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BAM Testing and the NBA Team Up for 2009 Draft Combine

CHICAGO, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- BAM Testing (Basic Athletic Measurement) brings their proprietary and cutting edge technology to assist the NBA and their coaches with physical and performance assessments at this year's basketball combine. Brett Brungardt and the BAM team have created new ...

'Sharing Miracles' Television Program to Feature NBA Hall-of-Famer, Scoring Champ Dominique Wilkins

WASHINGTON, April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the 2009 NBA playoff season in full swing, Sharing Miracles, a 30-minute public affairs television program that tells the compelling and inspirational stories of real patients, will feature NBA Hall-of-Famer and diabetes patient Dominique ...

Momentum Builds in Florida Legislature to Rename Proposed Legislation After Miami Heat Fan Favorite and NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning

'Alonzo Mourning Access to Care Act' Would Provide Medigap Secondary Insurance to Florida's Most Vulnerable Kidney Patients TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Miami Heat stand-out and NBA Defensive Player of the Year Alonzo Mourning, who is also a kidney transplant...

got milk?(R) and the NBA Showcase New National Teen Health and Fitness Initiative at Marina Del Rey Middle School in Los Angeles

Los Angeles Lakers Star Luke Walton Rallies Students to Get Fit By Finals, Awards School with a "got milk?" Get Fit Grant LOS ANGELES, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles Lakers star Luke Walton is rallying Los Angeles teens to get into the fitness game as part of a new national campaign cal...

Captain of the Boston Celtics and 2008 NBA Finals MVP Paul Pierce Partners With Zagat Survey to Spotlight Healthy Dining in Boston

BOSTON, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Celtics Captain Paul Pierce teamed up with Zagat Survey to present "A Spotlight on Boston Restaurants: Paul Pierce's Favorites for Healthy Dining", which highlights healthy tips for eating out at Zagat Survey's Most Popular restaurants in Boston. Utilizing th...

Got Milk?(R) and the NBA Showcase New National Teen Health and Fitness Initiative at Cesar E. Chavez Multicultural Center

Chicago Bulls Legend BJ Armstrong Rallies Students to Get Fit By Finals, Awards School with a "got milk?" Get Fit Grant CHICAGO, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago Bulls legend BJ Armstrong is rallying Chicago teens to get into the fitness game as part of a new national campaign calle...

Got Milk?(R) and the NBA Showcase New National Teen Health and Fitness Initiative at Democracy Prep Charter School

New York Knicks Forward Wilson Chandler and Strength and Conditioning Coach Greg Brittenham Rally Students to Get Fit By Finals, Award School with a 'got milk?' Get Fit Grant NEW YORK, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- New York Knicks forward Wilson Chandler along with strength and conditioning coach...

Miami Heat Fan Favorite and NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning Visits Florida Legislature, Governor to Urge Needed Coverage for Florida Kidney Patients

Mourning Joins Florida Renal Coalition, National Kidney Foundation of Florida and Patients to Ask for Access to Medigap Secondary Insurance for Florida's Most Vulnerable Kidney Patients, and to Stress Importance of Education and Awareness for Kidney Disease TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 10 /PRNews...

got milk?(R) and the NBA Showcase New National Teen Health and Fitness Initiative at Remus Robinson Middle School

DETROIT, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Detroit Piston player Rodney Stuckey is rallying Detroit teens to get teenagers into the fitness game as part of a new national campaign called Get Fit By Finals. The new program is part of a new partnership between the "got milk?" Body By Milk(R) Campaign a...

Natural Stem Cell Enhancers an NBA All Star Weekend Sports-Celebrity Perk?

Legends of Basketball Gift Bags Feature StemSPORT PHOENIX, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Legends of Basketball, the National Basketball Retired Players Association's nickname, has chosen to feature the launch of a natural stem cell release product regime in their sports-celebrity gift bags at t...

The NBA Teams up With Body By Milk to Challenge Teenagers to 'Get Fit By Finals'

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- NBA All-Star Chris Paul and WNBA All-Star Diana Taurasi, are teaming up to help get teenagers into the fitness game through a new national campaign called Get Fit By Finals. The program, which launched today at an event at NBA All-Star 2009 in Phoenix, Ariz....

Former NBA and Boston Celtic Star Dee Brown Joins PrimeTime Sports, Boca Raton's Unique Sports Training Facility

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Think of Dee Brown and images of his famous 'No-Look' dunk that won the 1991 NBA Slam Dunk title come to mind. Or maybe it's his twelve exciting years in the NBA playing for teams like the Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic and Toronto Raptors. More recentl...

SoLo's Olympic Success Fuels NBA Preseason

Fresh from the Success of the Beijing Olympics, SoLo Bars are Refueling the Best Players in Basketball as They Train and Prepare for the Upcoming NBA Preseason. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (PRWEB) October 3, 2008 -- The recent success of SoLo Powered athletes Paul Tichela...

Racism not an issue in firing of NBA coaches

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Race is not a factor in the firing of NBA coaches, although white coaches with losing records had somewhat longer tenures before being fired than African-American coaches with more losses than wins, a new study shows. The University of Michigan study looked at differences be...

Sports Icons Troy Aikman, Clyde Drexler, Mike Piazza, Ivan Lendl and Dara Torres are Among the Elite Named 2009 'Great Sports Legends'

... co-owner of NASCAR Sprint Cup racing team. Clyde Drexler -Ten-time nba All-Star and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and 50 Greatest nba Players of all time; former shooting guard for the Portland Trailblazers an...

'Sharing Miracles' Television Program to Feature Four-Time World Series Champ Darryl Strawberry

... Bettis, who has asthma; two-time NCAA tournament-winning University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun, who has overcome cancer three times; nba Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins; Boston Red Sox star pitcher Jon Lester, who has battled leukemia; Emmy-nominated former star of Family Ties Meredit...

More Than 500 Philadelphia Youth with Asthma and Their Families to Attend Keystone Mercy Healthy Hoops Program

...ollowing the screenings. More than 25 professional athletes and celebrities will be in attendance, including actor Terrence Howard; former and current nba players Jameer Nelson, Cuttino Mobley, Kyle Lowry, Lynn Greer, Rasual Butler and Lou Williams; Philadelphia Eagles tight end Brent Celek and actor/com...

'Sharing Miracles' Television Program to Feature Legendary Rapper and Popular Actor Ice-T

...ettis, who has asthma; two-time NCAA tournament-winning University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun, who has overcome cancer three times; nba Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins; Boston Red Sox star pitcher Jon Lester, who has battled leukemia; Emmy-nominated former star of Family Ties Meredit...

ACL Repair Creator William G. Clancy, Jr., MD Inducted into AOSSM Hall of Fame

...erior cruciate ligament reconstruction procedures, which are used by virtually all knee surgeons throughout the world today. The vast majority of NFL, nba and NHL players requiring surgery for their ACL tears have had the "Clancy Procedure." His most recent work has clearly documented the bony ...

Washington, DC Community Leaders Commit to Send 10,000 Anti-Malarial Bed Nets to Refugees in Africa

...the campaign that was created by the United Nations Foundation in 2006. Founding campaign partners include the National Basketball Association’s nba Cares, the people of The United Methodist Church, and Sports Illustrated. It costs just $10 to provide a long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net to p...

NBA's Ronny Turiaf Joins Forces with Heart Group to Promote Heart Health

...maging Institute. Growing up on the Caribbean Island of Martinique, Turiaf made a name for himself on the basketball court. He was drafted to the nba in 2005 and was set to play for the Lakers until an echocardiogram showed a life-threatening heart condition - an enlarged aortic root. After undergoi...

'Sharing Miracles' Television Program to Feature Super Bowl Winner, Hall-of-Famer Mike Ditka

...ettis, who has asthma; two-time NCAA tournament-winning University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun, who has overcome cancer three times; nba Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins; Boston Red Sox star pitcher Jon Lester, who has battled leukemia; Emmy-nominated former star of Family Ties Meredit...

Joslin Diabetes Center Names Boston Celtics Star Ray Allen to Board of Trustees

...s. Allen is the father of a child with type 1 diabetes. In June 2008, while the Celtics were in Los Angeles during their exciting run to become nba champions, Allen's son Walker, 2, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Since that time, Allen and his wife Shannon have enthusiastically embraced the ...

Health and Advocacy Leaders Mobilize to Bring Attention to Atrial Fibrillation, a Costly and Misunderstood Cardiovascular Disease

...l then work together to implement those actions. "AFib is emotionally and physically draining and the risks are potentially debilitating," noted nba Hall of Famer Jerry West, legendary former player, coach and general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers. "I've always been active and in control and ca...

'Sharing Miracles' Television Program Now Airs on More Than 300 Stations

...ents has expanded its reach across America, now airing on more than 300 television stations across the country. The current episode features nine-time nba all-star and Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins, who has diabetes. "In just over a year, the Sharing Miracles network has expanded from...

Florida Legislature Unanimously Supports 'The Alonzo Mourning Access to Care Act' to Help State's Kidney Failure Patients and the Disabled

...uble-figure scoring efforts (442). He achieved an nba championship with the Heat in 2006, was twice named nba Defensive Player of the Year and won a gold medal ...nsplant in December 2003, Mourning returned to the nba for five more seasons, retiring in 2008. ...

UN Foundation to Help Protect More than a Million Refugees from Malaria in Africa

...oined the campaign that was created by the United Nations Foundation in 2006. Founding campaign partners include the National Basketball Association's nba Cares, the people of The United Methodist Church, and Sports Illustrated. It costs just $10 to provide a long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net to p...

Florida Legislature Renames Proposed Bill to Help State's Kidney Failure Patients "The Alonzo Mourning Access to Care Act"

...uble-figure scoring efforts (442). He achieved an nba championship with the Heat in 2006, was twice named nba Defensive Player of the Year and won a gold medal ...nsplant in December 2003, Mourning returned to the nba for five more seasons, retiring in 2008. ...

Usher to Partner With UN Foundation and Nothing but Nets to Engage Youth in Service to Combat Malaria

...d the campaign that was created by the United Nations Foundation in May 2006. Founding campaign partners include the National Basketball Association's nba Cares, the people of The United Methodist Church and Sports Illustrated. It costs only $10 to provide a long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net that ...

Delta Employees Blanket Salt Lake City Medical Center With Warm Gifts

...port employees looking on, the quilts were donated today during a ceremony at the hospital. Previously Delta employees had held the event in the local nba arena displaying thousands of patterned and designed quilts across the seatbacks and playing floor. "Our hospital has state-of-the-art facilities...

enlyten Signs Shaquille O'Neal as Official Spokesperson

... TULSA, Okla., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- enlyten is pleased to announce the signing of four time World Champion and 15 time nba All Star Shaquille O'Neal as the official enlyten spokesperson. "Shaquille is a tremendous representative of the enlyten brand. He is indispu...

Nothing But Nets Launches World Malaria Day Fundraising Challenge

...the campaign that was created by the United Nations Foundation in 2006. Founding campaign partners include the National Basketball Association’s nba Cares, the people of The United Methodist Church, and Sports Illustrated. It costs just $10 to provide a long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net to p...

Wyclef Jean and Miri Ben-Ari to Lead Phoenix House Tribute to Lisa Ellis of Fireman Capital Partners and Carnival House Recordings

...rie Bravo , former CEO of Burberry; Wyclef Jean , musician; Eli Manning , 2008 Super Bowl MVP and New York Giants Quarterback; Shaquille O'Neal , nba "All-Star" Center for the Phoenix Suns, rapper, and actor; Richard Plepler , Co-President of HBO; Jeff Ross , Executive Producer of The Tonight Sho...

The National Kidney Foundation of Florida Commends Senator Thad Altman, Representative Ritch Workman for Co-Sponsoring 'Common Sense' Legislation Widely Hailed as 'Good for Patients, Good for Taxpayers, Good for Florida'

...es this bill, it will join 28 other states that already provide this type of coverage access. Governor Crist stated in a press conference with former nba All Star Alonzo Mourning (who underwent a kidney transplant and came to Tallahassee to support the bill) that he would sign the bill when it crossed h...

Nothing But Nets, Gavin DeGraw and Tom Cavanagh Help Save Lives in Uganda

...ated response to the situation, and is engaging everyone from the UN to the nba and the Union for Reform Judaism to people in towns across America to raise.... Founding campaign partners include the National Basketball Association's nba Cares, the people of The United Methodist Church, and Sports Illustrated. I...

SOBeFiT Magazine Wins Best Magazine Launch Party at 2009 FAME Awards

...is (a healthy version of a tropical cocktail) throughout the night. The evening also featured a slew of celebrity appearances by recently-retired nba star Alonzo Mourning, world-renowned artist Romero Britto, Miami Dolphin's running back Ronnie Brown, and five-time Pro Bowler and former Miami Dolphi...

NBA and WNBA Help Teens Take Their Best Shot at Health With New Vaccines for Teens Educational Campaign

... - nba All-Star Grant Hill and Three-Time WNBA MVP Lisa L... in Phoenix, Arizona with Grant Hill, a seven-time nba All-Star and member of the Phoenix Suns, who will ...y while Detroit Pistons guard Richard Hamilton and nba Legend and Hall of Famer George Gervin will appear...

Nothing But Nets and Union of Reform Judaism Help Save Lives in Kenya

...ined the campaign that was created by the United Nations Foundation in 2006. Founding campaign partners include the National Basketball Association's nba Cares, the people of The United Methodist Church, and Sports Illustrated. It only costs $10 to provide an insecticide-treated bed net that can prevent...

Cleveland House a Sober living Resort, is Celebrating 7 Year Anniversary

...net, house computers, free counseling, Weber Barbecue, 15 house bikes, Direct TV with all the premium movie channels and sports packages, NFL Ticket, nba basketball ESPN, Hockey to name a few. House phones are available for free calls to anywhere in USA, Canada and some European countries. Everyone at C...

Nothing But Nets Delivers 740,000 Bed Nets to Central African Republic

...ined the campaign that was created by the United Nations Foundation in 2006. Founding campaign partners include the National Basketball Association's nba Cares, the people of The United Methodist Church, and Sports Illustrated. It only costs $10 to provide an insecticide-treated bed net that can prevent...