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Could flag football one day leapfrog tackle football in popularity?

Youth flag football players run drills with their coach before a game in Dayton, Ohio, on Oct. 8, 2023. Megan Jelinger/The Washington Post via Getty...

Duquesne Light Company partners with Pittsburgh Pirates to support youth baseball, softball

Each year, Duquesne Light Company (DLC) sponsors and partners with dozens of community organizations, including the Pittsburgh Pirates. As part of DLC’s partnership with...

For Black kids, sports set the stage for achievement and joy

(Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation students stretch before a performance. Photo Credit: Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation) By Aziah Siid (This story first appeared in Word In Black.) With back-to-school...

5 ways pressuring young athletes to perform well does them harm

by Eva V. Monsma, University of South Carolina When Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed during a Jan. 3, 2022, NFL football game, much of...

How to keep high school athletes safe from heat illness in a brutally hot summer

by Susan Yeargin, University of South Carolina As temperatures rise, heat illnesses are becoming an increasing risk for athletes, particularly in the first few weeks...

Top athletes have special advantages entering college, like children of alumni

by Rick Eckstein, Villanova University In recent years, colleges have paid more attention to complaints that their admissions decisions give unfair advantages to children of...

Former pro baseball player Omar Washington training Black youth for the big leagues

Omar Washington, a former professional baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox is on a mission to increase minority participation...

Serena, Gruden campaign for youth sports funding

NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams knows firsthand the dangers of underfinanced youth sports across the nation. When she joins a panel discussion Tuesday with...

Little League series opens with 16 teams, 1 that missed out

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) _ A Pennsylvania team is expected to draw big crowds to the state's beloved Little League World Series as the 16-team...

Sherri Coale, Natalie Williams headline women’s basketball hall class of 2016

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale said it was a surreal moment when she got the phone call that she would be...

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