Inspiring elementary schooler with cerebral palsy runs amazing 400-meter race
Leave it to an elementary school field day to bring us the most inspiring video of the week. The young man who refuses to be beaten by his own limitations in the video above is Matt W. (last name...
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Rally supports Kentucky coach allegedly fired for giving too little playing...
Some 50 people showed up outside a school board meeting in Kentucky to support a longtime football coach who found himself looking for a job following the 2011 season, allegedly because the school...
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NY coaches question decision to suspend championship game
For Tottenville (N.Y.) High and Wagner (N.Y.) High, Wednesday's PSAL Class A softball title game was supposed to crown a city champion. But instead of watching a team hoist the trophy, both were left...
View ArticleLeBron James Jr.’s May was less successful than Dad’s
Despite some early rumors to the contrary, LeBron James has had a pretty spectacular postseason, at least after some missed free throws against the Pacers were put in the past. Some of that success can...
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Jack Jablonski moves finger, leg months after expected total paralysis
It's a far step from walking on his own, but for the first time since he was paralyzed in late December, Minnesota teen hockey player Jack Jablonski moved part of his body on his own. Shortly...
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Girl baseball player who sparked forfeit was able to idolize school’s female...
In early May, an Arizona team won a state baseball title by default when its scheduled opponent refused to play a game against a team fielding a girl in its infield. Now, the girl who unintentionally...
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Las Vegas softball coach arrested for disturbing charges of sex and sexting...
A Las Vegas softball coach is facing a litany of disturbing charges after allegedly carrying out a months-long sexual relationship with one of his players that involved both graphic sexting and...
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Tragic highway crash kills two Nebraska coaches, leaves athletes hospitalized
Tragedy struck a small Nebraska town on Friday when two high school basketball coaches were killed and eight of their athletes were injured after a van carrying the team collided with a pickup truck on...
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Softball coach claims reverse discrimination after ousting because school...
A highly respected softball coach in Alabama is raising claims of reverse discrimination after he was informed that he would not be allowed to keep his job because the school wanted a female softball...
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New Zealand youth soccer game abandoned after coach allegedly threatened to...
A youth soccer match in New Zealand was stopped in full flight after the coach of a team threatened to kill a referee after one of his team's goals was disallowed. As covered in detail by reporter...
View ArticleVirginia pitcher earns a big time scholarship after scary spinal injury
It's not too uncommon for a player to come back from a knee or ankle injury to resuscitate a promising athletic career. Tyler Carrico has done more than that: He came back from a broken back to become...
View ArticleCalifornia swimming coach arrested for inappropriately touching athlete
A swimming coach in California's Bay Area has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a swimmer after a disturbing series of events that included him touching her inappropriately multiple...
View ArticleOhio runner stops in state final to aid fallen opponent
On Saturday, West Liberty-Salem (Ohio) High junior Meghan Vogel won a state title. Incredibly, that might not even be what she or anyone else remembers most about her day at the Ohio Division III track...
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John Mellencamp’s son will walk on to college football team after not playing...
Of all the strange walk-ons who will hope to earn a spot on Duke's football team this fall, none are more unique than Hud Mellencamp. Not only is he the son of a legendary rocker, he hasn't even played...
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Scotty McCreery’s prep career ends, but not without a final impressive...
The Garner (N.C.) High baseball team may have been eliminated early in the North Carolina baseball state playoffs, but no one can blame the program's most famous pitcher. As reported by the News &...
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Steve Francis donates $70,000 to redevelop his childhood park, basketball courts
These days in Takoma Park, Md., Kevin Durant is all the rage. There's good reason for that, too: The hometown kid is a win away from the NBA Finals, and he has always made his suburban D.C. heritage a...
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Jim Harbaugh attends wheelchair-bound teen’s graduation as he promised he would
To call what 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh did last weekend an act of charity might be an understatement. For him, it's just following through on a promise to a friend. As reported by CSN Bay Area — and...
View ArticleDerrik Smits, Rik Smits’ son, turning heads in Indiana AAU scene
Do you remember Rik Smits? Of course you do. The Dunkin' Dutchman, as he was called, was the Tonto to Reggie Miller's Lone Ranger, giving the Pacers a legitimate inside presence during the playoffs in...
View ArticleTy Buttrey, Red Sox draft pick, can’t walk at graduation because he was...
A star North Carolina pitcher has been told he won't be able to walk at his high school's graduation for a rather novel reason: He was selected in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. As first...
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Colorado coaching legend reportedly fired because his football program was...
All the way back in January, Prep Rally first highlighted the story of former Mullen (Colorado) High football coach Dave Logan, a Colorado coaching legend who, in his 19-year career, won six state...
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