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TV Tonight: Fencing Masters!
- By Craig Harkins
- . July 19, 2012
Set your DVRs for Universal Sports tonight at 7:30pm for the Fencing Masters event! Here’s the press release from Universal Sports: EN GARDE! FENCING MASTERS:

9 Fencers in Fox’s 99 Sexiest Olympic Athletes
- By Craig Harkins
- . July 17, 2012
Fencing is a sexy sport. At least that’s the implication as 9 fencers made Fox’s list of 99 Sexiest Athletes of the 2012 Olympics.

Do Youth Competitions Hurt Athlete Development?
- By Craig Harkins
- . April 24, 2012
Many schools this month are engaged in CRCT or other standardized testing of students, which makes the latest blog post by Stanford researcher Carol Dweck

Review: Leon Paul SR-71 Epee Blade
- By Michael Green
- . February 24, 2012
Now that Leon Paul’s SR-71 FIE epee blade has been out for a while, I wanted to explore how it has lived up to the

Yale Researchers affirm the Hot Hand in Sports
- By Craig Harkins
- . January 16, 2012
Having a “hot hand”, going on a run, being “on fire”. Across all sports there are examples where an athlete seems to suddenly be unstoppable – hitting every action, or nailing every shot from the field. The idea of the “hot hand” in sports is something widely believed, but there has not been any scientific or statistical proof to back it up.