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Flag Football Surges with HS Football Postponed
With no high school football during the fall months in upstate New York, schools and athletes have found an alternative to the traditional gridiron sport — seven-on-seven flag football. According to a story from The Buffalo News, football was la...
Univ. of Maine Receives $90M Gift for Athletic Facilities
The University of Maine is the recent recipient of the largest single gift to an athletics department at a public university in New England and among the largest gifts ever nationwide, according to a report in the Bangor Daily News. The Harold Alf...
William & Mary AD Resigns After Slashing Athletics
In the last month, the William & Mary athletics department has been ravaged by program cuts. Seven of the department's 23 programs — men's and women's swimming, men's and women's gymnastics, men's indoor and outdoor track and field, and women's...
Study: Early Sports Participation in Girls Show Improved Attentiveness
A new Canadian study suggests that girls — and not boys — who participate actively in school sports in middle childhood show improved behavior and attentiveness in early adolescence. The study was published in "Preventative Medicine" and led b...
NFHS Director Notes ‘Resiliency’ in Athletic Departments
Resiliency — it's been shown by many throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and, now, it's being shown by the student-athletes as they return to athletics across the country. In her latest editorial piece, Dr. Karissa Niehoff, the National Federation ...
Pac-12 To Resume College Football in November
All of the Power 5 conferences will be playing college football come November. On Thursday, September 24, the Pac-12 Conference announced it will be holding a truncated season, according to various media reports. Based on updated Pac-12 COVID-19 M...
NFHS State-by-State Updates on Fall Sports
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has been tracking the status of fall sports on a state-by-state basis with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The organization shared its latest update on Monday, September 21, with a de...
Managing Uncertainty in Basketball
By Fergus McGrath, contributing writer Basketball players, like the rest of society, live in uncertain times. Whereas some players embrace uncertainty a common response is to worry repeatedly and habitually and even strategically in an attempt to cr...
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