Thursday, April 25, 2013
Trial could be tested on retired players
The NFL Alumni Association is working with a Rockville-based company on the possibility of developing a trial for treating traumatic brain injuries on retired football players, the company announced Wednesday. Neuralstem Inc. and the NFL are studying the feasiblity of the trial, which still needs government approval and involves a compound now in early human trial for treating depression, CBS News reported. According to Nueralstem, the compound, NSI-189, has already shown some success generating nervous tissue in mice.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Runners used social media to update friends and family after explosions rocked Monday's race.
Two explosions near the finish line of Monday's Boston Marathon have killed three people and injured as many as 100, according to multiple media reports. Click here for Patch coverage from Boston. A searchable database of entrants on the race’s website lists many runners from Montgomery County. Click here for the database of entrants on the website. The list shows entrants and not necessarily finishers—or even travelers to Boston. Amy Bortnick of Gaithersburg did not make the trip to Boston due to injury, a friend told Patch. (Use the comments below to share information about local runners.) Google established a “person finder” tool for sharing information about people attending or participating in the marathon. Click here for the tool. …
Explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed two but the Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary School principal, who ran in support of his daughter, was unhurt.
Editor's Note: This story about a local school administrator running in the Boston Marathon was submitted prior to Monday's event. Explosions at the finish line of the race killed two and injured a least two dozen others. Patch was unable to reach Andrew Winter, a Rockville school principal who participated in the marathon, but an administrator at Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary School said Winter was unhurt and that he had finished the race before the explosions. According to the marathon results posted online, Winter finished the race in 3 hours, 38 minutes and 55 seconds. --- A principal at a Rockville elementary school will be running in the 117th Boston Marathon in support of his 8-year-old daughter, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes…
Mike Gimbel, a local runner who has run the marathon eight times, said today's explosions hit the most crowded portion of the course. Click here for video of the explosions.
An explosion Monday at the Boston Marathon came at the worst place at the worst time, according to a Maryland runner who has participated in the prestigious race numerous times. Mike Gimbel, who has run the Boston Marathon eight of the last 10 years, said the area of the explosion near Boylston Street is one of the most populated areas. "The majority of the fans and police are located in that area," said Gimbel. "There's 23,000 runners and everyone is there, some times 100 deep, trying to see their loved ones finishing the race. It's the place to be; it's the highlight of the race." Gimbel was scheduled to run the race again this year but withdrew after a leg injury. "I've run it so much, the last time I was there I knew where the potholes…
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Professional athletes are bunking with host families in Maryland and the District. It's not a study abroad exchange program. It's the National Women's Soccer League – the third shot at a professional women's soccer league in Boyds, which is set to kickoff
Monday, April 8, 2013
By KAYLA FARIA | Capital News Service
Two-time collegiate All-American Stephanie Ochs “literally had nothing to do” living in a New York apartment when she was playing soccer in 2012. Now that the U.S. Under-23 Women's National Team standout from San Diego has found a family in Germantown, there's always someone around. Professional athletes are bunking with host families in Maryland and the District. It's not a study abroad exchange program. It's the National Women's Soccer League – the third shot at a professional women's soccer league, which is set to kickoff on April 13. The living arrangement has become tradition for the country’s best women soccer players, and it helps build a fan base for the sport that needs support to become financially sustainable. It's also born of …
Friday, April 5, 2013
Post your photos on Instagram with the hashtag #PatchOrioles ... or post your photos here!
Orioles Opening Day is here at last. After a winter of looking back at what was, while eagerly awaiting the upcoming season, baseball has returned to Baltimore. Whether you have great seats, a unique orange outfit, are watching at a bar with friends or caught a foul ball at the Yard, we want to see what you're doing for Opening Day. It's simple: Post your photos on Instagram today using the hashtag #PatchOrioles and your image will appear in our gallery here. Have video or photos on your phone but don't have Instagram? No worries. Upload them by clicking the button on this post, or email sean.welsh@patch.com and we'll share your images from the ballpark. There are now more interactive features in the ballpark, including the ability for …
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The Cancer to 5K Training Program allows cancer survivors to comfortably train for future long distance races.
After dealing with cancer, the participants in the Cancer to 5K Training Program, a free 12-week program that introduces or reintroduces cancer survivors to long distance running, have pretty simple goals in mind. "Running a 5K, finishing it, and hopefully getting a good time," said current participant and member of the Montgomery County team Jason Greenspan. "And not walking." The coaches of the Montgomery team, Marla Shapiro and Don Shulman, have similar goals for the six members of the team which trains twice a week at locations such as the Montgomery College track in Rockville and Lake Needwood. "To see them cross the finish line, plain and simple," Shapiro said. "I think that for a survivor, or someone that's in treatment, it's not …
Monday, April 1, 2013
Fans flocked to Nationals Park for opening day of the 2013 MLB season.
The Washington Nationals won their home opener against the Miami Marlins with a score of 2-0, thanks to Bryce Harper's two home runs. The Nationals started their 2013 Major League Baseball season with Stephen Strasburg on the mound and enthusiasm buzzing in the stands. Before the game began, Allen Hewitt, a Washington, DC, resident, was waiting for his buddy to arrive. The two always go to the home opener together. "I haven't missed an opener since they've been back," said Hewitt, who also "vaguely remembers" attending a game at Griffin stadium. Hewitt said this year he is looking for "consistency" from his Washington Nationals after last year's injuries. Billy Jones brought his daughter, Courtney, and son, Tyler, to DC from Carroll County…
Sports on Earth catches up with the former Washington Nationals manager with Rockville roots.
Is there any room for reprieve when it comes to baseball and quitters? That’s the question a recent post at Sports on Earth raised after catching up with Jim Riggleman, who quit as manager of the Washington Nationals in 2011 when the team declined to give him a contract extension. At the moment, Riggleman manages the Louisville Bats (an affiliate of the Cinncinati Reds). He told Sports on Earth that he regrets quitting the Nats and said starting at a “low level” of the minors might be a way of getting back to the majors. "As I've told many people, it wasn't the smart thing to do," Riggleman said. "But it was thought out and it had been going for awhile, but it wasn't the smart decision. But I thought it was the right decision. That's the …
patricia
8:26 am on Sunday, April 21, 2013
Maybe now you'll wait until we actually know what happened, before you go blaming conservative white people for the actions of all lunatics, ya know, just saying. more ›