Posted February 06, 2013in Locker Room
It’s time to turn off the lights, turn on your headlamps and get high — really high. Possible side effects include, but are not limited to, fatigue, dizziness, shortness of breath, paranoia, muscle spasms, dehydration, temporarily increased blood pressure and the overwhelming desire to get high again after the come
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Posted January 30, 2013in Locker Room
Beginning in 1930, Hotel Kirkwood was a place where socialites could gather together and enjoy a night of entertainment and camaraderie. The building has changed a bit since then, but the setting remains the same thanks to the Des Moines Social Club. The historic hotel’s lobby plays host to one
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Posted January 23, 2013in Locker Room
Thick, black ooze steadily crawls across the floor of the Iowa State Fairground’s Jacobson Event Center, leaving in its wake a sticky wasteland that would surely slow any who pass over it. At first glance one might assume a pipe burst or something spilled, but the black ooze is actually
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Posted January 16, 2013in Locker Room
All right ya’ll, stop ducking around and let’s get serious about the races — duck races, that is. It’s that time of year again when the Des Moines Boat, Sports and Travel Show invades central Iowa and transforms what would be another mundane winter weekend into the place to be
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Posted January 09, 2013in Locker Room
Though snow covers the greens at Waveland and other area golf courses, there is no need to put your putter away. On Saturday, Feb. 2, The First Tee of Greater Des Moines will kick off its inaugural year of solely producing the downtown tradition, Skywalk Golf. Golfers are encouraged to
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Posted January 02, 2013in Locker Room
The first monster trucks emerged as sideshow attractions at tractor pulling events at places like the Iowa State Fair. In the beginning, they merely drove slowly over old cars, thrilling fans with their crushing capabilities. But it wasn’t long before that became too mundane for coming generations of fans. Over
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Posted December 26, 2012in Locker Room
The earliest ice skates date back 5,000 years. In Switzerland people used leg bones of large animals and tied them to their feet with leather straps. In the 1500s, Dutch skaters nailed flat iron plates to wooden platforms which were then strapped to the feet. Back then skates were probably
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Posted December 19, 2012in Locker Room
Volleyball is a game where your mental game is as crucial as your physical game: No matter where the ball is on the court, each player must predict movements and anticipate the strategies of all players on both side of the net. “Playing volleyball can benefit your body in many
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Posted December 12, 2012in Locker Room
While it may not look like it, the perfect storm for winter sports is brewing in central Iowa. Cold nights and warm days make for ideal skiing, tubing and snowboarding, and just in time, too, as Sleepy Hollow Sports Park re-opens on Friday, Dec. 14, despite the record shortage of
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Posted December 05, 2012in Locker Room
It’s hard to take a grown man seriously when he’s wheeling around on an over-sized Big Wheel. But clear the bicycle lane, Ingersoll Avenue, because these guys are barreling through, repressed childhood and all. About a dozen years ago, Austin Gill was surfing the Internet when he stumbled upon an
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