Texas guard throws down monster slam in major summer event
How fitting that a Texas guard would flush home a break out slam dunk at the Reebok Breakout Camp? Competing at the Philadelphia incarnation of the top prep hoops event, 6-foot-4 Tylon Charles, an...
View ArticleNothing to worry about at Deion Sanders’ Prime Prep Academy, says standout...
While the NCAA recently ruled the first two Prime Prep (Texas) Academy basketball products ineligible for 2013-14, raising concerns about the academic standards at a school co-founded by Pro Football...
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Dubois Indiana, where Jeeps are more than an off road car
Ever wonder what a Jeep was before it was an everpresent automobile? It was a character in a popular comic strip, one who later would prove to be the inspiration for the best mascot in the state of...
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Ohio prep football teams face off in Nathan’s-style hot dog eating contest...
What happens when you bring together 11 high school football teams and tell them to send their best two eaters forward to devour as many hot dogs as possible in a three-minute span? Here’s a hint: The...
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Iowa sophomore finishes regular season with astonishing .667 batting average
Everyone makes a big deal about Miguel Cabrera’s triple crown. He's an impressive hitter, but he's no Nicole Schutt. The Iowa softball star’s batting average makes Cabrera’s penchant at the plate seem...
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Alma mater to to play football game in honor of Aaron Hernandez’s alleged victim
The Roxbury (Mass.) John O’Bryant School of Math and Science has scheduled a football game to honor erstwhile star Odin Lloyd, the alleged murder victim of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron...
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In Iowa, Norsemen vs. Midgets. Who ya got?
When in doubt, when choosing between a full crop of very literally interpreted mascots, pick the one who seems the most fierce. At least that seems to be the tact that was taken by Iowa voters, who...
View ArticlePrep pole vaulters complete fabulous, elaborate medal stand celebration to...
You can call competitive pole vaulters in the state of Wisconsin a lot of things -- freakishly athletic, eccentric -- just don’t call them unoriginal or disorganized. In fact, if the video below proves...
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Renowned baseball coach’s position in peril after being caught shoplifting...
Of all the ways for a prominent coach to imperil their job, shoplifting sporting goods from a Walmart isn’t a common one. In fact, before Greer (S.C.) Blue Ridge High baseball coach Travis Henson was...
View ArticlePee Wee football practice is host to one of the biggest hits you’ll ever see
It's hot. Summer is rolling on and, in some places, youth football is even kicking off. With those practices come the initial foray into new Heads Up tackling training and, at the collegiate level,...
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Kansas’ Greenbacks are notable for frogs, not dollars
Kansas: the Heart of the Midwest and home to corn, corn and more corn. There could be no great mascot in the state without a strong agricultural bent, surely. As it turns out, that’s not the case....
View ArticleThis 13-year-old just might be the next great Philadelphia boxer
James Barnett trains in an old-school boxing gym for an old-school boxing trainer in an old-school boxing town. Only James Barnett is not so old school. In fact, Barnett, known formerly as "Meatball"...
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Prized LSU baseball recruit from Georgia arrested on drug trafficking, gun...
Georgia authorities arrested LSU baseball signee Dylan Williams among seven men booked on drug and gun charges, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate. Williams, 18, faces charges of possession with...
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Nation’s most respected cross country coach fired for pointing out lockers...
A longtime California cross country coach has been ousted for an act that he felt was actually helping correct a serious problem: He was marking lockers that had been broken into so the school could...
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Kentucky’s best moniker doesn’t have a mane; it’s a Briar Jumper
When you think of Kentucky and mascots, you think of horses. Right? What is the Bluegrass state if the epicenter of horse country? While there are a handful of horse-related mascots in different...
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