Martial artist, 75, still gets his kicks From The Express Times Washington Township resident Gary Lanfrank, who's competed with Sulick for 40 years, said he's impressed with Sulick's longevity in the sport. He co-owned a karate school for several years in Dover, N.J., and has been inducted in several martial arts halls of fame, including the World Karate Union Hall of Fame and the Worldwide Alliance of Martial Artists Hall of Fame.

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Young examples of talent and bravery make great role models From Salt Lake Tribune Musicians, escaped slaves, athletes and an explorer are some of the historical subjects introduced in recent children's books about blacks. Black History Month is a good time to check out these fascinating characters from the past or get to know a fictional character from an award-winning book. Musicians, escaped slaves, athletes and an explorer are some of the historical subjects introduced in recent children's books about blacks. Black History Month is a good time to check out these...

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National Games dismiss local election worries From Jakarta Post The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The 17th National Games (PON) in East Kalimantan will be held July 6-17 as scheduled, State Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs Adhyaksa Dault announced here Monday. "As for power supply, besides the 4 megawatt generator in each main stadium, the regional administrator has also added 19 generator sets with 50 megawatts of power," he said, adding that next Monday the minister would have further talks with state electricity company PLN about the matter.

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Life in The Springs with Lauren Paolini From TexasSports.com This time around, I knew I would be here for at least a couple months, if not longer. In addition to the free time during the week, we are also granted the weekends off which at first seemed really nice, until I realized that I didn't have car. I spent my first free weekend wasting time on my computer, calling friends from back home and coloring in coloring books with my roommate. In addition to coloring books and phone calls, because it is an Olympic year there have actually been a lot of...

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Can Athletic Uniform Color Determine Winners and Losers? From PhysOrg.com Dutch researchers Peter Dijkstra of the University of Glasgow and Paul Preenen of the University of Amsterdam have investigated the claim of a previous study that judo athletes wearing blue uniforms were more likely to win compared with those in white uniforms during the 2004 Olympics. Second, the researchers explained that athletes competing in the loser s pool also had a uniform color bias, since athletes in blue were more likely to have won their previous match. Perhaps due to these...

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