Why every sports team needs a microbiologist: Slime, roaches, mice found at stadium food venues

OK this is a bit disconcerting if you eat food at any major stadiums around the country.  But it is interesting and worth a read. An Outside the Lines analysis of 16,000 routine food-safety inspection reports covering 111 pro sports venues found that, at about 28 percent of the venues, half or more of their …

Another sports league in need of a microbial ecologist …

So I just saw this news story: Lawrence Tynes sues Tampa Bay Buccaneers claiming MRSA infection ended career.  It seems that Tynes and some others think MRSA is lurking in the Tamba Bay Buccaneers facilities.  This is yet another example of a sports league in need of a microbial ecologist. Lots of interest in Sports and …