THIS IS PART OF A $50 BILLION PROGRAM FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. WELL, THIS WAS THE SCENE OF THE SPECIAL WELCOME HOME TODAY FOR RENEE BLACKMAN AFTER SHE JUST SOLO RODE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. WHOA.

The last time a coaching change occurred in the Colorado football program five years ago, a seismic shift in the strength and conditioning program came with it. Former coach Dan Hawkins spent much of ...

Harold Pyatte wanted a coach, not a player. Beau Blacken fit the bill. A retired professional ballplayer, Blacken, 27, had returned to his hometown of Lake Stevens to set up a baseball training ...

Renee Blacken of Bethlehem, NH will row across the Atlantic to support Trauma Recovery Programs in Northern New Hampshire. Credit: RENEE BLACKEN / Courtesy Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning ...

BETHLEHEM, N.H. (WCAX) - A New Hampshire woman just returned from a monthslong row across the Atlantic Ocean. She says she’s still processing everything she endured and learned along the way. A ...

A Bethlehem woman is home after rowing 3,200 miles from the Canary Islands to Antigua. For 65 days, Renee Blacken was alone in the Atlantic Ocean. Sign up for our Newsletters "It's wild, and in some ...

Two 70-pound batteries, a four-person inflatable raft, a desalinator for making fresh water, and 18 jars of peanut butter were some of Renee Blacken’s only companions for more than two months as she ...

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Paul Blacken coached basketball at Parchment High School and Kalamazoo College back in the 1980s. These days, as the new superintendent of Delton Kellogg Schools, Blacken is more focused on his ...

ATLANTIC. SHE SAT DOWN WITH OUR MIKE MOSES. AFTER A WHILE, IT FELT LIKE THE RV HAD CHOSEN ME FOR 65 DAYS. IT WAS JUST RENEE BLACKMON AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. IT’S WILD, AND IN SOME WAYS I AM STILL LIKE ...