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BEAUTIFUL DISASTER
Based out of the Capital Region of New York, Beautiful Disaster was founded in March 2013, and the group focuses on original music under the genre of “Alternative Rock”. They are influenced by bands like Dave Matthews, Gaslight Anthem, Incubus, and many more. The Empire State Sports Council is pleased to announce that Beautiful Disaster […]
Little Patriot, BIG Effort!
Patriot’s Invitational 2014 One of the exciting trademarks of the Empire State Liberty Tour Track & Field Series, is the fact that Athletes of all ages can compete! This provides opportunities for Young Athletes to mix it up with the more “Experienced” Athletes (that has a much better tone than “older” athletes). I did […]
BOLEN CAPTURES 2nd NATIONAL TITLE
Reno, NV – Brad Bolen (25), from the Jason Morris Judo Center (JMJC) in Glenville, NY captured his second US Sr. National title winning the 66kg division on day two (2) at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino, Sunday, May 4, 2014. This was Bolen’s 5th overall Medal at the Nationals having been in the […]
POWERADE DROPS CONTROVERSIAL INGREDIENT
Coca-Cola is dropping a controversial ingredient from its Powerade sports drink, after a similar move by PepsiCo’s Gatorade last year. The ingredient, brominated vegetable oil, had been the target of a petition by a Mississippi teenager, who questioned why it was being used in a drink marketed toward health-conscious athletes. The petition on Change.org noted […]
Clarifying Confusion of the Name
There have been reports on the AP wire and printed in The Democrat & Chronicle of Rochester, the Wall Street Journal, and Daily News Online, as well as coverage on several News Stations in local and regional markets, stating that the Empire State Sports Foundation has disbanded and ceased operations, while at the same time running up […]
Liberty Games 2013 Mixed Martial Arts
Our first Liberty Games Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event for youth was a highlight for the new state games, which was produced and hosted by the Empire State Sports Council (ES Sports). Athletes from across the state, competing in 3 areas of the sport, made for quite a day! These are the elite youth of MMA, and […]
Liberty Tour Sparks Steenburn’s Athletic Career
One of the most intriguing things about achieving any amount of athletic success is that most Athletes have no problem recalling from where they started, as if it were just yesterday. Even with all of the excitement of selecting the right College, setting University Records, or winning Gold Medals, it takes only seconds to go […]
Basketball ‘Steals’ the Show
Schenectady, NY – It was one of those “Triple-H Days” (Hazy, Hot, & Humid), and no matter what the weather was like, inside or outside, it didn’t appear to have any effect on the Boys and Girls that made the Pat Riley Center the focus of the Liberty Games for the Basketball competition. “With […]
Liberty Games RaceWalking!
Valatie, NY July 19, 2013 On the penultimate day of this year’s Liberty Games, the Track and Field competition drew to a close. The 5000m Race Walk, the longest event of the meet, took place in hot (85°F), humid, and sunny conditions. With more than 10 Athletes registered for the event, a full field of eight (8) toed the starting […]
Is Cross Country Running the Purest Sport?
By Christopher Cudworth The air is more than crisp on a late October morning. A chill breeze seems to slide down out of the clear blue sky to the north. It is cross country weather. 140 athletes line up before a backdrop of team and fan busses. There may be 2000 fans in attendance to […]