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This 11-year-old girl might be the next transcendent U.S. track star
It's easy to roll your eyes when someone compares an 11-year-old Florida track star to Sanya Richards-Ross. Only this time it's different. This time the analogy comes from James "Tennessee" Lance, who...
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Football coach who emerged as hero amid Ohio school shooting lands on cover...
Sports Illustrated helped fulfill a lifelong dream of an Ohio football coach who emerged as a hero during a high school shooting that left three students dead last year, sharing his inspirational story...
View ArticleCalifornia athlete fails to jump car, somehow still lands on feet in...
If someone fails to achieve what they openly set out to accomplish, yet land an even more impressive result in the end, was their effort successful? That’s precisely the dilemma facing one aspiring and...
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Pennsylvania softball pitcher strikes out 18 in 12 inning, state...
There are dominant state title game performances, and there are otherworldy individual performances. The game put in by Alayna Astuto falls under the latter. As reported by the Pittsburgh...
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Father and son record holes-in-one on same hole during same Father’s Day round
Lonnie Whitener has played plenty of rounds of golf over the years, some of them on Father’s Day. He’s also played plenty of rounds alongside his son, 13-year-old Zach Whitener. By sheer availability,...
View ArticleOne-armed New Mexico All-State DB Brandon Madrid making case for college...
In February, Prep Rally brought you the inspiring story of Shaquem Griffin, a one-handed defensive back for St. Petersburg (Fl.) Lakewood High who overcame his physical shortcoming so completely that...
View ArticleYoung wrestler provides a dance for the ages
Wrestling is a delicate dance of style, technique and positioning, and this young wrestler from the Pan American Championships blends them all into a jig for the ages. The interviewee is former...
View ArticleUnheralded, spritely PG throws down poster slam of the summer over 6-foot-9...
Khalil Bedart-Ghani may yet turn out to be a impactful recruit. A rising senior at Los Angeles (Calif.) Loyola High, Bedart-Ghani is a penetrating point guard with a sneakily solid jump shot. He can...
View ArticleDwyane Wade’s son Zaire is one of the nation’s top fifth grade basketball...
Throughout the recently completed NBA playoffs, Dwyane Wade found himself the target of criticism about his age and suddenly diminished athleticism. There was a reason for that: Compared to his first...
View ArticleChristian school won’t let 12-year-old girl play football, citing lustful...
A Christian academy in Georgia put a significant dent in a 12-year-old girl's dream of one day earning a college football scholarship when the school's CEO allegedly cited the Bible and middle school...
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Mary Cain becomes youngest to ever make the U.S. national track team
Mary Cain keeps setting records, even when the 17-year-old is not racing against fellow teenagers.As noted by the Chicago Tribune and a handful of other sources, Cain became the youngest athlete in...
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Softball ace Samantha Show struck out nearly two batters an inning in...
If you haven’t heard of Samantha Show yet, don’t worry, you will. She’s only a sophomore but the softball superstar is already putting up the kind of numbers that would make the likes of Jennie Finch...
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Top 2014 football recruit Marlon Humphrey tweets that Ole Miss has ‘KKK...
It sure looks like Ole Miss fans shouldn’t hold their breath in hopes of landing top Class of 2014 cornerback recruit Marlon Humphrey.As noted by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger and a handful of other...
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Youth baseball league’s finances wiped out by credit card theft as community...
Millions of Americans fall prey to identity fraud each year, and credit card fraud takes on a majority of those cases, both because of its ease and ability to inflict maximum damage in a short period...
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New Hampshire school board will allow dodgeball and ‘human target games’...
It appears the long national dodgeball nightmare is over. Upon further review, the Windham (N.H.) School Board ruled that dodgeball-like games do not violate the district's anti-bullying policies after...
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Ohio boys hoops coach arrested for egregious DUI after replacing former coach...
They say that three makes for a trend. When it comes to justifications for the dismissal of high school sports coaches, its fair to adjudge that trend starting at two. With that in mind, Sandusky Ohio...
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N.Y. high school hoops coach comes out as gay to team, is immediately supported
Anthony Nicodemo didn't have to tell anyone. He was a successful and influential basketball coach, leading the Yonkers (N.Y.) Saunders Trade and Tech High basketball program. He has been there for four...
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Maine girls basketball team hires 19-year-old college sophomore as head coach
Cody Tompkins has proven himself as a capable coach. In his first season as a junior varsity and junior high boys basketball coach in Washburn, Maine he earned plaudits for his professionalism and...
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Florida youth sports association has entire equipment stash stolen, local...
An inspiring youth football league in the Tampa Bay region finds itself on the brink of default, unless it can generate a massive influx of funds to replace thousands of dollars of equipment stolen...
View ArticleGame of hide-and-seek leads to ghastly death of a 14-year-old on Texas Tech...
A word of warning to the faint of heart, stop reading here. A 14-year-old has died after impaling himself on the horn of a bull statue during a game of hide-and-seek on the Texas Tech University campus...
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