Swim Team
Swim Team, a documentary, about three young men with autism who compete as the Jersey Hammerheads, will premiere on PBS’ POV tomorrow night.
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Youth football takes more hits
Children who are five, six and seven can play Pop Warner “Tiny-Mite” football. California, Illinois and New York legislators are considering banning children from playing tackle football because of the...
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Outing Club can’t go outside: It’s not safe
Penn State students have organized and led wilderness trips for 98 years. Penn State’s Outing Club can’t go outside any more, reports Don Hopey in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Hiking, canoeing,...
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Trophies are for winners
Trophies are for winners, a Maryland youth baseball league has decided. “For years, Reisterstown Baseball has given trophies to its youngest players — those aged 4 through 8 —for showing up,” reports...
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Learning to hate exercise in P.E. class
I walk every day, do weight training two to three days a week and go to a weekly Zumba class. In the summer, I swim every day. If my school-age self could see me now, she’d be astounded. Exercising...
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If schooling was as important as football
Vesia Hawkins loves football, she writes on Volume & Light, which follows Nashville schools. This year, she’s taking her young cousin to play on the youth team coached by her husband. She asks:...
View Article‘Step’ inspires
Step, a new documentary on the “Lethal Ladies” of Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, is getting rave reviews. As the girls compete in a dance form developed at black colleges, they “triumph...
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Students lose interest in sports
Photo: Aspen Institute Project Play Sofia Velasquez, 15, enjoys playing soccer for her Chicago high school, but games keep getting canceled because rival teams can’t field enough players. Credit: Aspen...
View ArticleTeen basketball stars go pro: $100k per year
Teenage basketball players can go pro and make $100,000 a year and up, reports Tom Huddleston Jr. for CNBC. Young athletes at Overtime Elite‘s Atlanta academy take high school classes while training...
View ArticleWhat Is The Proper Response To This?
The University of North Carolina may have covered itself in glory “on the fields of friendly strife”, but at what cost to education and integrity? Of course, we now have much different outlook on the...
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