Month: December 2021

Christmas came a little early Dec. 9 for students at Northside Elementary, Decatur Middle and High schools in the form of much-needed footwear. Throughout the day, officials and volunteers from the schools and the community, including Decatur Police Chief Steven Grizzle and his officers, gave out bags filled with a new pair of shoes, socks and a few other small necessities during the Shoes-4-Kids event. The event was organized by Alicia Morrow with Samaritan's Feet International, New Drop Jordans ,an organization that provides new pairs of shoes in low-income communities in order to give students a healthier environment in which to grow. Since Samaritan's Feet International was founded in 2003, it and its many partner organizations have distributed over 8 million pairs of shoes in...

If you have plantar fasciitis, shoe shopping is no easy feat (hehe). "Plantar fasciitis is the inflammation or microscopic tearing of the plantar fascia—the tendon-like connective tissue that joins your heel to the front of your foot," explains podiatrist, Adam Kaplan, DPM. It's one of the most common foot ailments that podiatrists see (about 10 percent of adults in the United States suffer from it), and it's caused by repetitive, micro-trauma to the foot. Plantar fasciitis may be a result of new activity, new shoes, the misalignment of your heel, your foot architecture, or something that's built up over time. New 2021 Jordans  ,Whether you're walking, running, or dashing around the kitchen meal prepping for the week, the stabbing pain that shoots from your heel all the way through your s...

By The Associated Press Maybe Baker Mayfield needed to follow the lead of Kareem Jackson. The Cleveland quarterback attended an event at a Boys & Girls Club, now has tested positive for COVID-19, and the youth organization had needed to take extra precautions. Jackson, a safety with the Broncos, canceled his appearance at his annual “Shop with a Jock” charity event. He and several teammates were supposed to host 50 youth ages 6-17 from the Boys & Girls Club of Denver and take them holiday shopping in suburban Parker, Colorado. Instead, Jackson did a Zoom session with the kids as they ate dinner — and then received $100 Walmart gift cards to buy presents. “Just something that I felt like was the right thing to do under the circumstances in wh...

By MARK LONG, AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence has never experienced this much drama in a football season. Not in college. Not in high school. Not as a kid growing up in Cartersville, Georgia. Jacksonville’s starting quarterback is ready for it to end, too. “I do think that has to change and that’s something that we need to work on for sure,” Lawrence said Wednesday. “You can’t always be in the headlines. You just got to go play football, and that’s where we’re trying to get, and I have no doubt we’ll get there.” No one expects it to happen anytime soon. The Jaguars (2-11) have been mostly a punchline since hiring coach Urban Meyer in January. Meyer has created headlines and headaches for just about everyone Newly Jor...

By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Basketball Writer The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association are in the process of enhancing their health and safety protocols in response to rising coronavirus numbers around the league, said a person familiar with the negotiations. Among the biggest changes: The league and the union are working to finalize a plan to return to daily testing for players and coaches, at least in the short term, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press Wednesday on condition of anonymity because nothing had been finalized or publicly announced. Fully vaccinated players have not needed daily testing this season.Nike Air Force 1 Shadow The league and the union were already prepared to start daily testing on Friday for those who have yet to re...