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However, Nth degree enters a crowded shelf space. Market research firm, IbisWorld, reported that powdered drinks, known as “instant drink mixes,” reached $1.3 billion in revenue in 2015, with sports and energy mixes making up a quarter of that revenue. In addition to powdered drinks, beverages like Gatorade, owned by PepsiCo, and Powerade, owned by Coca Cola, dominate the category. Alicia Syrett, board member of the New York Angels, was…

The Leadership Insider network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in business contribute answers to timely questions about careers and leadership. Today’s answer to the question: How do you encourage creative thinking within your organization? is written by Brad Rencher, EVP and general manager of digital marketing at Adobe. At Adobe, we’re in the business of creativity and data, but like any other organization, we’re…

ST. IGNACE, MI — Hockey in its purest form. Players of all skills levels got together in St. Ignace last weekend for the 2016 Labatt Blue UP Pond Hockey Championship. Typically held on the frozen water of Moran Bay in Lake Huron, the mild winter moved the event to Little Bear East Arena. It was hardly mild Feb. 13 as teams competed for the Labatt Cup championships in a variety…

A college baseball player in Syracuse, New York, who was last seen leaving a party late Saturday night, was found dead early Monday near the school’s baseball fields in temperatures that were well below zero, authorities said. Alex Hendry, a 19-year-old freshman at Onondaga Community College, was reported missing Sunday by his roommate after he failed to return home the previous night, the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department said in…

“For editorial content, the market is being tested by traditional media like The New York Times, CNN and USA TODAY, as well as cutting edge creators like Nonny de la Peña’s Emblematic Group,” he says. “From a scale perspective, the much larger installed base of competing media, which is mobile, web, TV, print, should outweigh AR/VR editorial for a while yet. But the growth rates for AR/VR editorial content could…

Sport Other sport Updated: Tuesday, 16 Feb 2016 14:37 | Comments <!– Article –> Comments John Treacy says this is a vital year for Irish sport Hockey, modern pentathlon and golf were among the big winners as a total package of €27 million in sports funding was announced by Sport Ireland today.  Hockey and modern pentathlon have secured significant increases in their funding this year following successful Olympic qualification. Hockey Ireland’s funding…

BT Sport presenter Lynsey Hipgrave subjected to barrage of sexist abuse   Hipgrave shared her opinion of Lionel Messi’s penalty on Sunday night  Twitter trolls told Hipgrave she should ‘stay in the kitchen’ and ‘shut up’ One tweeted the 36-year-old: ‘We need sandwiches not opinions you s**g’ By Ashley Clements for MailOnline Published: 07:46 EST, 16 February 2016 | Updated: 11:41 EST, 16 February 2016 210 View comments A female…

Last week I was preparing to give a speech. One of my colleagues and swimming buddies, Julia, was perplexed when I told her about being nervous of speaking in public. “But you are fearless,” she frowned, bemusedly. I told her that the opposite was the case; I was scared of lots of things, but I did them even though they were frightening – sometimes because they were. In early September…

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RELATED: From tardy slip to pole-sitter | Gordon gets chills watching No. 24 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The pride on Bill Elliott‘s face was unmistakable as he emerged from a small radio interview room Sunday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway. An hour earlier, his 20-year old son, Chase Elliott, had furthered the family’s storied name by adding his own remarkable chapter to Daytona 500 record books by winning the pole for Sunday’s race. And his dad was…

New Paltz, N.Y. In 1954, the renowned American distance swimmer Florence Chadwick received a tantalizing offer: Swim across Lake Ontario—something no human had ever done—and she would receive $10,000, the equivalent of nearly $90,000 today. The offer, from an annual event called the Canadian National Exhibition, irritated some Canadians who thought that surely one of their own compatriots could accomplish that feat. Years…

FRISCO, Texas • The U.S. women’s soccer team’s younger reserves not only didn’t disappoint in the club’s Group A finale in CONCACAF qualifying for the Rio Olympics, they delivered a record performance. Crystal Dunn, one of only three regulars to start, tied a U.S. women’s national team record with five goals as it routed Puerto Rico 10-0 Monday night to win the group title. “I’d like to think this is…

RELATED: From tardy slip to pole-sitter | Gordon gets chills watching No. 24 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The pride on Bill Elliott‘s face was unmistakable as he emerged from a small radio interview room Sunday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway. An hour earlier, his 20-year old son, Chase Elliott, had furthered the family’s storied name by adding his own remarkable chapter to Daytona 500 record books by winning the pole for Sunday’s race. And his dad was…

Ex-big-leaguer Scott Rolen is a backer of Indiana baseball.(Photo: Frank Victores, USA TODAY Sports) WESTFIELD, Ind. – Abutting the nation’s largest youth sports complex are several as-yet undeveloped lots, a few houses and a nursing home but mostly wide expanses of corn stalks and soybean plants. This Midwestern farmland encloses 31 all-purpose fields for soccer and lacrosse and a 26-ballfield sprawl of Little League and high school diamonds. The latter seems…

Baseball America’s 2016 Top 100 Prospect Rankings Look Good For Red Sox There’s a common theme among the various Major League Baseball prospect rankings that have been released leading up to the 2016 season: The Boston Red Sox’s farm system is in good shape. Baseball America released its annual preseason top 100 prospects list over the weekend, and the Red Sox again were painted in a positive light. Four Red…

Ashley Graham’s history-making Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover was not photoshopped, and the size 16 model wants to make sure everyone knows it. Graham joined her fellow SI Swim cover model Hailey Clauson on Access Hollywood Live Monday, and shared that the cover image is 100 percent authentic. James Macari/Sports Illustrated “They [Sports Illustrated editors] did not retouch me,” she said. “They did not take out things. They didn’t reshape my…

Sports are cyclical by nature. They are, after all, defined by seasons — not quite winter, spring, summer and fall, but markers of time all the same. And much like the melting of the snow, the first truly glorious June day, the turning of the leaves and the first snow that sticks around, Minnesota sports have a way of repeating themselves. Here are five examples we’ve heard pretty much on…

The official cause of death for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will be listed as a heart attack, Texas officials say. Video provided by Newsy Newslook

Buy Photo The Iowa Capitol(Photo: William Petroski/Des Moines Register)Buy Photo Democrats and Republicans were sharply divided Monday on an Iowa Senate bill that would require the home team at high school varsity collision sports to provide a licensed athletic trainer or other expert to assess concussions and other injuries. Senate Study Bill 3044 was approved on an 8-6 party line vote by the Iowa Senate Education Committee and was sent…

Facing legal questions that could threaten its survival, the fantasy-sports industry has initiated a lobbying blitz in statehouses across the country. Since Jan. 1, legislators in 16 states have introduced bills to carve out legal protections for fantasy-sports operators, nearly all of them supported by the operators themselves. Several other states have active bills that were introduced last year. Legislative bodies in California,…