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The article features air hockey player Justin Flores of New York City. Topics discussed include the training sessions being offered by air hockey world championship contestant Liz Cash of Canada, the professional recognition earned by Flores from the Air Hockey Players Association (AHPA), and brief details about the air hockey playing techniques and strategies of Flores.

The article reports on the impact of the sixth year of eligibility granted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to the players Alex Murphy and Dylan Ennis. Topics discussed include the unlikely friendship build between players Murphy and Ennis through eligibility and Murphy's plan of extending his career and to play in the postseason.

The article informs that North Carolina women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell is reportedly accused of making racially insensitive comments and pressuring the players to improve their performance in the upcoming games.

The article profiles the hockey player Connor McDavid, who has been drafted into the Ontario Hockey League as of 2013. Topics include McDavid's childhood, his training, his host father Bob Catalde, and a game between McDavid's team, the Otters, and the Niagra Ice Dogs team. According to the article, McDavid may be the first player chosen in the 2015 North American National Hockey League draft.

In this article the author reports on Julio Franco, a first baseman and pinch-hitter with the New York Mets and the oldest player in Major League Baseball in the 2006-07 season. At 47, Franco has a two year contract with the Mets and wishes to play until he is 50. The writer reports that Franco is on a strict exercise regimen and watches his diet, which averages 5,000 calories daily, very closely.

The article presents the author's comparison regarding on the performances of professional basketball player LeBron James and French Open champion tennis player Serena Williams on the players, determination, perseverance and training.

The author reflects on the case of former American professor who was indicted of fraud charges in December 2013 after running dozens of fake courses enrolled by student athletes looking for academic credits.

Corrections to several articles in previous issues are presented including one on new automobile technologies, another on developing violent video games and one on training advice from athletes.

Have you managed to sustain your running routine? In recent years, the focus in recreational running has not been on achieving faster times or longer distances. Instead, longtime athletes and newcomers alike have been searching for a training method that will keep them from being sidelined by injuries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

DAKAR, Senegal -- Amantle Montsho's room, about 100 square feet, has no window to the outside. When she flipped on the light switch one day after practice, a flickering bulb did little to illuminate the space. Montsho plopped onto the pink blanket covering her twin-size bed. She was 3,600 miles from home, living in an austere dormitory among 19 elite athletes from throughout Africa who have come to train at a more sophisticated facility. The local languages are Wolof and French; she is fluent in neither. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Lap splits and training programs are usually Andrew Valmon's daily concerns. But in recent weeks, fund-raising and the search for possible endowment money have been added to his to-do list as the University of Maryland track coach. Maryland needs to raise nearly $4.2 million by July 1 to save its storied men's track program, which once won 24 consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference outdoor titles and produced stars like the hurdler Renaldo Nehemiah. Men's track and five other programs at Maryland will be eliminated unless more money can be found in the coming months. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The football players huddled on the sideline in the fading sunlight. Several looked out from under silver helmets at their 6-foot-3, 310-pound coach, Darnell Stapleton, in a gray sweatshirt with ''Pittsburgh Steelers'' emblazoned on the front. ''Let's go out there and get better,'' he said before sending the women of the New York Sharks out to run and stretch, the beginning of the first of two three-hour practices last week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- On Tuesday the Afghan national women's soccer team had only two days left to practice before leaving for its first international competition. They took turns with long shots at the goal, practiced blocking penalty kicks and dribbled the ball to one another around a circle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sloppy, foggy weather continued to disrupt Winter Olympic training schedules Friday, turning carefully groomed ski courses to mush in Whistler and on Cypress Mountain a day before competition was scheduled to begin. In Whistler, overnight rain led to the postponement of the women's and men's downhill training sessions. Because the men were able to complete a final training session on Thursday, their downhill event can begin as scheduled Saturday at 11:45 a.m., local time. But the women have been unable to complete a training session. If they cannot fit one in Saturday morning before the men's downhill, the women's downhill race on Sunday will be pushed back a day or more. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The United States Olympic Committee has a sprawling training center in Colorado Springs, a multimillion dollar facility where hundreds of athletes train. But about 15 minutes away, at the base of Pikes Peak, a trail carved like a scar up the mountain and lined with railroad ties has been, as much as any newfangled training device, the pathway to Beijing for many United States Olympians. Elite American athletes have gathered here for years in search of the most basic and punishing workout: Man versus Hill. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Andy Pettitte of the Yankees wanted to work quickly during the oppressive heat Sunday, so he barely stepped off the pitcher's rubber. He threw a pitch, waited a few seconds and then threw another. Pettitte worked like someone who had a personalized, air-conditioned trailer waiting beside the dugout. Although it was important for Pettitte to be fast, it would not have mattered had he been ineffective. But Pettitte was fast and effective in mixing his fastball, cutter and changeup. He was also precise and overpowering in leading the Yankees past the Oakland Athletics, 2-1, at Yankee Stadium. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The only time the spotlight is usually on gymnastics equipment is when something goes terribly wrong, as it did at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, when the women's vault was set five centimeters too low in the all-around competition, causing one of the medal favorites and several others to fall, and obligating the officials to allow do-overs. In Beijing, equipment may again be a factor -- at least for American gymnasts, few of whom have spent all year training on the gear that will be used in China. The Beijing organizing committee selected the Dutch manufacturer Janssen-Fritsen to provide the men's and women's apparatus. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that incessant violence in many parts of Kenya has been hampering training and practice sessions of Kenyan athletes. Due to wide spread violence, athletes can not take risk of coming out of their homes. Even athletes have not been spared from the violence. Marathoners Simon Wangai and Peter Muthuma, who are competing this weekened at a marathon in Xiamen, China, had to take a different route to reach Kenyan capital Nairobi.

The article reports that American speed skaters chooses to train in Canada and with Canadian coaches and skaters due to the training environment.

Focuses on former Olympic athletes participating in the New York City marathon on November 7, 2004. Details of psychological stress experienced by marathon runners after the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece; Assessment of the strength of female competitors in New York's marathon; Details of the physical and mental challenges faced by athletes competing at the level of the Olympic Games.

Profiles professional golfer Vijay Singh. Details of Singh's performance at the Tour Championship; Details of Singh's training method and physical conditioning; Speculation on his chances of sustain success in professional golf.

Reflects on the training and development of quarterbacks in the game of football. Prevalence of college athletes entering into professional careers; Efforts of coach Steve Clarkson to train young athletes as football players; Importance of hard work and proper training for young athletes aspiring to football careers.

Reports on the use of the minor league system to prepare athletes for their respective major league dreams, in light of the collapse of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). Use of the CBA as preparation for the National Basketball Association; Players and coaches that once participated in the CBA, including Phil Jackson, Chris Childs and Anthony Mason; Thought that minor league players should not receive national television coverage; Criticism of the XFL football league.

Offers information on sports-specific training program in the United States. Significance of the training program to amateur athletes; Comments from some athletes who avail of the training program; Details on the program.

Focuses on the use of flumes, a space-saving container that serves as a recreational pool and physical therapy treatment station. Beneficial effects of swimming; Figures on the sales of flumes; How the technology works; Comment from John Klimp, master swimmer.

Focuses on the overexercise problems suffered by athletes. Symptoms of overexercise suffered by rower Jill Farwell; Statement issued by the American College of Sports Medicine and the United States Olympic Committee on overtraining; Percentage of elite distance runners who suffered staleness.

Deals with the plans of Guenter Lange, a German coach who has conducted seminars in Asia for the International Amateur Athletic Federation, to open a training center for marathoners near Katmandu in Nepal. Estimated amount they needed for putting up the center; Comments from Raghu Onta, president of the Royal Nepalese Amateur Athletic Association; Brief information on Kaji Sherpa, a Nepalese mountain climber.

Reports that living a more sedentary life in the mountain air while training at a lower level gives athletes the greatest performance. Benefits of high-altitude training; Downside of high-altitude training.

Focuses on the preparations made by athletes for the 1998 New York City Marathon. Information on the training of athletes; Participation of Jimmy Behr, a schoolteacher, in the marathon; Number of times Behr has participated in marathon.

Features athlete John Kagwe, winner of the New York City Marathon in 1997. His training in Valley Forge National Park in New York; Information on Norristown runners; Interruptions during his training.

Focuses on the 1998 New York City Marathon. Items used during the training; Reason for participating in a marathon running; Preparations to be made before the competition.

Focuses on the advice of Bill Walton to basketball players, at Camp Cure-a-Klutz, at the New Jersey Nets' training facility. Suggestion that players not take unnecessary risks and not continue play after an injury; Demonstration of maneuvers for players Jamie Feick and Gheorghe Muresan.

Focuses on French basketball player Frederic Weis. History of his selection by the New York Knicks in the 1999 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft; His possible continued play in France to improve his strength and skill levels; Criticism of the Knicks for their selection; Comments from Weis and others.

Reports the decision of the Gordon County Chamber of Commerce to train Somali athletes in Calhoun, Georgia. Brief of the deal.

Focuses on a training facility for endurance athletes at the Hotel Rantasipi Laajavuori in Jyvaskyla, Finland. Why the use of the altitude housing facility is controversial; The use of the facility as part of a conditioning program called living high and training low; Questions about health and fairness for competitors and for administrators charged with insuring a level playing field.

Profiles 13 year-old Australian tennis player Todd Reid. Sponsorship of his tennis activities by a variety of corporations; The publicity package organized by his manager, Pete Colbert; His scholarship to the Bollettieri Sports Academy in Bradenton, Florida; His reactions to the celebrity status; His assessment of his abilities.

Profiles some of the estimated 25 Bosnian athletes scattered throughout Europe training to qualify for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Sakib Birdzo, 15, a skier from Sarajevo training in Norway; Haris Beca, 19. Bekim Babic, 18; Their coach Abdulah Panjeta, 54, and his relationship with the Lillehammer Ski Club, which sponsors the Bosnians; How they left Sarajevo; Numbers who have qualified for the Winter Olympics; Emotional toll on the athletes.

Reports on the impact of less stringent training systems on the performance in international competitions of athletes from Germany. Comparison of the national athletic training system in the country with that of the East German system; Prediction of the declining competitive quality of German athletes; Comments from former East German athletes.