Prime Minister Jenny Shipley yesterday celebrated the "coming together of academia and rugby" when she opened the world's first rugby institute at Massey University in Palmerston North. Mrs Shipley opened the new $6 million adidas Institute of Rugby shortly after lunchtime, describing the facility as a "brilliant innovation" which sent a positive signal to young New Zealanders. Read More...
Former Nebraska Cornhuskers football coach Tom Osborne, who paced the sidelines for 25 years, has returned to the football field, so to speak, as national spokesman for FieldTurf, a manufacturer of athletic playing surfaces. Read More...
