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Cycle Therapy hosts Critical Mass ride on June 22

May 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Last week to register for Willard Nixon Sports Hall of Fame Golf Tournament
Register now for the Willard Nixon Sports Hall of Fame Golf Tournament . The tournament will benefit the John Pinson, Jr. Student Athlete Award Scholarship Program and will take place on Thursda...
May 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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(From left) John Bailey, Sally Hagge-Bailey, Holly McHaggee, Terra Turner, Severo Avila, Blake Fuller and Gabrielle Falk all clean before the race.
Breaking down the Savage Race - 7 miles of shocks, ice and mud
On May 11, a handful of foolhardy Rome residents willingly subjected themselves to a series of painful activities all in the name of fun and fitness. From dunking themselves in ice-filled water and...
May 16, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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FILE - In this 2011 photo hundreds of cyclists begin the Up the Creek Without a Pedal ride on Saturday at Armuchee High School. (Ryan Smith, RN-T.com)
Up The Creek Without a Pedal XXIII on May 11
The Coosa Valley Cycling Association 's Up The Creek Without a Pedal this year is scheduled for Saturday, May 11 and riders may choose from 28-mile, 42-mile, 60-mile, and 101-mile options that t...
Apr 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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FILE - This Aug. 22, 1948 file photo shows Brooklyn Dodgers Jackie Robinson, right, stealing home plate as Boston Braves' catcher Bill Salkeld is thrown off-balance on the throw to the plate during the fifth inning at Ebbets Field in New York. With the new movie "42" bringing the Jackie Robinson story to a whole new generation, fans young and old may be interested in seeing some of the places in Brooklyn connected to the Dodger who integrated Major League Baseball. (AP Photo/File)
Nitkowski: '42' role brings home Robinson's path
EDITOR'S NOTE: C.J. Nitkowski pitched for eight teams in the major leagues from 1995-2005, then played pro ball in Japan and South Korea. He portrays Phillies pitcher Dutch Leonard in the current ...
Apr 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Track club to host 30K run in December
Rome and Floyd County have hosted a number of road races and cycling events over the last decade, but organizers of a new race are planning on introducing the biggest one yet. Jay Stephenson, presi...
Apr 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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FILE - Hannah Everest rides her bike during the RACE Darlington Tri for the Kids Triathlon at Darlington School in 2012. (Lisa Hall, RN-T.com)
Boys & Girls Club to benefit from 5th Annual Tri for the Kids triathlon
Calling all youth ages 7 to 15! RACE Rome and Rome Orthopaedic Center’s 5th Annual Tri for the Kids Youth Triathlon will take place Sunday, May 5, at 9 a.m. at Darlington School. "This fun, safe ra...
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Berry racers to get discount, T-shirts
Runners who registered for the Berry 5K, 10K and half marathon that was canceled Saturday will get a discount on next year’s race, event organizers said. Racers also can pick up their 2013 shi...
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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NASCAR: Mark Martin to replace Hamlin
by The Associated Press
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mark Martin will drive for Joe Gibbs Racing while Denny Hamlin recovers from a fractured vertebra in his lower back. Martin's first start in the No. 11 Toyota will be next week a...
Fouche Gap cycling race to take place March 30 - expected to draw over 300 riders
by press release
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
The Rome Velo Cycling Team will host the second edition of the Fouche Gap Road Race next Saturday in Floyd County. The race is a USA Cycling Sanctioned event and is expected to draw over 300 cyclis...
Rome-Floyd Parks & Recreation Authority offers new tennis programs
by Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority reports
Mar 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
The Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority is offering a schedule of new tennis programs at the Rome-Floyd Tennis Center. Classes start Monday, March 11 and will be offered on a weekly basis for...
GYMNASTICS: Rome Aerials excel in Atlanta
by Staff reports
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
Traveling to Atlanta to take on more than 1,600 gymnasts, the Rome Aerials had their best-ever showing as USAG competitors last weekend. The Aerials’ program — which switched over from AAU Gymnast...
Darlington will host Fencing club open house
by Darlington Schools reports
Feb 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Darlington School will host a Fencing Club Open House on Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Huffman Athletic Center. Open to the general public, the event will include an epee and fo...
Inaugural No Excuses 5/10K on April 20 held in memory of Scott Hines
by Rome Braves reports
Feb 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
The Rome Braves announce the inaugural No Excuses 5/10K will take place on Saturday April 20th. This first time event is in memory of local fitness and health trainer Scott Hines and will benefit t...
Berry Half Marathon registration underway
by Berry College reports
Jan 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
Registration is open for the sixth annual Berry Half Marathon, 10K, and 5K races to be run Saturday, March 23. Last year’s races welcomed more than 1,900 runners from several states including Hawai...
Lock & Dam boat ramp reopened
by Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority reports
Dec 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
The Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority has reopened the boat ramp at Lock and Dam Park. It had been closed for repair work.