Nutrition: Feed body well to support training routine

Over the next four weeks, I'm going to talk about proper nutrition for a variety of sports: running, swimming and cycling.

Schools meals: Aim is to balance taste, nutrition

WASHINGTON — Food officials in the Abilene Independent School District sampled pizza with whole-grain crust this summer.“We weren’t that thrilled with it,” said Joann S. Knox, director of child nutrition services at Abilene ISD.Taste, cost, nutrition and state and federal guidelines are all on the menu for school officials like Knox who want to serve more fresh fruit and vegetables, whole-grain ...

College football: Iowa's Hampton 'running on jet fuel'

IOWA CITY - It has been a year, eight months and eight dayssince Jewel Hampton last played in a football game.

First lady Obama works with NFL to get kids moving

First lady Michelle Obama came Wednesday to the French Quarter, not for fine dining or jazz but to play football with the NFL.

Clinton: Dems battling anger, apathy and amnesia

Former President Bill Clinton says it would be a "terrible mistake" for Arkansas voters to defeat Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln and lose her post chairing the Senate Agriculture Committee. Bill Clinton - Blanche Lincoln - Democratic - United States - United States Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry