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Well, today was my first meeting with Andy Pruitt at the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine. I was warmly greeted by staff, filled out the requisite paperwork and waited to be called in. As I waited I noticed, among the many motivational photos of the outdoors, that there were various autographed photos of athletes from around the world thanking Pruitt for his help; I was quietly hoping that the ...

Retailer Hibbett Sports Inc. raised its outlook Thursday for profit in the fiscal year that ends in January, based on fourth-quarter same-store sales equal or better than the year earlier.

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Hibbett Sports Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter profit fell 2 percent despite a pickup in sales, as overhead and other costs rose at the sporting-goods retailer.

Anderson High School junior Anna Gitter was slightly dubious about state education officials' plans to award four years of graduation credit for athletic participation, putting sports on the same level as English, math, science, band and dance.

B ailing out this week's sports media notes while considering whether to start following Henry Paulson around in case money falls out of his pockets:

London's 2012 Olympics organisers will consider cancelling the building of temporary sports venue in Greenwich after a meeting with KPMG. The KPMG report recommended cancelling the North Greenwich Arena 2, a 6000-seat building which would host badminton and rhythmic gymnastics, Paul Deighton, chief executive of the games' organising committee, said in a presentation to the city's legislative ...