Campus visit from Nick Saban brings Georgia students to tears with excitement
If there was any question that Alabama coach Nick Saban’s fame had officially transcended that of any top football coach, it was confirmed during a recent visit to a Georgia high school, where...
View ArticleNotre Dame recruit fabricates visit to school just days after Manti Teo hoax
In the aftermath of the Manti Teo-Lennay Kekua hoax, one would think that anything and anyone remotely connected to Notre Dame would be particularly careful that anything they say related to the school...
View ArticleNebraska senior soars above defender on potential dunk of the year
Josiah Gustafson might not look like the most obvious super dunker, but the Omaha (Neb.) Millard North High senior can really, really get up. He proved that better than ever before on Saturday, when he...
View ArticleTeams host wrestling meet in the middle of a mall, wrestlers crash the food...
They came for the sales. They stayed for the 152-pound bout. With their sport in the midst of a decline in public interest in the area, two Oklahoma high school wrestling coaches decided to host their...
View ArticleIs one of D.C.’s top prep basketball talents turning 21 this year?
Based on International Basketball Federation records, Bishop O'Connell (Arlington, Va.) senior forward Junior Etou will turn 21 years old this spring and should therefore be ineligible to play for the...
View ArticleGirls hockey team outshot 46-8, still wins 3-1 behind goalie’s stunning...
When a hockey game concludes with a final score of 3-1, and one team outshoots its foe by a whopping 38 attempts, it’s usually pretty obvious which team is on the winning end of the scoreline. Not when...
View ArticleTop recruit Aaron Gordon throws down nasty inbounds slam at Hoophall Classic
As far as baskets off inbounds plays go, it would be hard to top the one scored by San Jose (Cal.) Archbishop Mitty School star Aaron Gordon at the 2013 Hoophall Classic. The Hoophall is an annual prep...
View ArticleSophomore star intentionally misses buckets to score precisely 15 points as...
On January 15, Dallas (Texas) Prime Prep superstar Elijah Thomas scored 15 points in the first half of a victory against Urbandale (Iowa) ABCD Prep. He scored 0 points after that, though he had plenty...
View ArticleMcDonald’s All-American committee’s ‘whopper of a mistake’ leads to...
The McDonald's All-American Game selection committee's recently released annual list of nominees originally included two New York City basketball players who no longer play high school hoops, and of...
View ArticleMonths after being hit in face in Aurora shootings, senior is back starring...
It is a near miracle that McKayla Hicks is alive. That she is back starring on a basketball court is beyond that; it’s almost a matter of divine intervention. Among the victims of the Aurora movie...
View ArticleFormer USC WR commit blasts “dishonesty of college football”
Sebastian LaRue is one of the top wide receiver prospects in the nation, a four star senior athlete with speed and incredible agility and athleticism. The Santa Monica (Cal.) High superstar had...
View ArticleAnnouncer calls dramatic game-winning three, then abruptly signs off in...
In the annals of odd announcing, the contributions of the play-by-play man for one recent Miami prep hoops contest shouldn’t go overlooked. Not because of his flair for the dramatic call, though his...
View ArticleCal lands enormous football recruit … in a literal sense (he’s huge)
New coach Sonny Dykes and the Cal football team got a very big recruit. No, big doesn’t cut it. They got a huge recruit. One might even call him gargantuan. As reported by the Modesto Bee, enormous...
View ArticleChicago coach will miss national matchup of the year in suspension following...
On January 17, one of the most heated midseason in-state basketball contests turned out to be a prelude to a tragedy, with a postgame, handshake-line brawl between Chicago (Ill.) Simeon Career Academy...
View ArticleMiddle schooler with Down Syndrome Owen Groesser nails 2 3-pointers in only...
When Owen Groesser finally got a chance to suit up for the Rochester Hills (Mich.) Van Hoosen Junior High basketball team, he was thrilled just to sit on the bench. Groesser is an eighth grader at the...
View ArticleInfamous 2 Live Crew rapper still making headlines, winning court battles,...
Upon listening to the lyrics of "Me So Horny," you might wonder how Florida officials allow anyone from 2 Live Crew, whose degradation of young females was once a subject of the Supreme Court, to mold...
View ArticleLittle kid channels Blake Griffin on monster dunk on mini hoop
We may have just discovered Rivals.com's No. 1 basketball recruit in the Class of 2028. Somehow, Ballislife.com got their hands on this video of a 2-year-old dunking on his 2-year-old friend as if he...
View ArticleBoston-area goalie earns shutout win with astounding 71 saves against rival
The Brookline (Mass.) High boys hockey team is not a particularly great one. The team boasts a record of 4-8, and even those four wins probably came in large part due to the efforts of the team’s...
View ArticlePerfect sign tackles aggressive parenting in youth hockey with fantastic humor
In recent years, parental abuse of referees, coaches and other youth sports officials has risen sharply, gaining plenty of public attention. While some leagues have started requiring either parental...
View ArticleBiggest threat to a father’s soccer coaching rise could be his own son’s goals
High school and youth sport are supposed to bring families together, with parents coaching their sons in both official and backyard capacities. Yet for one Florida family, a father’s success on the...
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