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September 8, 2015

High school football players accused of targeting ref with hit

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNCrs63JeuM[/embed] Two Texas high school football players have been suspended over what appears to be a coordinated attack on a referee during a game over the weekend. The John Jay High School (San Anto...


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September 2, 2015

K-State students required to sign sportsmanship pledge

Kansas State students will be required to sign a sportsmanship pledge before picking up season tickets for this year's sporting events. [caption id="attachment_11060" align="alignright" width="352"] Kansas State fans storm the court after beating ...


August 27, 2015

Survey: Most adults unable to recognize concussion symptoms

Results from a new survey show that most adults lack a basic understanding about concussion signs and symptoms. The Abbott's Concussion IQ Survey, conducted by KRC Research, polled more than 1,000 adults in the U.S. over the age of 18. "Based o...


August 26, 2015

Ohio school district requiring all coaches to be certified

Strasburg-Franklin Local School District in Ohio has announced that all coaches in grades seven through 12 must be nationally certified beginning with the 2015-16 school year. The district becomes the state's first to require national certificatio...


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August 20, 2015

Latest NFHS survey shows sports participation continues to rise

The National Federation of State High School Associations’ annual survey revealed that participation in high school sports is up for the 26th straight year. There are now 7.8 million prep student-athletes nationwide, up 11,389 from the prior sch...


August 20, 2015

Building a character development program

Watch virtually any sports news segment or browse your social media feed, and you’ll be sure to find a story about an athlete that has made a poor decision. Our society is enamored with all things negative when it comes to athletes, oftentimes c...


August 19, 2015

Survey: How do you choose your captains?

What's the best method for choosing captains for your athletic programs? High school and college teams have a variety of methods for choosing their team leaders, so we asked readers in July whether the decisions were left to coaches or players. He...


August 17, 2015

James Harrison voices opposition to ‘participation trophies’

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison doesn't believe in "participation trophies," a fact made abundantly clear this weekend when he forced his kids to return a couple of awards they brought home from a sports competition. Harrison said vi...