Breakaway bases urged to reduce baseball injury risk
A study by the Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine urges replacing stationary bases with breakaway bases to limit injuries from sliding. The CDC cites 2.1 billion in yearly costs for over 1.7 million injuries. Janda notes 70 percent of injuries come from slides. two years of field testing shows far fewer injuries with breakaways.
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Emporia student wins Kansas sports feature award
Robert Curley, a senior at Emporia State University and former Osage City resident, won the Kansas Collegiate Press Association gold award for Sports Feature Writer of Kansas 1994. He will cover summer baseball for The Ottawa Herald and prepare a weekly local summer programs section.
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