Paralysis from tragic farm accident spurs inspiring coach’s return to his...
For most people, paralysis from the waist down would be the end of their hopes and dreams in sports. For Martensdale, Iowa resident Dean Furness it was just the start of a path he'd long dreamed of...
View ArticleRef penalizes team because middle school band is too loud, then gets banned...
A Texas football referee has been banned from ever working in one of the Dallas area's largest districts after his irritation with a school's band spilled over into a rather rash decision to forcibly...
View ArticleArizona receiver pulls in incredible touchdown catch after deflections off...
We've seen plenty of great receptions this year from across the nation, but few (if any) have required greater concentration than the one you see below. In a game between Glendale (Az.) Apollo High and...
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Shooting at youth football game takes life of 64-year-old woman caught in...
Major fallout appears to be on the way from a disturbing incident in which gunfire at a youth football game left three injured, with one victim dying in a hospital from injuries suffered in the attack...
View ArticleHouston female football player suits up as linebacker and running back
There are plenty of female place-kickers competing for schools across the country. There are also a handful of linemen and at least one quarterback and running back. Now, thanks to a Houston middle...
View ArticleWashington high schooler Austin Rehkow hits remarkable 67-yard field goal to...
Watch out Sebastian Janikowski. You've got company in the unlikely form of a high school senior in Washington state. As reported by the Seattle Times and a variety of other outlets, and brought to Prep...
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Coach fired after sparking massive postgame brawl in Michigan
An out-of-control brawl that brought tension and injuries to the end of an ill-tempered football game in Michigan has led to the firing of one assistant coach days after one person was hospitalized as...
View ArticleAlabama football mom arrested at varsity practice after walking on field to...
The mother of a teenage football player decided to take matters into her owns hands when she heard that her son's football coach lifted him up by the shoulder pads and berated him, walking directly up...
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Utah powerhouse kept in playoffs at cost of head coach, then banned from...
The cycle that engulfed the Salt Lake (Utah) East High football program in the past week has had more hairpin turns than San Francisco's Lombard Street. At first the program had a scandal, then it was...
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Joel Embiid, Cameroonian 7-footer, looks like real deal just 1 year after...
Remember when Greg Oden was a high school phenom? At the time, the 7-footer looked both indestructible and unstoppable, dominating every game he played in and ruthlessly taking charge in the paint. Now...
View ArticleN.J. kicker with autism boots game-winning FG to land big upset
On Friday night, Brick (N.J.) Township High's football squad knocked off state power Toms River (N.J.), 24-21, thanks to a chip shot 21-yard field goal with less than 30 seconds remaining in the game....
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California teams combine for state-record 165 points in remarkable...
There were plenty of offensive explosions in collegiate and professional football over the weekend -- Texas-Baylor or Texas Tech-TCU anyone? -- but none could compare with what played out on a...
View ArticleFive elementary schoolers suffer concussions in disturbing Massachusetts...
It's the kind of incident that is rapidly making youth football a less palatable option for parents across the country. In a single Massachusetts Pop Warner Pee Wee division game, five players suffered...
View ArticleFinal play INT turns into game-costing fumble recovery TD in Memphis fifth...
The fates of elementary school football can be fickle, as two teams in Memphis discovered when what appeared to be a triumphant interception on a game's final play turned into a game-losing fumble...
View ArticleWild trick play TD accounts for year’s first bounce pass assist before hoops...
We're still a few weeks away from basketball season, but we've now seen a first glorious bounce pass assist, thanks to an inventive high school football team in Florida. The team pulling off the rather...
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Tim Tebow’s high school program retires his No. 5 jersey
Tim Tebow and the Jets may have lost a heartbreaker to the Patriots on Sunday, but the dual-threat quarterback's weekend was hardly a washout, thanks to the first school at which he starred. As...
View ArticleCalifornia student athletes engaged in ‘fantasy sex league,’ scored points...
A group of California teenage athletes have brought their school into disrepute by allegedly running a "sex" fantasy league, in which the different male student athletes received points for "documented...
View ArticleBrutal brawl in ‘non-contact’ Canadian youth hockey league could land coach a...
A wild brawl during a "non-contact" Quebec junior hockey match could land the coach of one of the teams involved a lifetime ban. As reported by CBC Sports, Canoe and a variety of other Canadian news...
View ArticleMassive brawl in Minnesota soccer game alters future of postseason, could...
A major fracas broke out at a heated Minnesota high school soccer game, leaving both teams embroiled in a fight involving nearly the entirety of both benches throwing haymakers and the winner -- who...
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Goat poop causes last-minute relocation of N.C. team’s senior night game
Of all the reasons games have been postponed or relocated in the past, one justification from a recent game in North Carolina has to be the strangest: A scheduled Senior Night football game was moved...
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