MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — A Black football player at an Illinois high school captured on video sitting in a locker littered with banana peels after a teammate threatened to break his knees if he didn’t comply says he’s “fine” and wants people to “stop talking about the incident.”
A referee at an Amateur Athletic Union basketball game took a swing at someone on the court during an argument that quickly became a melee.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is calling for a two-week suspension of in-person high school classes and all youth sports.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has blamed the return of youth sports for an uptick in coronavirus cases across the country.
A large study of youth sports in Wisconsin has found that there has been nearly zero transmission of the coronavirus among players.
Konrad Ott and some of the parents with his Northern California girls volleyball club skipped a popular Florida tournament that is now postponed. They could soon face a similar decision about a national event in Dallas.
Youth sports officials and referees are quitting their jobs at record rates because of parents’ poor behavior during games, reports said.
Few sports topics have gotten more media attention in recent years than concussions in football and all the various potentially deadly conditions that could result from them.
