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From the blog:

I caught an interview the other morning with Carli Lloyd that followed up on the success of the U.S. women’s soccer team at the World Cup and her own individual success with her scoring hattrick and receipt of the Golden Ball Trophy.  She said something that struck me as particularly poignant when she explained that she needs to put everything into soccer right now because she has a limited time in which to pursue her playing career; “I’m not exactly going to be playing when I’m 50,” she said.

Lloyd is 32 and has played soccer for 27 years.  She may continue through the Rio Olympics but hasn’t officially made the decision.  Still, there’s no getting around the fact that running up and down the soccer pitch, taking tackles, falls, and headers takes its toll on the body.  The sport of soccer indeed favors the young.  Read More

A school's physical location doesn't matter as much as how they use it - or

use the world as their classroom

.

Not all colleges are hiking tuition each year. 

Here are 30

(including some with strong riding teams!) bucking the trend.

The American Horse Council hosted several discussions and panels about the state of intercollegiate equestrian sports and their relationship to the United States equine industry at large at their national meeting on June 16.

  The IHSA provided representatives to the panels and gave a detailed write up of these conversations that you can

read here

.

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