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June 1, 2023

LSU football unveils air-conditioned helmets for players

In the rough-and-tumble SEC, regarded as the top-tier college football conference in the nation, any edge you can gain on your opponent can make a difference. The LSU athletic department knows this — whether it's on the field or the recruiting t...

May 31, 2023

Ohio high school offers semester-long referee course

by Wesley Sykes

An Ohio high school is doing its part in ensuring the future of scholastic sports won't continue to be threatened by a referee shortage. Boardman High School has started a sports officiating pilot class this school year and plans to offer a ...

May 30, 2023

High school baseball team loses state title on dropped third strike gaffe

by Wesley Sykes

A New York high school baseball team committed a mental gaffe during a state championship game that resulted in the opposing team winning in walk-off fashion. Hornell High School was a strike away from winning the Section V Class B1 state title ag...

May 22, 2023

Schembechler resigns from Michigan over Twitter remarks

by Wesley Sykes

The son of Michigan football coach legend Bo Schembechler had a short-lived coaching stint with the Wolverines program. Shemy Schembechler was hired early last week as an assistant director of recruiting on Jim Harbaugh's staff. He resigned a few ...

May 22, 2023

ORU Athletics opens Mike Carter Athletic Center

by Wesley Sykes

Oral Roberts University and the Oral Roberts Athletic Department recently cut the ribbon on the brand-new Mike Carter Athletic Center. At almost 50,000-square-foot feet, the new MCAC houses basketball practice courts, administrative and coaches o...

May 22, 2023

K-State announces new indoor track and field complex

by Wesley Sykes

Kansas State Athletics Director Gene Taylor announced recently that construction has commenced on a new indoor track and field complex as the department will transition the original football indoor building into a new facility for track and field. ...

May 22, 2023

Recovery Technology Education Platform Developed for NFL Athletic Trainers

by Wesley Sykes

Hyperice, the industry leader in recovery technology and pioneer of percussion, vibration, dynamic air compression, and thermal technology, recently announced the launch of athletic trainer education courses with PFATS, the Professional Footbal...

May 16, 2023

NFHS updates free throws and foul procedures for 2023-24 season

by Wesley Sykes

Beginning next year, high school basketball teams will shoot two free throws for common fouls when in the “bonus.” This change to Rule 4-8-1 eliminates the one-and-one scenario and sets new foul limits each quarter for awarding the bonus free thr...

May 11, 2023

Former Kentucky State president forced team to play ineligible player

by Wesley Sykes

Earlier this week, the NCAA announced it's reached a negotiated resolution with Kentucky State University, an NCAA Division II program, in regards to forcing a football team to play an ineligible player. During the spring and summer of 2019, an un...

May 11, 2023

‘Smart Heart’ Initiative aims to prevent cardiac arrest during events

by Wesley Sykes

Every major American sports league is banding together to team up with top-tier sports medicine societies to combat Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) among high school student-athletes. The 'Smart Heart' Sports Coalition is a collaboration between the N...