Nobody expected ideal playing conditions when Missouri Western took on Nebraska-Omaha in the Griffons' delayed opening to their home baseball schedule last week. After what has gone on the past 2 weeks, they're just happy to be playing.
The Yankees officially opened their new $1.3 billion digs April 3, with a two-game exhibition series against the Cubs but April 2 15,000 fans and curious onlookers got a peek inside the gates courtesy of the team, which handed out tickets to an open batting practice via the Bronx's community boards.
The Middleton (NJ) Board of Education is looking to recoup the $1 million the district paid to fix and complete the artificial turf field at High School North after the project repeatedly stalled.
It is never too early to start taking notes and pictures to use in your 2009 Field of the Year application. Last year, STMA introduced the Sporting Grounds of the Year category, and it makes its return in 2009.
It's called the Vanderbilt Plan. In one form or another, it might be trickling down to some Wisconsin high schools. In 2003, Vanderbilt University Chancellor Gordon Gee decided to disband the Commodores' athletic department, folding it into the department of student life.
Give just one dollar and help to expand the funding for GreenCare for Troops, the signature program of Project Evergreen, which is designed to provide free lawn and landscape services for military families whose major breadwinner is serving overseas.
William Vance Baird, alumni distinguished professor of molecular genetics and interim chair of the Department of Horticulture at Clemson University, has been named chairperson of the Michigan State University Department of Horticulture.
The contentious international Olympic torch relay is dead and buried. London 2012 organizers had already decided that the promotional value of the pre-Games celebrity dash through other capitals and countries was far outweighed by the security problems.
Addressing the significant challenges facing citizens, corporations and the global community in finding a solution to current and future water scarcity issues, the 10th Intelligent Use of Water Summit convened an impressive panel of Australian and U.S water experts in Melbourne for a day-long discussion on the sustainability of Earth's water resources.
