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June 12, 2018

Illinois adopts mercy rule for high school basketball

Illinois will implement a mercy rule for high school basketball regular season games beginning with the 2018-19 season. The Illinois High School Association's (IHSA) Board of Directors approved the change earlier this month. The new rule will star...

June 11, 2018

Jay Wright, Muffet McGraw among Lapchick Character Award honorees

Villanova Head Basketball Coach Jay Wright, one of only three active NCAA coaches to have won multiple NCAA Championships, Notre Dame Women’s Head Basketball Coach Muffet McGraw, who capped her 31st season at the school with her second women’s NC...

June 5, 2018

Riddell, Peyton Manning team up to offer equipment grants

Riddell today announced the launch of its annual Smarter Football initiative. Special for the fourth season of the program, Riddell and brand ambassador and strategic advisor Peyton Manning teamed up to unveil "18 in 18," inviting teams to apply fo...

June 1, 2018

Study: Half of all HS pitchers report pain in throwing arm

COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than half of high school baseball pitchers report experiencing pain in their throwing arms during the season. To better understand the cause of these injuries, researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical ...

May 30, 2018

Meeting Your Players in Real-Time on Their Mobile Devices

{Sponsored} Communication is key to a successful coaching effort. Current students heavily rely upon their smartphones for everything, from social interactions to scheduling and, foremost, for communication. In kind, coaches need to meet student-ath...

May 23, 2018

Banner flown over HS baseball game calls for coaches’ firing

Critics of the Briarcliff High School (N.Y.) baseball team's coaching staff found an inventive way to voice their displeasure this week by paying for a large banner to fly over the team's playoff game. The banner, which read “Fire Coaches Schrad...

May 21, 2018

Raising the Bar: Branding for Baseball

{Sponsored} La Roche College Baseball was in the Division 3 College World Series in 2016. Their program was obviously top-notch, but their field and weight room didn’t scream “La Roche.” In fact, they didn’t scream anything. Walls and fences ...

May 21, 2018

Budget Friendly Ways to Promote Your Fundraiser

{Sponsored} Fundraisers are all well and good, but marketing them to the right audience is the way to get the most out of them. Creating and sticking to a plan is tricky, and it is easy to go over budget. The key is to use financially controllable pi...