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Pa. youth football league cancels season over continued threats
A Pennsylvania youth football league has cancelled the remainder of its season after continued threats made against coaches and referees. [caption id="attachment_14305" align="alignright" width="232"] Photo via Facebook, Mount Pleasant Area Junior...
California officially bans use of ‘Redskins’ by public schools
Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed the California Racial Mascots Act, prohibiting the state's public schools from using the name "Redskins" for its athletic teams. The state senate and assembly passed the bill nearly a month ago and it had been awa...
Calif. bans use of ‘Redskins’ by public schools
Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed the California Racial Mascots Act, prohibiting the state's public schools from using the name "Redskins" for its athletic teams.The state senate and assembly passed the bill nearly a month ago and it had been awaitin...
What’s causing the decline of female coaches?
Participation in girls sports has climbed all but six years since the implementation of Title IX in 1972, but it hasn't been matched by the number of female coaches.Mary Jo Kane, director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at...
What’s causing the decline of female coaches?
Participation in girls sports has climbed all but six years since the implementation of Title IX in 1972, but it hasn't been matched by the number of female coaches. [caption id="attachment_14264" align="alignleft" width="238"] Participation in gi...
Survey: Do you allow athletes to argue with referees?
In September, Winning Hoops asked readers whether they had a problem with their players arguing or talking back to referees. Here are the results along with a few of the comments.• I believe it should be the coach; However more and more I see wh...
California makes competitive cheer an official sport
Competitive cheer will become an official sport in California, beginning with the 2017-18 school year. [caption id="attachment_13710" align="alignright" width="209"] California Interscholastic Federation[/caption] Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assemb...
N.J. legislator wants to punish athletes for repeating grades
Parents have long been accused of holding back their children one grade to give them an edge in athletics, but proposed legislation in New Jersey would make that a lot more difficult. [caption id="attachment_14250" align="alignright" width="326"] ...