"Take Back Sports" focuses on increasing youth sports participation among 6- to 12-year-olds by improving accessibility and emphasizing fun, community engagement, quality coaching, and multisport participation.
- AINSLIE LEE USA Today
Girls flag football has surged in popularity, now ranking in the top 10 girls sports nationally with over 102,000 participants projected by 2026, up from 15,716 five years ago.
- Chris Bumbaca USA Today
ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen died Tuesday, at the age of 93 from complications of Parkinson's disease, the network announced.
- Sherlon Christie USA Today
The bracket for Williamsport is complete. The 2026 Little League World Series is loaded with powerhouse teams and standout players ready for the spotlight.
- Nancy Armour USA Today
This might have been the best-case scenario for Hezly Rivera. The competition at the world championships in October is going to be fierce.
- Jordan Mendoza USA Today
The "Quad God" has indicated he will soon be back.
- Mark Giannotto USA Today
"This ain’t the days when ESPN could just hire and hire and hire some more, without having to let go or lay off anybody. Those days are long gone."
ESPN is conducting another wave of layoffs including longtime broadcaster Karl Ravech, who has been with the network since 1993 and served as the lead play-by-play voice for baseball coverage, as part of ongoing organizational restructuring tied to recent NFL asset integration.
The team has already had a dominant summer. They went 4-0 in the district championship and 3-0 in the state tournament.
Legends and Bandoleros cars will race on a Friday night on Aug. 21 and will honor the late Kyle Busch.
"For a perceived small club to have three state champions and one team qualifying through their league play is a huge deal."
Joey Chestnut delivered yet again, winning his 18th Mustard Belt at the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Saturday.
This year, oddsmakers give the 17-time champion about a 95% probability of winning the contest.
"It's a privilege, for sure, to be here because it is a track like no other and I've been at a lot of tracks," said Hickory Motor Speedway Assistant Manager Gina Schild-Knowles.
Draughn’s football roster on MaxPreps lists just nine seniors and 17 freshman and sophomores on varsity. Freedom has 39 juniors and seniors and a line that averages 253 pounds.
The 2026 North Carolina high school football season is entering Week 3.
“People were always like, ‘How in the world do you all stand each other?'” Jan Davis said. “But it makes it special when you get to do it with your best friend.”
More North Carolina high school athletes are financially benefiting from their name, image and likeness, but a new report shows they’re not getting huge sums of money. A report presented Wednesday to the State Board of Education shows 21 North Carolina high school students signed NIL agreements during the 2025-26 school year — a 75% increase from the prior year. But the biggest agreement in ...
PHILADELPHIA — Tom Schafer was a hulking man when he played one preseason game with the Eagles in the summer of 1984. The undrafted free-agent center stood at 6-foot-2 and 270 pounds, with a booming voice and an unabashed confidence to match. By the fall of 2009, his broad frame had hollowed out. His voice had been reduced to a rasp. Schafer could walk, but only gingerly, and for short ...
Michigan Wolverine hockey players were subjected to ritualized and sexualized abuse as part of the program's "standard hazing traditions," a lawsuit filed by 16 former players alleges. The 74-page complaint filed Wednesday in Detroit's federal court alleges that from 1984 through 2001, players suffered "torture" such as having their genitals tied to hockey helmets weighted with hockey pucks, ...
UNC football coach Bill Belichick and the Tar Heels say they’re “focused on ETSU,” but there are more off-the-field questions being asked ahead of the home opener at Kenan Stadium.
I don’t think the Big Ten rigged the Western Michigan-Michigan game.
Human error, not conspiracy, is the most likely answer.
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Former New York Mets players continue a 25-year tradition of honoring FDNY firefighters lost on 9/11 by visiting Manhattan fire stations, emphasizing remembrance and community support.
The future of LIV Golf depends heavily on players who are owed millions and must decide whether to accept amended contracts under a new ownership structure.
Acknowledging football's inherent dangers and asking questions will keep pressure on the NFL to make rules changes and fund research that could help make the game safer.
This year's Hickory team was the most successful regular-season team in franchise history, setting a club record for best winning percentage at 82-47.