2008 Olympian Joey Hagerty placed fifth in the all-around at the second stage of the Champions Trophy, which was held yesterday in Berlin. Germany's Fabian Hambuchen trounced the field with a winning score of 91.575. The hard-working Hambuchen will next compete at the World Championships in London, where he will be considered one of the [...more]
NCAA head honcho, Myles Brand, sadly succumbed to that cruel killer, pancreatic cancer. Brand was probably most famous for firing Bobby Knight back in 2000 when he was the president of Indiana University. He established most of his legacy at Indiana, where he helped transform the university with his leadership and fundraising skills. His tenure as president of the NCAA was productive as he [...more]
The World Team camp concluded on Saturday at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, and the official squad was announced. Oklahoma freshman Jake Dalton and former Illinois All-American Wes Haagensen were named as replacements for David Sender and Sasha Artemev. Sender, of course, is now enrolled in vet school at Illinois and Artemev has not quite [...more]
Over the past several months, StickItMedia has really enjoyed interviewing many of the nation's top men's gymnasts. The fun part about it has been to get to know many of the athletes' parents and coaches, and to learn what makes these guys tick. Whether it's a funny story about how a gymnast got into the sport, or the inspiring tales about how a gymnast has battled through injuries, these young men deserve to have [...more]
Max Mayr is known at Universal Gymnastics in Miami, FL as the "Training Machine." According to his coach, Yin Alvarez, "Max walked into the gym at the age of five and showed that he was a very mature boy. Believe it or not, at that age, Max knew what he wanted in the sport of gymnastics. He was like a little old man paying attention to everything I said and following instructions better than any of my older gymnasts. He is a very, very hard worker. He always wants to do everything perfectly. He is a perfectionist. He never gives up and gets upset when he doesn't do the skills how he wants to." Up until the 2009 JO Nationals, injuries had limited Mayr to only one [...more]
We wish much luck to Stanford grad and '08 Olympic Team alternate, David Durante, as he prepares to take time off from gymnastics to live in Europe. Durante's friends and former teammates recently gathered at Stanford Coach Thom Glielmi's house for a farewell bash. Read about it at [...more]
Jonathan Horton signed an endorsement deal with GK Elite Sportswear, the world’s leading supplier of gymnastics apparel. The 2008 Olympic silver medalist on high bar, Horton is America’s leading gymnast and a force on the world scene. The former All-American Oklahoma gymnast is now training in Houston under Coach Tom Meadows. Horton, the newly crowned […] [...more]
It's that time of year again, and the 2009 Little League World Series is in full swing. As usual, the event is receiving huge amounts of television coverage from ABC/ESPN. All-Star teams from all over the world faced overwhelming odds to make the annual pilgrimmage to Williamsport, PA. Most of these kids are eleven and twelve years old, and are the best baseball players representing various regions of the world. The LLWS enjoys a large viewing audience, [...more]
Six-time Olympic gold medalist, Vitaly Scherbo, opened his successful Las Vegas gym a little over ten years ago. Scherbo and compulsory head coach, Radi Shopski, have been very busy mentoring a tremendous pipeline of future optional gymnasts. The level 7 boys work out six days/week for a total of 18 hours, and the level 5-6 boys work out six days/week for a total of 15.5 hours. This schedule is above average for the typical gym, but it is paying off with handsome dividends. The Vitaly Scherbo School of Gymnastics (VSSG) is proud to have produced [...more]
What a great two days of gymnastics last week in Dallas! The 2009 U.S. Championships had unprecedented media coverage, led by a deluge of Twitter updates, topped off with a live Friday night webcast by Universal Sports and NBC's one-hour recap of the men's action on Saturday. @gymnastike and @Michigan_MGym provided great timely tweets and [...more]
