Former UD athletic trainer Darryl Conway, now head trainer at the University of Northern Iowa, along with Biff Williams, head trainer at the University of Texas-El Paso, are behind the latest sports trend--using pickle juice to ward off cramps.

"The stuff works," says Conway, who with Williams, presented a study to the National Athletic Trainers Association. The two trainers speculate that the pickle juice is effective because of its salt content.

The Philadelphia Eagles, by the way, recently signed a partnership with New Jersey pickle maker Vlasic, which also provides pickles to several other sports teams.

Conway mixes the pickle juice with Gatorade.