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January 5, 2018

Study: PE students more prone to concussions than athletes

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine suggests that students in physical education classes are 60 percent more prone to concussions than those who play sports. The study, published in December, ask...

January 4, 2018

Federal court: School’s ban on Anthem protests unconstitutional

A federal court last week ruled that a California school district's ban on National Anthem protests was a violation of the students' First Amendment rights. The San Pasqual Valley Unified School District, just five miles north of Yuma, issued a b...

January 4, 2018

CoachComm announces distributor agreement with GoRout

CoachComm LLC, the leading provider of coaches’ technologies, announced Thursday that it has signed a distributor agreement with GoRout, a provider of playmaking technology that combines intelligent software and on‐field wearable products...

January 3, 2018

Arkansas coach Chad Morris prefers multi-sport athletes

When new Arkansas head football coach Chad Morris hits the recruiting trail, he plans to keep a close lookout for multi-sport athletes. [caption id="attachment_25436" align="alignright" width="256"] Arkansas football coach Chad Morris[/caption] ...

January 2, 2018

Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy found OC through internet search

Do the best where you are, because someone is always watching.  [caption id="attachment_19195" align="alignright" width="215"] Oklahoma State head football coach Mike Gundy.[/caption] That's common rhetoric in coaching, and it turns out it mig...

December 31, 2017

Track, volleyball most popular sports among U.S. high school girls

Nearly 500,000 high school girls participated in track and field during the 2016-17 school year, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations' annual survey.  ...

December 30, 2017

Vermont, already with the smallest number of high school athletes, sees biggest decline in participation

Already with the fewest participating high school athletes among the 50 states, Vermont also saw the biggest drop in participation during the 2016-17 school year, statistically speaking. Vermont's participation rate dropped by 10.5 percent from 2015-...

December 29, 2017

Washington enjoys biggest increase in high school sports participation in the country

The U.S. Census bureau estimates the state of Washington's population increased by 1.7 percent from 2016 to 2017, the fourth-highest increase in the nation. The state's high school sports participation total increased a lot more than that, however. W...