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In the end, it never really mattered to me whether or not Graham played baseball in college: only that we'd done everything we could to make sure he'd gotten everything he was meant to from the game. That's all any of us can ever do for our kids, really.
This is where you come in. Look into your child's sports. Check up on their health, on their coach, on how often they have practice. You have to be persistent! But you may just end up saving your child's ankle, leg, arm, or even his or her life.
I think that whenever an athlete enters the mindset of the athletes domain, they are more awake and alive than they have been before in their lives.
Recently I hit my head while going for the ball in a basketball game. I felt fine so I kept playing, but the next day I had frequent headaches.
Now that school has started it is time for players to get in shape for their upcoming spring seasons. It is baseball and softball conditioning time!
For the past three years, our Spartan Sparkles, whose disabilities range from Down Syndrome to autism, have practiced and cheered alongside the varsity cheerleaders at home football and basketball games to roaring crowds and standing ovations.
The unprecedented success of the Pumas -- both on and off the court -- proves that every student can win if they're surrounded by the right resources and people who believe in them.
Last week, Chris Romer said he wants to "make sure we put sports back into middle schools." This surprised me, because I had just watched my son, who plays on his DPS middle-school baseball team, lose badly.
Sports bring a community together because the people on the sidelines feel that they are part of the team experience. The same should be true for science.
"Play Their Hearts Out" is an eight-year journey through the world of grassroots basketball, where boys as young as 10 are targeted by shoe company ex...
The NCAA knows they have a built-in, emotional captive audience for each team -- so, expanding their field of teams is a brilliant way to monetize school spirit.
We know that sports provide a powerful political and social tool to advance societies around the world, but it seems that girls who participate in athletics everywhere end up ahead.
Over the years, I have noticed an increasing problem in many of my teen patients: sleep deprivation.
However silly, misguided, and stupid our opinions and actions regarding our schools may be, at least we ain't as bad as them Texans.
A flat tax is regressive, adversely affects the poorest the worst, and rejects the notion that those who are most able should contribute more to the perpetuation of an equitable and just society.
Let's get rid of that national monument to flaunted hypocrisy: intercollegiate athletics. Let's start over, with voluntary intramural sports only.
