell, and like us on Facebook.com/Duracell.

About Procter & Gamble
P&G touches and improves the lives of about 4.4 billion people around the world with its portfolio of trusted, quality brands. The Company’s leadership brands include Pampers®, Tide®, Ariel®, Always®, Whisper®, Pantene®, Mach3®, Bounty®, Dawn®, Fairy®, Gain®, Pringles®, Charmin®, Downy®, Lenor®, Iams®, Crest®, Oral-B®, Duracell®, Olay®, Head & Shoulders®, Wella®, Gillette®, Braun®, Fusion®, Ace®, Febreze®, and Ambi Pur®. With operations in about 80 countries, P&G brands are available in more than 180 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands.

1 Only video submissions are eligible for the Grand Prize trip to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. All submissions (video, photo and message) are eligible to win one of the available $500 Visa® gift cards.

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We’ve made this so fool-proof and simple that all you need to do is simply follow the programs word-for-word, and the results are yours forever.  Component 3: The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Workbook ($49 Value) – It has been proven over and over keeping track and charting your training always leads to better results and better peformance. Everybody I know who has ever made some serious progress keeps track of their workouts, and we’ve made it incredibly simple with The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Workbook. Designed specifically for Truth About Quickness workouts, you simply mark a few numbers and notes down, and you’re tracking your training easier than ever before.  Component 4: The Truth About Quickness Ultimate Insider’s Warm-Up ($49 Value) – A proper warm-up is key to your health and longevity as an athlete…doing it The Truth About Quickness way is just a major, major bonus, as I take you through the exact same warm-up I take my most advanced athletes through before each and every one of their Truth About Quickness workouts. Make no mistake, the right warm-up is key, and can actually make or break the effectiveness of your workouts. Component 5: The Flexibility Formula ($69 Value) – After almost 2 years of getting requests from athletes worldwide for a simple, yet effective flexibility protocol to follow, I finally put it together, as “The Flexibility Formula”. Inside, you’ll find an Online DVD/eReport combination, as I take you through the entire 8-minute flexibility routine I use daily in the Online DVD, along with laying out the whole routine for you and explaining the science behind it in the eReport. Never again worry again about potentially injuring yourself or not recovering fast enough because of limited flexibility, with the “Flexibility Formula” on YOUR side. Component 6: Equipment-FREE Explosiveness($59 Value) – After surveying past Truth About Quickness customers, we found that many wanted strength-building workouts they could follow FROM HOME, without equipment. Hearing the call, Kelly Baggett went to work and designed 12 weeks of muscle-defining, explosiveness-getting bodyweight workouts that you can sue RIGHT ALONG with The Truth About Quickness FROM HOME. These athletic-based workouts are also great to do anywhere on the road, when you can’t get to the gym or don’t have access to equipment. Component 7: The Champion’s Mindset Online DVD ($39 Value) – If 90% of sports are mental, the question remains for you: How much time are YOU spending on your mental game? In “The Champion’s Mindset”, I take you through the 3 most-powerful, eye-opening mental exercises I’ve ever stumbled across. Upon completing these 3 exercises, you’ll find your mental toughness heightened, mental awareness raised and your motivational levels through the ROOF. This is one resource you absolutely cannot go on without in your library. Component 8: Fat-Loss Finishers For Athletes($39 Value) – From our good friend and author of “Bull Strength Conditioning” Joe Hashey, “Fat-Loss Finishers” combines 20 different 8-10 minute “finisher” workouts for you to use AFTER your workouts. Now, these workouts are WAY different than what me or Kelly had ever really seen before, and they are strategically designed to accomplish TWO things: 1. Strip unwanted, blubbery FAT away from all of your problem areas and 2. Jack up your sports conditioning levels, to prepare you for your most intense moments in every game or practice. This is a brand-new bonus you’re absolutely going to love having inside your arsenal. Component 9: Eating Explosively ($49 value) –It’s a commonly-held truth that diet can be worth up to 80% of your results as an athlete, and that’s why we created "Eating Explosively", the video/PDF combo containing 30 full days of meal plans where we clearly lay out for you exactly what to eat for an entire month in order to maximize every ounce of your training results. With "Eating Explosively" guiding your diet every step of the way, you’ll find yourself moving quicker, feeling stronger and looking leaner within DAYS of starting the meal-plan program. Guidelines on how to manipulate the meal plans for fat-loss or muscle gaining are included in the follow-along video that comes complementary with Eating Explosively as well. This is one component any serious athlete cannot afford to miss out on..  Component 10: The "3-Minute Glutes" Online DVD ($19 value) – Quick: Name the most overlooked muscle for speed? If you said the "glutes" you were right. Congrats! As a no-BS type athlete, you need access to the latest and best exercises from the training world, and that’s exactly what you’ll find in 3-Minute Glutes, or "Glute Speed". Featuring a sizzling 3-minute series of the very best glute activation exercises around, Glute Speed will help upgrade your "sprinting engine" (glutes, hamstrings and lumbar muscles) to Ferrari-type levels. Don’t go on training without this one-of-a-kind exercise in your arsenal…your results will thank you for it almost immediately. Component 11: The Supplement Code ($19 value) – From supplement expert Kelly Bagget comes the brand-new "Supplement Code". Inside, you’ll discover exactly which supplements youneed to take as an athlete, which ones they’ll try to tell you are "essential" (but really not), plus important questions answered.. Protein powders…good or bad? Vitamins…necessary or a waste of your money? Plus, Kelly’s got some new "supplement tricks" hidden up his sleeve that he’s revealing here for the first time ever. This one is sure to be a "fan favorite".. FREE Bonus #1: The Top 7 Classic Muscle-Building Exercises ($29 value) – Take a look around and you may just notice it’s the almost always the strongest athletes who are also the most powerful. That is no coincidence, muscle means strength, and strength means power. In this super high-quality, easy-to-follow online DVD, skinny guy savior Vince Delmonte takes you through the Top 7 Classic Muscle-Building Exercises to help you add some lean muscle mass and simplify your weight training workouts. This is truly a complementary bonus. FREE Bonus #2: Lifetime 15% OFF Coupon to JumpUSA (Priceless) – As a happy owner of The Truth About Quickness Insider’s System, you also get special Insider’s Access forvever to any of the powerful products sold at the web-based JumpUSA athletic superstore.

NBA Offspring to Watch For in 2012

All Grown Up, This Little One is Making Her Mark For The New Year

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) March 27, 2012

Standing at 5’0” and a near replica of her famous father, Brittney Bogues and her public relations company, All In PR are guaranteed to make a splash this spring. As the youngest daughter of NBA Legend Muggsy Bogues, Brittney is all too familiar with what it takes to succeed in sports and entertainment.

“I have been fortunate to have both parents in the entertainment world: my mom working on movies and shows like “The Wire” and, my father at just 5’3’’ breaking records and playing in one of the most prestigious arenas of professional sports,” Bogues says. “They have always been my role models and have taught me that with hard work, the impossible is possible.”

As the shortest player in NBA history, Muggsy Bogues made a name for himself in the 10 years he played as the premiere point guard for the Charlotte Hornets, leaving the franchise as the career leader in minutes played, assists, and steals. At the height of his career, Muggsy appeared in the urban basketball classic, Space Jam and a brief cameo in the comedy, Eddie.

Following in her father’s footsteps and “Dream Big” philosophy, Brittney founded All In PR, a full-service public relations firm based out of Washington, DC with the intention of combining old school public relations with new school electronic media. With Muggsy Bogues, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Sheila Stewart and Melba’s Restaurant NYC already under its belt, ALL In PR promises to live by its motto, being “committed to quality, results and individuality. Understanding that no client is the same– so their message and brand shouldn’t be either.”

As a member of the All In PR family, Muggsy Bogues’ post-career ventures have begun to challenge his on-court accolades, thanks largely to the vision and dedication of his daughter and her team of media specialists.

“No one can remain a pro-athlete forever; there has to be a plan for the ‘end game’ and that plan needs partners,” says Muggsy. “All In PR gives me the peace of mind needed to continue in the pursuit of my post-career ventures.”

All In PR is a full service public relations firm specializing in digital communications and producing results, geared to supply pro-athletes, non-profits, and creative concepts with the tools needed to survive in today’s “new media” environment.

For more information on All In PR visit: http://www.allinpr.com

Contacts:     Sunshine Covington, All In PR- sunshine(at)allinpr.com, (336) 354- 3385

Ryann Cutillo, All In PR- ryann.allinpr(at)gmail.com, (631) 960-2231

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Sunshine Covington
All In PR
336 354-3385
Email Information

Component 1: The Truth About Quickness Insider’s DVD ($149 Value) – The ultimate compilation of speed and quickness training information ever put together on one disc. In the DVD, Kelly and I go over and hand you every last thing we know about speed and quickness training. You’ll also find the entire Truth About Quickness Video Library here, to have your own magic-bullet collection of speed and quickness exercises. And I’m not even close to being done.. Component 2: The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Program Manual ($99 Value) – If the DVD is the key to your speed transformation, then this is the safe it opens up. The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Program Manual contains 48 WEEKS of speed and quickness programming, designed specifically for athletes to get faster, quicker and more agile. We’ve made this so fool-proof and simple that all you need to do is simply follow the programs word-for-word, and the results are yours forever.  Component 3: The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Workbook ($49 Value) – It has been proven over and over keeping track and charting your training always leads to better results and better peformance. Everybody I know who has ever made some serious progress keeps track of their workouts, and we’ve made it incredibly simple with The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Workbook. Designed specifically for Truth About Quickness workouts, you simply mark a few numbers and notes down, and you’re tracking your training easier than ever before.  Component 4: The Truth About Quickness Ultimate Insider’s Warm-Up ($49 Value) – A proper warm-up is key to your health and longevity as an athlete…doing it The Truth About Quickness way is just a major, major bonus, as I take you through the exact same warm-up I take my most advanced athletes through before each and every one of their Truth About Quickness workouts. Make no mistake, the right warm-up is key, and can actually make or break the effectiveness of your workouts. Component 5: The Flexibility Formula ($69 Value) – After almost 2 years of getting requests from athletes worldwide for a simple, yet effective flexibility protocol to follow, I finally put it together, as “The Flexibility Formula”. Inside, you’ll find an Online DVD/eReport combination, as I take you through the entire 8-minute flexibility routine I use daily in the Online DVD, along with laying out the whole routine for you and explaining the science behind it in the eReport. Never again worry again about potentially injuring yourself or not recovering fast enough because of limited flexibility, with the “Flexibility Formula” on YOUR side. Component 6: Equipment-FREE Explosiveness($59 Value) – After surveying past Truth About Quickness customers, we found that many wanted strength-building workouts they could follow FROM HOME, without equipment. Hearing the call, Kelly Baggett went to work and designed 12 weeks of muscle-defining, explosiveness-getting bodyweight workouts that you can sue RIGHT ALONG with The Truth About Quickness FROM HOME. These athletic-based workouts are also great to do anywhere on the road, when you can’t get to the gym or don’t have access to equipment. Component 7: The Champion’s Mindset Online DVD ($39 Value) – If 90% of sports are mental, the question remains for you: How much time are YOU spending on your mental game? In “The Champion’s Mindset”, I take you through the 3 most-powerful, eye-opening mental exercises I’ve ever stumbled across. Upon completing these 3 exercises, you’ll find your mental toughness heightened, mental awareness raised and your motivational levels through the ROOF. This is one resource you absolutely cannot go on without in your library. Component 8: Fat-Loss Finishers For Athletes($39 Value) – From our good friend and author of “Bull Strength Conditioning” Joe Hashey, “Fat-Loss Finishers” combines 20 different 8-10 minute “finisher” workouts for you to use AFTER your workouts. Now, these workouts are WAY different than what me or Kelly had ever really seen before, and they are strategically designed to accomplish TWO things: 1. Strip unwanted, blubbery FAT away from all of your problem areas and 2. Jack up your sports conditioning levels, to prepare you for your most intense moments in every game or practice. This is a brand-new bonus you’re absolutely going to love having inside your arsenal. Component 9: Eating Explosively ($49 value) –It’s a commonly-held truth that diet can be worth up to 80% of your results as an athlete, and that’s why we created "Eating Explosively", the video/PDF combo containing 30 full days of meal plans where we clearly lay out for you exactly what to eat for an entire month in order to maximize every ounce of your training results. With "Eating Explosively" guiding your diet every step of the way, you’ll find yourself moving quicker, feeling stronger and looking leaner within DAYS of starting the meal-plan program. Guidelines on how to manipulate the meal plans for fat-loss or muscle gaining are included in the follow-along video that comes complementary with Eating Explosively as well. This is one component any serious athlete cannot afford to miss out on..  Component 10: The "3-Minute Glutes" Online DVD ($19 value) – Quick: Name the most overlooked muscle for speed? If you said the "glutes" you were right. Congrats! As a no-BS type athlete, you need access to the latest and best exercises from the training world, and that’s exactly what you’ll find in 3-Minute Glutes, or "Glute Speed". Featuring a sizzling 3-minute series of the very best glute activation exercises around, Glute Speed will help upgrade your "sprinting engine" (glutes, hamstrings and lumbar muscles) to Ferrari-type levels. Don’t go on training without this one-of-a-kind exercise in your arsenal…your results will thank you for it almost immediately. Component 11: The Supplement Code ($19 value) – From supplement expert Kelly Bagget comes the brand-new "Supplement Code". Inside, you’ll discover exactly which supplements youneed to take as an athlete, which ones they’ll try to tell you are "essential" (but really not), plus important questions answered.. Protein powders…good or bad? Vitamins…necessary or a waste of your money? Plus, Kelly’s got some new "supplement tricks" hidden up his sleeve that he’s revealing here for the first time ever. This one is sure to be a "fan favorite".. FREE Bonus #1: The Top 7 Classic Muscle-Building Exercises ($29 value) – Take a look around and you may just notice it’s the almost always the strongest athletes who are also the most powerful. That is no coincidence, muscle means strength, and strength means power. In this super high-quality, easy-to-follow online DVD, skinny guy savior Vince Delmonte takes you through the Top 7 Classic Muscle-Building Exercises to help you add some lean muscle mass and simplify your weight training workouts. This is truly a complementary bonus. FREE Bonus #2: Lifetime 15% OFF Coupon to JumpUSA (Priceless) – As a happy owner of The Truth About Quickness Insider’s System, you also get special Insider’s Access forvever to any of the powerful products sold at the web-based JumpUSA athletic superstore.

Applebee’s® Finds More than Seventy Percent of Basketball Smack Talkers are Women

Upsets and underdogs have rendered many tournament brackets dead, but Applebee’s reports that online trash talking is alive and well in college basketball.

Applebee’s makes connecting with friends during games even easier with a customized invitation on its Facebook fan page. Applebee’s fans can send a “Fans Watch Here” invite, with time, date, Applebee’s location – and even a personalized message – for watching their favorite team. (Photo: Business Wire)

And, guess who’s talking the most smack? Women have posted 71 percent of the nearly 50,000 shout-outs and hundreds of photos uploaded to Applebee’s Fan Fanatics Facebook page. The online contest rewards college basketball’s biggest fans with Applebee’s gift cards.

“Our female Fan Fanatics are dishing it out online far more often than men,” said Jill McFarland, senior manager of digital and social media for Applebee’s Services, Inc. “We’ve given away thousands in Applebee’s gift cards and the smack talk is in high gear heading into the final games. Even if your bracket is busted and your team is out, you can still compete and win with Fan Fanatics.”

College basketball fans can accumulate points for Fan Fanatics by visiting Applebee’s main Facebook fan page as well participating sites among the nearly 1,500 local Applebee’s Facebook fan pages. Applebee’s is rewarding Fan Fanatics for:

Shout outs: One (1) point every time a Fan Fanatic sends a post Photo uploads: Ten (10) points for every photo a Fan Fanatic uploads Tweets: One (1) point each time a Fan Fanatic tweets about their team

Applebee’s will continue rewarding top fans with gift cards following each round of the basketball tournament. Gift cards of $250 await those in the final round and the overall winner will receive a $500 Applebee’s gift card following the April 2 college basketball championship.

Fans can watch all tournament games live at nearly 1,900 Applebee’s nationwide, most of which are open until midnight or later. Guests may enjoy ample bar seating, flat screen televisions and game day specials.

No purchase necessary to win. To view official contest rules, visit the Fan Fanatics Facebook page.

About Applebee’s

Applebee’s (http://www.applebees.com) is the world’s largest casual dining chain, with approximately 2,000 locations in 49 states, 16 countries and one U.S. territory. Based in Kansas City, Mo., Applebee’s takes pride in providing a welcoming, neighborhood environment where everyone can enjoy the dining experience. Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar® is a DineEquity, Inc. (NYSE: DIN) brand, and is franchised and operated by Applebee’s Services, Inc. and its affiliates.

Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=50218885&lang=en

Component 1: The Truth About Quickness Insider’s DVD ($149 Value) – The ultimate compilation of speed and quickness training information ever put together on one disc. In the DVD, Kelly and I go over and hand you every last thing we know about speed and quickness training. You’ll also find the entire Truth About Quickness Video Library here, to have your own magic-bullet collection of speed and quickness exercises. And I’m not even close to being done.. Component 2: The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Program Manual ($99 Value) – If the DVD is the key to your speed transformation, then this is the safe it opens up. The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Program Manual contains 48 WEEKS of speed and quickness programming, designed specifically for athletes to get faster, quicker and more agile. We’ve made this so fool-proof and simple that all you need to do is simply follow the programs word-for-word, and the results are yours forever.  Component 3: The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Workbook ($49 Value) – It has been proven over and over keeping track and charting your training always leads to better results and better peformance. Everybody I know who has ever made some serious progress keeps track of their workouts, and we’ve made it incredibly simple with The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Workbook. Designed specifically for Truth About Quickness workouts, you simply mark a few numbers and notes down, and you’re tracking your training easier than ever before.  Component 4: The Truth About Quickness Ultimate Insider’s Warm-Up ($49 Value) – A proper warm-up is key to your health and longevity as an athlete…doing it The Truth About Quickness way is just a major, major bonus, as I take you through the exact same warm-up I take my most advanced athletes through before each and every one of their Truth About Quickness workouts. Make no mistake, the right warm-up is key, and can actually make or break the effectiveness of your workouts. Component 5: The Flexibility Formula ($69 Value) – After almost 2 years of getting requests from athletes worldwide for a simple, yet effective flexibility protocol to follow, I finally put it together, as “The Flexibility Formula”. Inside, you’ll find an Online DVD/eReport combination, as I take you through the entire 8-minute flexibility routine I use daily in the Online DVD, along with laying out the whole routine for you and explaining the science behind it in the eReport. Never again worry again about potentially injuring yourself or not recovering fast enough because of limited flexibility, with the “Flexibility Formula” on YOUR side. Component 6: Equipment-FREE Explosiveness($59 Value) – After surveying past Truth About Quickness customers, we found that many wanted strength-building workouts they could follow FROM HOME, without equipment. Hearing the call, Kelly Baggett went to work and designed 12 weeks of muscle-defining, explosiveness-getting bodyweight workouts that you can sue RIGHT ALONG with The Truth About Quickness FROM HOME. These athletic-based workouts are also great to do anywhere on the road, when you can’t get to the gym or don’t have access to equipment. Component 7: The Champion’s Mindset Online DVD ($39 Value) – If 90% of sports are mental, the question remains for you: How much time are YOU spending on your mental game? In “The Champion’s Mindset”, I take you through the 3 most-powerful, eye-opening mental exercises I’ve ever stumbled across. Upon completing these 3 exercises, you’ll find your mental toughness heightened, mental awareness raised and your motivational levels through the ROOF. This is one resource you absolutely cannot go on without in your library. Component 8: Fat-Loss Finishers For Athletes($39 Value) – From our good friend and author of “Bull Strength Conditioning” Joe Hashey, “Fat-Loss Finishers” combines 20 different 8-10 minute “finisher” workouts for you to use AFTER your workouts. Now, these workouts are WAY different than what me or Kelly had ever really seen before, and they are strategically designed to accomplish TWO things: 1. Strip unwanted, blubbery FAT away from all of your problem areas and 2. Jack up your sports conditioning levels, to prepare you for your most intense moments in every game or practice. This is a brand-new bonus you’re absolutely going to love having inside your arsenal. Component 9: Eating Explosively ($49 value) –It’s a commonly-held truth that diet can be worth up to 80% of your results as an athlete, and that’s why we created "Eating Explosively", the video/PDF combo containing 30 full days of meal plans where we clearly lay out for you exactly what to eat for an entire month in order to maximize every ounce of your training results. With "Eating Explosively" guiding your diet every step of the way, you’ll find yourself moving quicker, feeling stronger and looking leaner within DAYS of starting the meal-plan program. Guidelines on how to manipulate the meal plans for fat-loss or muscle gaining are included in the follow-along video that comes complementary with Eating Explosively as well. This is one component any serious athlete cannot afford to miss out on..  Component 10: The "3-Minute Glutes" Online DVD ($19 value) – Quick: Name the most overlooked muscle for speed? If you said the "glutes" you were right. Congrats! As a no-BS type athlete, you need access to the latest and best exercises from the training world, and that’s exactly what you’ll find in 3-Minute Glutes, or "Glute Speed". Featuring a sizzling 3-minute series of the very best glute activation exercises around, Glute Speed will help upgrade your "sprinting engine" (glutes, hamstrings and lumbar muscles) to Ferrari-type levels. Don’t go on training without this one-of-a-kind exercise in your arsenal…your results will thank you for it almost immediately. Component 11: The Supplement Code ($19 value) – From supplement expert Kelly Bagget comes the brand-new "Supplement Code". Inside, you’ll discover exactly which supplements youneed to take as an athlete, which ones they’ll try to tell you are "essential" (but really not), plus important questions answered.. Protein powders…good or bad? Vitamins…necessary or a waste of your money? Plus, Kelly’s got some new "supplement tricks" hidden up his sleeve that he’s revealing here for the first time ever. This one is sure to be a "fan favorite".. FREE Bonus #1: The Top 7 Classic Muscle-Building Exercises ($29 value) – Take a look around and you may just notice it’s the almost always the strongest athletes who are also the most powerful. That is no coincidence, muscle means strength, and strength means power. In this super high-quality, easy-to-follow online DVD, skinny guy savior Vince Delmonte takes you through the Top 7 Classic Muscle-Building Exercises to help you add some lean muscle mass and simplify your weight training workouts. This is truly a complementary bonus. FREE Bonus #2: Lifetime 15% OFF Coupon to JumpUSA (Priceless) – As a happy owner of The Truth About Quickness Insider’s System, you also get special Insider’s Access forvever to any of the powerful products sold at the web-based JumpUSA athletic superstore.

NBC Basketball Camps Launches New Website Announcing 2012 Summer Basketball Camp Season

NBC Camps was founded in 1971 and has grown to become the largest overnight basketball and volleyball camp program in the world with over 120 weeks of camp located in 50 cities and five countries.

San Rafael, CA (PRWEB) March 26, 2012

NBC Camps will be conducting day and overnight basketball camps for beginner to advanced athletes ages 7-20. Camps offered include All-Star & Elite camps, College Basketball Prep camp, High School Team and Tournament camps, Pure Shooting and Offensive skills camps, Position Specific—Guard, Wing and Post Training camps, International Travel teams, Basketball and English Language camps, Complete Player Basketball camps, Family Hoops camps and Junior Basketball Day camps for younger athletes. Camps emphasize skill mastery, intensity, leadership, and total basketball and life development. NBC Basketball Camps are located in 10 states, Canada, Austria, Isle of Man, England and Italy. NBC Camps also offers volleyball training camps in the US and Canada as well as soccer and football summer camps.

The new website, found online at nbccamps.com provides users with online registration, interactive maps, surveys, photo galleries, easy navigation and search options. NBC Basketball Camps launched their first website in 1994 and was one of the first basketball camp programs on the internet. “A person in web training in Seattle contacted us and asked to build us a site. We had a bouncing basketball animated gif, clip photos and our dates. Some advisors told us not to invest in the web as it would never become popular, ” laughs NBC Camps Vice President Jennifer Ferch.

“We’ve maintained a very dynamic site all these years and literally experienced the transformation of the web. With the launch of this new site, we are excited for the sophisticated CMS and SEO options as well as the ease for our customers to navigate and register. We were able to work with one of the leading web designers from British Columbia called Vibe9Design and they were absolutely fantastic. Right now we are rolling into peak registration time. Our goal is to provide the best summer sports camp experience possible and give each athlete the tools to walk out of camp a better player and person. A strong website allows us to make the registration experience that much better.”

About NBC Camps

NBC Camps Inc. is headquartered in Spokane, WA and founded in 1971. Alumni have gone on to play or coach in the NBA including Scott Brooks, Paul Pierce, and Luke Ridnour, WBNA, professionally overseas, and play or coach at many colleges and university programs. NBC Camps is a member of US Sports Camps network of outstanding summer sports camps throughout the world. Players, coaches, parents and members of the media interested in learning more about NBC Camps are invited to visit http://www.nbccamps.com or phone 1-800-406-3926.

Jennifer Ferch
NBC Basketball Camps
800-406-3926
Email Information

Component 1: The Truth About Quickness Insider’s DVD ($149 Value) – The ultimate compilation of speed and quickness training information ever put together on one disc. In the DVD, Kelly and I go over and hand you every last thing we know about speed and quickness training. You’ll also find the entire Truth About Quickness Video Library here, to have your own magic-bullet collection of speed and quickness exercises. And I’m not even close to being done.. Component 2: The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Program Manual ($99 Value) – If the DVD is the key to your speed transformation, then this is the safe it opens up. The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Program Manual contains 48 WEEKS of speed and quickness programming, designed specifically for athletes to get faster, quicker and more agile. We’ve made this so fool-proof and simple that all you need to do is simply follow the programs word-for-word, and the results are yours forever.  Component 3: The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Workbook ($49 Value) – It has been proven over and over keeping track and charting your training always leads to better results and better peformance. Everybody I know who has ever made some serious progress keeps track of their workouts, and we’ve made it incredibly simple with The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Workbook. Designed specifically for Truth About Quickness workouts, you simply mark a few numbers and notes down, and you’re tracking your training easier than ever before.  Component 4: The Truth About Quickness Ultimate Insider’s Warm-Up ($49 Value) – A proper warm-up is key to your health and longevity as an athlete…doing it The Truth About Quickness way is just a major, major bonus, as I take you through the exact same warm-up I take my most advanced athletes through before each and every one of their Truth About Quickness workouts. Make no mistake, the right warm-up is key, and can actually make or break the effectiveness of your workouts. Component 5: The Flexibility Formula ($69 Value) – After almost 2 years of getting requests from athletes worldwide for a simple, yet effective flexibility protocol to follow, I finally put it together, as “The Flexibility Formula”. Inside, you’ll find an Online DVD/eReport combination, as I take you through the entire 8-minute flexibility routine I use daily in the Online DVD, along with laying out the whole routine for you and explaining the science behind it in the eReport. Never again worry again about potentially injuring yourself or not recovering fast enough because of limited flexibility, with the “Flexibility Formula” on YOUR side. Component 6: Equipment-FREE Explosiveness($59 Value) – After surveying past Truth About Quickness customers, we found that many wanted strength-building workouts they could follow FROM HOME, without equipment. Hearing the call, Kelly Baggett went to work and designed 12 weeks of muscle-defining, explosiveness-getting bodyweight workouts that you can sue RIGHT ALONG with The Truth About Quickness FROM HOME. These athletic-based workouts are also great to do anywhere on the road, when you can’t get to the gym or don’t have access to equipment. Component 7: The Champion’s Mindset Online DVD ($39 Value) – If 90% of sports are mental, the question remains for you: How much time are YOU spending on your mental game? In “The Champion’s Mindset”, I take you through the 3 most-powerful, eye-opening mental exercises I’ve ever stumbled across. Upon completing these 3 exercises, you’ll find your mental toughness heightened, mental awareness raised and your motivational levels through the ROOF. This is one resource you absolutely cannot go on without in your library. Component 8: Fat-Loss Finishers For Athletes($39 Value) – From our good friend and author of “Bull Strength Conditioning” Joe Hashey, “Fat-Loss Finishers” combines 20 different 8-10 minute “finisher” workouts for you to use AFTER your workouts. Now, these workouts are WAY different than what me or Kelly had ever really seen before, and they are strategically designed to accomplish TWO things: 1. Strip unwanted, blubbery FAT away from all of your problem areas and 2. Jack up your sports conditioning levels, to prepare you for your most intense moments in every game or practice. This is a brand-new bonus you’re absolutely going to love having inside your arsenal. Component 9: Eating Explosively ($49 value) –It’s a commonly-held truth that diet can be worth up to 80% of your results as an athlete, and that’s why we created "Eating Explosively", the video/PDF combo containing 30 full days of meal plans where we clearly lay out for you exactly what to eat for an entire month in order to maximize every ounce of your training results. With "Eating Explosively" guiding your diet every step of the way, you’ll find yourself moving quicker, feeling stronger and looking leaner within DAYS of starting the meal-plan program. Guidelines on how to manipulate the meal plans for fat-loss or muscle gaining are included in the follow-along video that comes complementary with Eating Explosively as well. This is one component any serious athlete cannot afford to miss out on..  Component 10: The "3-Minute Glutes" Online DVD ($19 value) – Quick: Name the most overlooked muscle for speed? If you said the "glutes" you were right. Congrats! As a no-BS type athlete, you need access to the latest and best exercises from the training world, and that’s exactly what you’ll find in 3-Minute Glutes, or "Glute Speed". Featuring a sizzling 3-minute series of the very best glute activation exercises around, Glute Speed will help upgrade your "sprinting engine" (glutes, hamstrings and lumbar muscles) to Ferrari-type levels. Don’t go on training without this one-of-a-kind exercise in your arsenal…your results will thank you for it almost immediately. Component 11: The Supplement Code ($19 value) – From supplement expert Kelly Bagget comes the brand-new "Supplement Code". Inside, you’ll discover exactly which supplements youneed to take as an athlete, which ones they’ll try to tell you are "essential" (but really not), plus important questions answered.. Protein powders…good or bad? Vitamins…necessary or a waste of your money? Plus, Kelly’s got some new "supplement tricks" hidden up his sleeve that he’s revealing here for the first time ever. This one is sure to be a "fan favorite".. FREE Bonus #1: The Top 7 Classic Muscle-Building Exercises ($29 value) – Take a look around and you may just notice it’s the almost always the strongest athletes who are also the most powerful. That is no coincidence, muscle means strength, and strength means power. In this super high-quality, easy-to-follow online DVD, skinny guy savior Vince Delmonte takes you through the Top 7 Classic Muscle-Building Exercises to help you add some lean muscle mass and simplify your weight training workouts. This is truly a complementary bonus. FREE Bonus #2: Lifetime 15% OFF Coupon to JumpUSA (Priceless) – As a happy owner of The Truth About Quickness Insider’s System, you also get special Insider’s Access forvever to any of the powerful products sold at the web-based JumpUSA athletic superstore.

Duke’s Rivers enters NBA draft early, hiring agent

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Austin Rivers is leaving Duke after one season for the NBA draft.

The freshman guard announced his decision and plans to hire an agent on Monday after team officials said he spent the weekend discussing his future plans with his family at their home outside Orlando, Fla.

“Duke has prepared me for the challenges that are ahead both on and off the court,” Rivers said in a statement issued by the school. “I have learned so much from the coaching staff and my teammates that will help me succeed at the next level.”

The son of Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers averaged a team-leading 15.5 points and was a unanimous selection as the Atlantic Coast Conference’s rookie of the year. He’s just the third Duke freshman to lead the team in scoring after Johnny Dawkins in 1983 and Bill Sapp in 1945.

“Austin had a terrific year as a freshman and has put himself in a position to pursue his dream of being a great player in the NBA,” coach Mike Krzyzewski said, adding that he supports the decision. “We look forward to watching him continue to develop and excel at the next level.”

The top highlight of Rivers’ only college season was a buzzer-beating 3-pointer last month that gave Duke an 85-84 victory at North Carolina. He scored a season-high 29 points in that game.

He’s the fourth player to leave Duke after one season and the second one-and-done guard in two years after Cleveland made Kyrie Irving the No. 1 overall pick of last year’s draft. The others are Corey Maggette in 1999 and Luol Deng in 2004.

Doc Rivers, speaking to reporters in Charlotte before the Celtics’ game against the Bobcats on Monday night — before his son’s decision was made public — said he thought his choice would be a good one no matter what he decided to do.

“Listen, going to the NBA if you’re going to get drafted in the first round, that’s good,” Doc Rivers said. “Going back to Duke, that’s good. So I don’t know if you have a bad choice.”

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AP Sports Writer Steve Reed in Charlotte, N.C., contributed to this report.

Component 1: The Truth About Quickness Insider’s DVD ($149 Value) – The ultimate compilation of speed and quickness training information ever put together on one disc. In the DVD, Kelly and I go over and hand you every last thing we know about speed and quickness training. You’ll also find the entire Truth About Quickness Video Library here, to have your own magic-bullet collection of speed and quickness exercises. And I’m not even close to being done.. Component 2: The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Program Manual ($99 Value) – If the DVD is the key to your speed transformation, then this is the safe it opens up. The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Program Manual contains 48 WEEKS of speed and quickness programming, designed specifically for athletes to get faster, quicker and more agile. We’ve made this so fool-proof and simple that all you need to do is simply follow the programs word-for-word, and the results are yours forever.  Component 3: The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Workbook ($49 Value) – It has been proven over and over keeping track and charting your training always leads to better results and better peformance. Everybody I know who has ever made some serious progress keeps track of their workouts, and we’ve made it incredibly simple with The Truth About Quickness Insider’s Action Workbook. Designed specifically for Truth About Quickness workouts, you simply mark a few numbers and notes down, and you’re tracking your training easier than ever before.  Component 4: The Truth About Quickness Ultimate Insider’s Warm-Up ($49 Value) – A proper warm-up is key to your health and longevity as an athlete…doing it The Truth About Quickness way is just a major, major bonus, as I take you through the exact same warm-up I take my most advanced athletes through before each and every one of their Truth About Quickness workouts. Make no mistake, the right warm-up is key, and can actually make or break the effectiveness of your workouts. Component 5: The Flexibility Formula ($69 Value) – After almost 2 years of getting requests from athletes worldwide for a simple, yet effective flexibility protocol to follow, I finally put it together, as “The Flexibility Formula”. Inside, you’ll find an Online DVD/eReport combination, as I take you through the entire 8-minute flexibility routine I use daily in the Online DVD, along with laying out the whole routine for you and explaining the science behind it in the eReport. Never again worry again about potentially injuring yourself or not recovering fast enough because of limited flexibility, with the “Flexibility Formula” on YOUR side. Component 6: Equipment-FREE Explosiveness($59 Value) – After surveying past Truth About Quickness customers, we found that many wanted strength-building workouts they could follow FROM HOME, without equipment. Hearing the call, Kelly Baggett went to work and designed 12 weeks of muscle-defining, explosiveness-getting bodyweight workouts that you can sue RIGHT ALONG with The Truth About Quickness FROM HOME. These athletic-based workouts are also great to do anywhere on the road, when you can’t get to the gym or don’t have access to equipment. Component 7: The Champion’s Mindset Online DVD ($39 Value) – If 90% of sports are mental, the question remains for you: How much time are YOU spending on your mental game? In “The Champion’s Mindset”, I take you through the 3 most-powerful, eye-opening mental exercises I’ve ever stumbled across. Upon completing these 3 exercises, you’ll find your mental toughness heightened, mental awareness raised and your motivational levels through the ROOF. This is one resource you absolutely cannot go on without in your library. Component 8: Fat-Loss Finishers For Athletes($39 Value) – From our good friend and author of “Bull Strength Conditioning” Joe Hashey, “Fat-Loss Finishers” combines 20 different 8-10 minute “finisher” workouts for you to use AFTER your workouts. Now, these workouts are WAY different than what me or Kelly had ever really seen before, and they are strategically designed to accomplish TWO things: 1. Strip unwanted, blubbery FAT away from all of your problem areas and 2. Jack up your sports conditioning levels, to prepare you for your most intense moments in every game or practice. This is a brand-new bonus you’re absolutely going to love having inside your arsenal. Component 9: Eating Explosively ($49 value) –It’s a commonly-held truth that diet can be worth up to 80% of your results as an athlete, and that’s why we created "Eating Explosively", the video/PDF combo containing 30 full days of meal plans where we clearly lay out for you exactly what to eat for an entire month in order to maximize every ounce of your training results. With "Eating Explosively" guiding your diet every step of the way, you’ll find yourself moving quicker, feeling stronger and looking leaner within DAYS of starting the meal-plan program. Guidelines on how to manipulate the meal plans for fat-loss or muscle gaining are included in the follow-along video that comes complementary with Eating Explosively as well. This is one component any serious athlete cannot afford to miss out on..  Component 10: The "3-Minute Glutes" Online DVD ($19 value) – Quick: Name the most overlooked muscle for speed? If you said the "glutes" you were right. Congrats! As a no-BS type athlete, you need access to the latest and best exercises from the training world, and that’s exactly what you’ll find in 3-Minute Glutes, or "Glute Speed". Featuring a sizzling 3-minute series of the very best glute activation exercises around, Glute Speed will help upgrade your "sprinting engine" (glutes, hamstrings and lumbar muscles) to Ferrari-type levels. Don’t go on training without this one-of-a-kind exercise in your arsenal…your results will thank you for it almost immediately. Component 11: The Supplement Code ($19 value) – From supplement expert Kelly Bagget comes the brand-new "Supplement Code". Inside, you’ll discover exactly which supplements youneed to take as an athlete, which ones they’ll try to tell you are "essential" (but really not), plus important questions answered.. Protein powders…good or bad? Vitamins…necessary or a waste of your money? Plus, Kelly’s got some new "supplement tricks" hidden up his sleeve that he’s revealing here for the first time ever. This one is sure to be a "fan favorite".. FREE Bonus #1: The Top 7 Classic Muscle-Building Exercises ($29 value) – Take a look around and you may just notice it’s the almost always the strongest athletes who are also the most powerful. That is no coincidence, muscle means strength, and strength means power. In this super high-quality, easy-to-follow online DVD, skinny guy savior Vince Delmonte takes you through the Top 7 Classic Muscle-Building Exercises to help you add some lean muscle mass and simplify your weight training workouts. This is truly a complementary bonus. FREE Bonus #2: Lifetime 15% OFF Coupon to JumpUSA (Priceless) – As a happy owner of The Truth About Quickness Insider’s System, you also get special Insider’s Access forvever to any of the powerful products sold at the web-based JumpUSA athletic superstore.

The Economics of March Madness

As the NCAA basketball tournament gets under way this week, it is not only the teams and players from the 68 schools in the brackets who are trying to win big. Millions of viewers at home are hoping to cash in, or at least have bragging rights for the year, by winning the office pool.

Then there are the 14 host cities for March Madness, which to varying degrees are anticipating economic boosts and a little national exposure by having their names painted in big block letters on the baselines of the courts during the televised games.

Dayton, Ohio, which hosts the first-round games on Tuesday, was so excited about having the opening games that it held a festival on Sunday featuring a parade, a four-mile race, and an Air Force flyover.

“We want to show the country that Dayton means basketball,” said Tim Wabler, vice president and director of athletics at the University of Dayton, in a press release.

Dayton got an additional publicity boost when it was announced last week that President Obama would attend one of the games on Tuesday, along with British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Host cities for NCAA tournament games expect to generate millions of dollars for local businesses and tax coffers from the events, according to Rick Horrow, chairman of Horrow Sports Ventures, a consulting firm for development of sports facilities.

“The communities that have a regional tournament can look forward to anywhere from $40 [million] to $80 million of economic impact during tournament week,” said Horrow, who was in El Paso, Texas, last week to explore the possibility of building a multipurpose facility that could attract events like March Madness to the city.

“The NCAA regionals allow the community to tell their positive story to the world…. It’s a catalyst for national recognition, business development, and the economic growth that follows as a consequence,” Horrow said.

Not everyone agrees that hosting games is a guaranteed gold mine. For New Orleans, the host of this year’s Final Four games, it’s just another big event.

“I see the net [financial] impact as fairly small,” said Allen Sanderson, a sports economist at the University of Chicago. “A lot of the activity is just substitution of one thing for another. The tournament may affect where people drink beer, but not how much beer they drink.”

According to Sanderson, the fact that the activities and events surrounding March Madness are concentrated in one area makes it “easier to quantify, but also easier to be misled,” since economic activity in other parts of the city may decrease during this time.

“I suspect that there is less economic activity in restaurants, malls, and movie theaters” during this time, Sanderson said.

Also, many cities—including El Paso and previously Oklahoma City—that have entertained the idea of building brand-new facilities to host these events quickly realized that the costs of new infrastructure must be taken into consideration.

The process of turning a multipurpose facility into a larger infrastructure expansion is much more complicated than, “If you build it, they will come,” many economists warn.

“I’m from a city [Oklahoma City] that spent $120 million to get an NBA team and the state kicked in another $60 million in taxes. If you’re lucky, the city doesn’t lose money on it,” said Jonathan Willner, an economist at Oklahoma City University.

The path to profitability centers on attracting new visitors without disturbing residents or regular visitors.

“When a lot of people see that March Madness is going to be in town, they don’t come,” because they don’t want to deal with the crowds, Willner said.

“What you want is an increase in visitors that is so significantly large that it will generate tax revenues [mostly from hotel and sales taxes] to cover those expenses,” he said. “You want to have a bunch of people to come in that wouldn’t normally come in, and spend a lot of money in the city that wouldn’t normally get spent.”

Another economic balancing act takes place during the tournament in workplaces across the country, albeit on a smaller scale: Many employees for the next three weeks will be torn between devotion to their favorite teams and their jobs.

“As an employer, trying to stop people from paying attention to March Madness—not having office pools, limiting Internet access, yelling at people for being on ESPN—is kind of silly because people are gonna do it,” said Eric Darr, provost and executive vice president of the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. “It [March Madness] is a tradition…. I’ve been on the beach, on vacation, during March Madness and everyone is around the TV. We are fanatical about it.”

Darr recommends capitalizing on the passion surrounding the tournament to build office morale since attempting to stop people from watching it is a futile exercise.

“If you are in an office environment and you can take 30 minutes, I’d say condone it,” Darr said. “And do it in a limited way. Don’t take the whole day off.”

“Maybe for 30 minutes out of that particular day it gets in the way of productivity, but the long-term benefits of next week, the week after that, of now having better morale in the office, better camaraderie, better working relationships—all of that pays huge dividends with regards to productivity,” Darr said.

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