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cte
September 11, 2023

BU study suggests CTE may strike at younger ages

New research from Boston University on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) suggests the degenerative brain disease may strike at younger ages than previously thought. The troubling finding was discovered during the brain autopsies of 152 ...


kansas
September 6, 2023

Kansas ATC gathers equipment for Maui student-athletes impacted by wildfires

An athletic trainer from a Kansas High School is doing her part to provide relief to student-athletes who were impacted by the recent wildfires in Maui. Mark Padfield is the athletic trainer at Tonganoxie High School and has been collecting donate...


virginia tech
September 6, 2023

Virginia Tech partners with ProhiBet to ensure regulatory compliance with sports wagering

Virginia Tech and ProhiBet today announced a groundbreaking partnership for the utilization of ProhiBet's advanced fully encrypted decentralized cross-monitoring and notification platform. Designed to safeguard sports integrity and ensure adherenc...


minnesota
August 31, 2023

Minnesota HS football team to wear Guardian Caps during games

A Minnesota high school football will be the first in the state—and maybe the country—to play a game while wearing Guardian Caps, a protective shell that goes over helmets. The Park Cottage Grove head football coach has invested $11,000 over t...


hall of fame
August 31, 2023

High school sports participation rises back to pre-pandemic levels

Participation in high school sports eclipsed 7.8 million in the 2022-23 school year, reflecting a sharp increase from the previous year. The NFHS completed its High School Athletics Participation Survey for a second time after the pandemic interru...


oklahoma
August 30, 2023

Oklahoma schools address football security concerns following shootings at games

In the aftermath of three separate shootings around football games in the Oklahoma area, the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Athletics Association (OSSAA) is trying of different strategies to keep everyone safe. A 16-year-old boy died during a game in ...


atlanta
August 30, 2023

Atlanta football coach arrested after punching own player

An Atlanta high school football coach was arrested over the weekend for punching a player in the stomach during a game. During the first quarter of a game between Mays High School and Douglas County—a game that was streamed online—the Mays Hig...


youth
August 29, 2023

One dead after Oklahoma HS football shooting

One teenager was killed and several others were injured following a shooting during a high school football game in Oklahoma over the weekend. Last Friday, gunfire broke out during a football game at Choctaw (OK) High School, which hosted Del City ...