Tag Archives: Interscholastic Athletics

The New York Times 4:01 am on June 27, 2022
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Once an ‘Easy Way Out’ for Equality, Women’s Soccer Is Now a U.S. Force

After Title IX passed in 1972, administrators found soccer to be a cheap way to comply. And participation rates soared in high schools, universities and at club levels for girls and women.

#athletics-and-sports, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #education-k-12, #interscholastic-athletics, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #national-federation-of-state-high-school-assns, #ncaa-soccer-championships, #soccer, #title-ix-gender-discrimination-legislation, #women-and-girls, #womens-world-cup-soccer

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 23, 2022
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Fifty Years On, Title IX’s Legacy Includes its Durability

From 1972 to 1973, the United States considered three landmark changes to protect women’s rights. Fifty years later, only one is likely to remain.

#colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #education-k-12, #education-department-us, #equal-rights-amendment, #interscholastic-athletics, #law-and-legislation, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #title-ix-gender-discrimination-legislation, #united-states-politics-and-government, #women-and-girls, #womens-rights, #womens-sports-foundation

The New York Times 11:23 pm on June 22, 2022
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Title IX 50th Anniversary: We Need a New Deal for Women’s Sports

We must dismantle the grandfathered-in systemic advantages that male athletes and male-dominated sports infrastructures continue to enjoy.

#athletics-and-sports, #basketball, #basketball-college, #coaches-and-managers, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #education, #exercise, #figure-skating, #football, #football-college, #gymnastics, #interscholastic-athletics, #lee-sunisa-2003, #men-and-boys, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #ncaa-basketball-championships-women, #osaka-naomi-1997, #ratings-audience-measurement, #soccer, #social-media, #staley-dawn, #student-athlete-compensation, #television, #title-ix-gender-discrimination-legislation, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 22, 2022
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The Real Enforcers of Title IX: Angry Parents

Girls are supposed to have equal access in schools. In practice, districts aren’t forced to change unless someone speaks up.

#athletics-and-sports, #discrimination, #education-k-12, #interscholastic-athletics, #national-federation-of-state-high-school-assns, #parenting, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #title-ix-gender-discrimination-legislation, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 9:39 pm on May 11, 2022
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Jury Awards Man $10 Million by School District After Coach’s Abuse

Alex Harrison sued his school district for negligence after his high school tennis coach molested him. The case landed him back at the courthouse where he’d first told his story years earlier.

#burgos-normandie, #child-abuse-and-neglect, #coaches-and-managers, #harrison-alexander-m, #interscholastic-athletics, #marin-county-calif, #sex-crimes

The New York Times 9:00 am on April 23, 2022
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Coach’s Prayers Prompt Supreme Court Test of Religious Freedom

Joseph Kennedy, a football coach at a public high school in Washington State, lost his job after praying on the 50-yard line after games.

#americans-united-for-separation-of-church-and-state, #bremerton-wash, #coaches-and-managers, #education-k-12, #education-secondary, #football, #freedom-of-religion, #interscholastic-athletics, #prayers-and-prayer-books, #religion-state-relations, #school-boards, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 1:10 pm on April 21, 2022
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Bad Behavior Drove a Referee Shortage. Covid Made It Worse.

For years, unruly parents have turned youth sporting events into a toxic environment. The cancellation of games and entire seasons over the last two years hastened an exodus of referees.

#athletics-and-sports, #coaches-and-managers, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #interscholastic-athletics, #officiating-sports, #public-schools-athletic-league, #shortages

The New York Times 4:01 am on April 14, 2022
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In a Georgia Mill Town, Soccer Presents a New Opportunity

Dalton, Ga., has not always welcomed the Mexican immigrants who came to work in its carpet mills. But the community is united behind its powerhouse high school soccer teams.

#coaches-and-managers, #content-type-personal-profile, #dalton-ga, #foreign-workers, #georgia, #hispanic-americans, #illegal-immigration, #immigration-and-emigration, #interscholastic-athletics, #mexican-americans, #mohawk-industries-inc, #soccer

The New York Times 3:33 am on April 7, 2022
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Gov. Andrew Beshear of Kentucky Vetoes Transgender Sports Bill

The State Legislature, which is dominated by Republicans, may override the veto. Twelve states have enacted legislation barring young transgender athletes from participating in girls’ sports.

#athletics-and-sports, #beshear-andrew-g-1977, #discrimination, #interscholastic-athletics, #kentucky, #law-and-legislation, #politics-and-government, #transgender-and-transsexuals

The New York Times 4:50 pm on March 11, 2022
Tags: Brosnan, Sean (Track Coach), , , Interscholastic Athletics, Newbury Park High School (Newbury Park, Calif), , Sahlman, Aaron, Sahlman, Colin, , Young, Leo (2005- ), Young, Lex (2005- )   

’Magic Could Happen’ as Newbury Park Milers Seek a Record

The star milers of Newbury Park High School are getting a crash course in celebrity as they seek to crush a record. Catch them if you can. (You can’t.)

#brosnan-sean-track-coach, #coaches-and-managers, #content-type-personal-profile, #interscholastic-athletics, #newbury-park-high-school-newbury-park-calif, #running, #sahlman-aaron, #sahlman-colin, #track-and-field, #young-leo-2005, #young-lex-2005

The New York Times 10:00 am on March 8, 2022
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This State Champion Girls’ Basketball Team Practiced on a Dirt Court

A Louisiana high school lost its gym when a hurricane tore through town. Practicing on a dirt court, the girls’ basketball team adopted a defiant motto: No gym, no problem.

#basketball, #coaches-and-managers, #hicks-la-high-school, #hicks-la, #hurricane-laura-2020, #interscholastic-athletics, #weather

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 13, 2022
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Youth Football Is Making a Modest Comeback in Los Angeles

Demographic changes and parents’ reservations made the game less popular among children in Los Angeles. But with help from the Rams and the Chargers, football is making a modest comeback.

#football, #interscholastic-athletics, #los-angeles-calif, #los-angeles-chargers, #los-angeles-county-calif, #los-angeles-rams, #national-football-league, #super-bowl

The New York Times 11:56 pm on February 9, 2022
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Ex-Casino Executive Gets 1 Year and 1 Day in Prison in College Admissions Scheme

The sentence for Gamal Abdelaziz, 64, of Las Vegas, was the longest yet in the continuing federal prosecution known as Operation Varsity Blues.

#abdelaziz-gamal, #basketball-college, #college-admissions-scandal-2019, #huffman-felicity, #interscholastic-athletics, #loughlin-lori, #sentences-criminal, #singer-william-1960, #university-of-southern-california, #wilson-john-b-1959, #wynn-resorts-ltd

The New York Times 6:26 pm on January 12, 2022
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Death of High School Hockey Player Renews Debate on Neck Guards

Canada and Sweden mandate neck protection for amateurs, but U.S.A. Hockey only recommends players wear neck guards. Teddy Balkind’s death could change that.

#accidents-and-safety, #balkind-teddy-2005-22, #connecticut, #hockey-ice, #interscholastic-athletics, #national-hockey-league, #neck, #protective-clothing-and-gear, #sports-injuries, #united-states, #usa-hockey

The New York Times 5:41 pm on January 7, 2022
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Amir Johnson Is More Than an Answer in N.B.A. Trivia

His name was the last on a list that included LeBron James, Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant. But his biggest impact on basketball may be yet to come.

#basketball, #content-type-personal-profile, #detroit-pistons, #draft-and-recruitment-sports, #g-league-ignite-basketball-team, #interscholastic-athletics, #johnson-amir-1987, #national-basketball-assn, #national-basketball-assn-development-league

The New York Times 10:35 pm on January 6, 2022
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A School Won 92-4 in Basketball. Then the Coach Was Suspended.

Sacred Heart Academy, a Catholic high school for girls in Hamden, Conn., said that running up the score against Lyman Hall High School did not mesh with its values.

#athletics-and-sports, #basketball, #coaches-and-managers, #connecticut, #education-k-12, #education-secondary, #hamden-conn, #interscholastic-athletics, #new-haven-conn, #private-and-sectarian-schools, #wallingford-conn

The New York Times 5:01 am on November 21, 2021
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Dartmouth Beats Brown, Princeton Defeats Penn

The only Division I league to not play football last season because of the pandemic, the Ivy League endured an unusual journey of virus disruptions in its return.

#brown-university, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #dartmouth-college, #football-college, #interscholastic-athletics, #ivy-league, #princeton-university, #teevens-buddy

The New York Times 3:51 pm on November 19, 2021
Tags: Bergen Catholic High School, Campanile, Anthony, Campanile, Mike, Campanile, Nicky, Campanile, Nunzio, Campanile, Vito, , , Don Bosco Prep High School, , , Interscholastic Athletics, , , New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Assn,   

The First Family of New Jersey Football

Seventeen of the last 20 New Jersey state high school championships have featured a team coached by Mike Campanile or one of his four sons.

#bergen-catholic-high-school, #campanile-anthony, #campanile-mike, #campanile-nicky, #campanile-nunzio, #campanile-vito, #coaches-and-managers, #content-type-personal-profile, #don-bosco-prep-high-school, #football, #football-college, #interscholastic-athletics, #miami-dolphins, #new-jersey, #new-jersey-state-interscholastic-athletic-assn, #rutgers-the-state-university-of-new-jersey

The New York Times 2:24 pm on November 17, 2021
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To Honor His Indigenous Ancestors, He Became a Champion

Inspired by his great-grandfather’s repeated escapes from an Indigenous boarding school, Ku Stevens, 18, retraced the route. Then he set his sights on winning a Nevada state title.

#child-abuse-and-neglect, #content-type-personal-profile, #discrimination, #interscholastic-athletics, #native-americans, #nevada, #private-and-sectarian-schools, #running, #stevens-ku, #stewart-indian-school-cultural-center-and-museum

The New York Times 2:00 pm on November 14, 2021
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St. John Bosco and Mater Dei Look a Lot Like Division I Programs

St. John Bosco and Mater Dei, 24 miles apart in Southern California, don’t just funnel players to the top college teams. Increasingly, they resemble them.

#draft-and-recruitment-sports, #football, #football-college, #interscholastic-athletics, #los-angeles-calif

The New York Times 5:26 pm on November 6, 2021
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High Schoolers Barred From Hockey Games After Crudely Taunting a Goalie

After students at a Pennsylvania high school yelled sexually explicit chants at a visiting team’s only female player, the entire student body was barred from games for the rest of the season.

#discrimination, #education-secondary, #hockey-ice, #interscholastic-athletics, #kittanning-pa, #pennsylvania, #school-discipline-students, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 2:31 pm on October 28, 2021
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Transgender Athletes Face Bans From Girls’ Sports in 10 U.S. States

Over the past two years, nine states have enacted laws to bar transgender girls and women from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. Another relied on an executive order for a ban.

#abbott-gregory-w-1957, #athletics-and-sports, #discrimination, #interscholastic-athletics, #law-and-legislation, #politics-and-government, #republican-party, #states-us, #texas, #transgender-and-transsexuals, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 6, 2021
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The Varsity Blues Trial: What We’ve Learned About College Admissions

In closing arguments, prosecutors want to focus on bribes, but the ways in which universities cater to rich families is also on trial.

#admissions-standards, #bribery-and-kickbacks, #colleges-and-universities, #high-net-worth-individuals, #interscholastic-athletics, #john-wilson, #singer-william-1960, #university-of-southern-california

The New York Times 4:29 pm on September 10, 2021
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The Girls of Clearview High Are Back on the Field

For the defending New Jersey field-hockey state champions, last year was a season of frustration and loss — and this year’s tryouts are a chance to rebuild

#2021-education-issue, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #education-secondary, #hockey-field, #interscholastic-athletics, #new-jersey

The New York Times 7:16 pm on September 3, 2021
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Louisiana High School Sports Meet a Mighty Opponent: Climate Change

Repeated hurricanes have devastated the state’s schools, teams and athletic fields. Ida was the latest reminder of the challenges facing the Sportsman’s Paradise.

#cameron-parish-la, #grand-isle-la, #hurricane-ida-2021, #hurricane-katrina-2005, #hurricanes-and-tropical-storms, #interscholastic-athletics, #jefferson-parish-la, #south-cameron-high, #south-plaquemines-high

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 3, 2021
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How Climate Change is Devastating Louisiana High School Sports

Repeated hurricanes have devastated the state’s schools, teams and athletic fields. Ida was the latest reminder of the challenges facing the Sportsman’s Paradise.

#cameron-parish-la, #grand-isle-la, #hurricane-ida-2021, #hurricane-katrina-2005, #hurricanes-and-tropical-storms, #interscholastic-athletics, #jefferson-parish-la, #south-cameron-high, #south-plaquemines-high

The New York Times 11:00 am on July 12, 2021
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Football Player Who Assaulted a Referee Seeks a New Start

A high school football player in Texas became infamous when he did the unthinkable, leveling a referee. With grace from the ref, the player is seeking a new start.

#assaults, #duron-emmanuel, #education-k-12, #football, #gracia-fred, #interscholastic-athletics, #officiating-sports, #rio-grande-valley-tex

The New York Times 11:56 pm on June 28, 2021
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Teenage Ballers Can Cash in Earlier Than Ever. But at What Cost?

Male players as young as 16 have many options to play high-level basketball before the N.B.A. without going to college — and get paid big money to do it.

#basketball, #basketball-college, #coaches-and-managers, #colleges-and-universities, #draft-and-recruitment-sports, #g-league-ignite-basketball-team, #interscholastic-athletics, #national-basketball-assn, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #overtime-elite-league, #student-athlete-compensation, #wages-and-salaries

The New York Times 9:57 pm on June 23, 2021
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Basketball Coach Is Fired After Tortillas Are Tossed at Visiting Team

Students at Coronado High School, near San Diego, threw the tortillas at players from the predominantly Latino Orange Glen High School on Saturday.

#california, #coronado-calif, #discrimination, #education-k-12, #hispanic-americans, #interscholastic-athletics, #san-diego-calif, #school-discipline-students

The New York Times 8:10 pm on June 19, 2021
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College Baseball Pitcher, Sang Ho Baek, Dies After Tommy John Surgery

Sang Ho Baek, 20, “had been battling injuries throughout the season,” a teammate said, and underwent Tommy John surgery, a relatively common procedure for pitchers.

#baek-sang-ho-2001-21, #baseball, #deaths-obituaries, #george-mason-university, #interscholastic-athletics, #john-tommy, #maryland, #salisbury-md, #sports-injuries, #surgery-and-surgeons

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 19, 2021
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Inside the ‘Deadly Serious’ World of E-Sports in South Korea

Each year, thousands of young South Koreans compete to join pro e-sports teams, but only a few make the cut​. An American company in Seoul wants to help more young gamers find jobs.

#asian-games, #colleges-and-universities, #computer-and-video-games, #content-type-personal-profile, #e-sports, #education-k-12, #interscholastic-athletics, #seoul-south-korea, #south-korea

The New York Times 11:00 am on June 9, 2021
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Abused by His High School Tennis Coach, He Now Protects Others

Alex Harrison survived child sexual abuse at the hands of his high school tennis coach. Now he is seeking justice, for himself and others.

#burgos-normandie, #claremont-mckenna-college, #content-type-personal-profile, #gould-stevie, #interscholastic-athletics, #marin-county-calif, #mill-valley-calif, #nassar-lawrence-g-1963, #orange-county-calif, #santa-barbara-calif, #sex-crimes, #sexual-harassment, #tennis, #university-of-chicago

The New York Times 4:59 pm on June 4, 2021
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Football Coach Is Replaced After He Forced Student to Eat Pork, Lawyer Says

An Ohio city school board voted not to renew the contract of a high school head coach after he and others forced a student to eat pepperoni despite his religious beliefs, a lawyer for the boy’s family said.

#canton-ohio, #coaches-and-managers, #education-k-12, #interscholastic-athletics, #school-discipline-students

The New York Times 11:19 pm on June 2, 2021
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High School Football Coaches Suspended After Teen Is Forced to Eat Pork, Lawyer Says

A 17-year-old in Canton, Ohio, was forced to eat a pepperoni pizza even though the coaches were aware he does not eat pork because he is a Hebrew Israelite, a lawyer for the boy’s family said. The Police Department is investigating.

#canton-ohio, #education-k-12, #football, #football-college, #interscholastic-athletics, #ohio

The New York Times 3:00 pm on May 28, 2021
Tags: , DDSports Inc (ShotTracker), , Interscholastic Athletics, , , Playfly Sports LLC,   

High Tech Comes to the High School Basketball Court

Sensors that track the movement of athletes and the basketball were recently used at a high school championship tournament for the first time.

#basketball, #ddsports-inc-shottracker, #draft-and-recruitment-sports, #interscholastic-athletics, #national-federation-of-state-high-school-assns, #new-mexico, #playfly-sports-llc, #sensors

The New York Times 10:58 pm on May 13, 2021
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Black Student Athlete Was Forced to Remove Hair Beads During Game

Nicole Pyles, 16, of Durham, N.C., says that a rule banning the use of hair beads by student athletes is discriminatory.

#black-people, #discrimination, #durham-nc, #education-k-12, #interscholastic-athletics, #national-federation-of-state-high-school-assns, #nicole-pyles

The New York Times 4:01 am on April 26, 2021
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A Minneapolis High School Football Team and Its Coach Move On

Charles Adams, a former police officer, and the Minneapolis North team are warily moving forward after the Derek Chauvin verdict offered a rebuke to one police killing in their community.

#adams-charles-minneapolis-minn-police-officer, #black-lives-matter-movement, #chauvin-derek-1976, #clark-jamar-d-2015, #floyd-george-d-2020, #football, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #interscholastic-athletics, #minneapolis-minn, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings, #police-department-minneapolis-minn

The New York Times 10:22 pm on March 24, 2021
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High School Football Coach Is Fired After Players’ Use of Anti-Semitic Language

School officials in Duxbury, Mass., denounced what they called the “horrifying and disappointing” language and said they had hired a private lawyer to conduct an investigation.

#anti-semitism, #coaches-and-managers, #duxbury-mass, #education-k-12, #education-secondary, #interscholastic-athletics, #teachers-and-school-employees

The New York Times 11:34 am on March 18, 2021
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Basketball Scout Tom Konchalski Will Be Missed at March Madness

Tom Konchalski, who died last month, influenced college basketball recruiting for more than four decades.

#basketball, #basketball-college, #content-type-personal-profile, #draft-and-recruitment-sports, #interscholastic-athletics, #konchalski-tom, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #queens-nyc

The New York Times 8:01 pm on March 13, 2021
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Announcer Caught on Open Mic Using Racial Slur at Basketball Game

The announcer cursed and used a slur as students knelt during the national anthem before a high school tournament game in Oklahoma. He later apologized and blamed his diabetes for the outburst.

#basketball, #black-people, #discrimination, #indecency-obscenity-and-profanity, #interscholastic-athletics, #norman-okla, #united-states-national-anthem-protests-2016

The New York Times 10:00 am on March 13, 2021
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Despite Covid Outbreaks, Youth Sports Played On

The coronavirus has spread at hockey rinks, basketball games and wrestling tournaments. But many experts, parents and participants believe that the benefits outweigh the risks.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #education-k-12, #interscholastic-athletics, #united-states

The New York Times 5:19 pm on March 10, 2021
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Slowly, More Students Return to Classrooms

A year into the pandemic, a growing number of districts — including Los Angeles — plan to open for in-person learning.

#colleges-and-universities, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-reopenings, #education, #education-k-12, #education-secondary, #interscholastic-athletics, #los-angeles-calif, #reading-and-writing-skills-education

The New York Times 12:17 pm on March 4, 2021
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A New League’s Shot at the N.C.A.A.: $100,000 Salaries for High School Players

The Overtime Elite league proposes that providing a salary and a focus toward a pro career might be more appealing than college basketball’s biggest programs.

#anthony-carmelo, #basketball-college, #draft-and-recruitment-sports, #interscholastic-athletics, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #student-athlete-compensation

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 9, 2021
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Colleges Vowed a Safer Spring. Then Students, and Variants, Arrived.

Many universities instituted new testing protocols, hoping to avoid the problems of the fall. But coronavirus variants and uncooperative students have already driven outbreaks.

#american-college-health-assn, #ann-arbor-mich, #colleges-and-universities, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-reopenings, #interscholastic-athletics, #university-of-michigan

The New York Times 8:00 am on November 26, 2020
Tags: , , Interscholastic Athletics, Isidore Newman School (New Orleans, La), Manning, Arch, Manning, Archie, Manning, Cooper, , ,   

The Heir to the Manning Quarterback Legacy Isn’t on TikTok

Arch Manning, 16, nephew of Peyton and Eli, has a protective family to steer him from the perils of fame and expectation. And a grandfather, Archie, who texts him reminders to “have fun.”

#content-type-personal-profile, #football, #interscholastic-athletics, #isidore-newman-school-new-orleans-la, #manning-arch, #manning-archie, #manning-cooper, #manning-eli, #manning-peyton, #new-orleans-la

The New York Times 8:00 am on November 5, 2020
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Friday Night Bytes: Can Analytics Revolutionize High School Football?

George Mahoney is an efficiency expert by trade and by nature. He’s also among the analytics-minded coaches trying to bring data to one of the last holdouts in American sports — high school football.

#coaches-and-managers, #content-type-personal-profile, #data-mining-and-database-marketing, #football, #interscholastic-athletics, #mahoney-george-analyst, #mangiero-dino, #mater-dei-prep-school

The New York Times 10:13 pm on October 12, 2020
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Is This Still Soccer?

In Massachusetts, rule changes brought on by the pandemic — no contact, no tackles, no headers, no throw-ins — are forcing soccer players and coaches to adapt to a very different game.

#interscholastic-athletics, #massachusetts, #officiating-sports, #soccer

The New York Times 11:33 am on October 12, 2020
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‘Everything Is Closed Down.’ The Lack of Youth Sports Is a Crisis.

Despite a glut of sports on TV, the lack of youth leagues and teams in the pandemic could cost us for years to come.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on September 18, 2020
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The Pandemic Is Chasing Aging Coaches From the Field

One of Louisiana’s most successful high school football coaches retired, concerned that his blood cancer made him vulnerable to Covid-19. At least 30 high school and club coaches have died of the coronavirus.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on September 18, 2020
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DeVos Vows to Withhold Desegregation Aid to Schools Over Transgender Athletes

The Education Department has told Connecticut schools that desegregation grants will be cut off Oct. 1 if they continue to allow transgender students to choose the teams they compete on.

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