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more about #highschoolsports more comments → Chris Hanson's Axe: Are we really so sure that the rate of concussions is somehow growing or getting worse? According to your article, avoiding hitting during practices ... more » P3nnst8r: She fights like a girl. more » Phintastic: If that's her in the picture, then Bristol Palin can kiss her "world's youngest MILF" crown goodbye. more » Clarence Rosario: Jesus, what next? Letting them vote? more » The Gizmo from Pismo: Seriously, Petchesky!? Jagr cut his hair short YEARS ago. more » Steve U: spurred by two boys dropping the gloves against one feisty little lady. Or, as Mackenzie McCollum will one day call it, "My Episode of Maury." more » twoeightnine: #07? Should have gone with 58008. more » Chris Hanson's Axe: She was only crying because she broke a nail. more » ClintonPortishead: Psssh she doesn't even have a baby yet, she has a potential baby. And that's no biggie because Wilt Chamberlain played with 14,000 of those encrusted ... more » Steve U: The coach's supporters have set up a Facebook page titled, "I support Coach Warren and the FWISD." It had nearly 500 supporters Monday night. 500 sup... more » The Gizmo from Pismo: eh... girl in my high school played prego til her 8th month. of course, she 'didn't' know she was pregnant until she actually gave birth. more » DirkToberFest: Herr? more » twoeightnine: It's extremely sexist. It's ugly. You didn't see the coach sitting his pregnant MALE players did you? more » Karlifornia: Word on the street is that the father is Kerri Walsh more » Jefferson Tardship: She'd be playing if she had one more kill on her stat sheet. more » -
#highschoolsports
You Don't Need Gonads To Be A Goon
And here's another heartwarming girls-in-sports story. Pennsylvania high school hockey gives us the rare mixed-gender brawl, spurred by two boys dropping the gloves against one feisty little lady. (Or in the unfortunate parlance of the YouTube poster, "tagteaming" her.) -
#highschoolsports
Pregnant Athlete Doesn't Want To Be Babied By School
A Texas high schooler is filing a Title IX complaint against her school district after her volleyball coach benched her in her first trimester. This sounds like a no-win situation for everyone involved. More » -
#badbrains
Friday Night Blight: Why High School Football Is Ground Zero Of The Concussion Epidemic
Every year, there are tens of thousands of concussions on high school football fields and no standardized guidelines for dealing with them. That's the real scandal of the head-injury epidemic, writes Will Carroll, and kids have died for our neglect. More » -
#highschoolsports
More High School Sports Titles Decided By Technicalities
A Kansas gymnastics team was docked one point at the state championship meet—enough to drop them from first to third in the final standings—because their coach made an "illegal inquiry." She asked was the score was. More » -
#highschoolsports
Thread Color On Running Shorts Is The Most Important Sporting Issue Of Our Age
I don't know if any post I've written for this site has generated more public feedback than the controversial tale of the disqualified runner with white thread in his shorts. You people really care about high school cross country. More » -
#highschoolsports
Improper Stitching Costs Cross Country Team A Title
There are dumb rule violations and then there are dumb rules being violated, and I'm not sure if I've heard of any regulation stupider than the one that cost a Baltimore high school a county cross country championship. More » -
#highschoolsports
The Prep School Piggy-Back Bandit Terrorizes Washington (UPDATE #2)
The developmentally disabled are a funny sort. Some can count dropped toothpicks and love The People's Court (those are fictional). Others are obsessed with mounting high school athletes. More » -
#highschoolsports
Happiness Broke This High School Pitcher's Leg
Broken bones are commonplace in sports, but a fracture during an on-field post-game celebration is a little more rare. Yet, that's exactly how Auburn high school pitcher Chris Halliday most likely finished his baseball career. More » -
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#highschoolsports
If You're Reading This Post, You Now Have Swine Flu
The state of Texas is postponing all of its high school sports activities (plus some nerdy stuff) in order to keep their filthy population from spreading the deadly pork-based flu virus. You may commence panicking. More » -
#softball
Wait, So Now Naked Softball Hazing Is A Bad Thing?
I remember a time when you couldn't find a hotel pool in Florida that wasn't full of naked high school softball players during spring break. But now, apparently, it's called "hazing." More » -
#randommisbehavior
'Good Season, Girls; Here Are Some Photos Of My Junk'
It's getting so that you can't swing a dead possum around here without hitting another story about a coach or player texting something naughty. Today: Volleyball coaches gone bad. More » -
#claybennett
Clay Bennett's Son Reveals Insight Into Father's Dislike Of Ugly Cheerleaders?
The brilliant "Bend It Like Bennett" has discovered what appears to be the OKC Supersonics owner's son's Facebook page. Graham Bennett loves his father unconditionally — even when Dad rips apart some high school cheerleaders. More » -
#highschoolsports
You Win, Terrorists: Wisconsin Cracks Down On Unsportsmanlike Cheering
So at Ashland High basketball games this season, you can't even use the old "Fundamentals!" cheer when that opposing player gets called for traveling. Because that would be unsportsmanlike and wrong. More » -
#civicsclass
Do Sports Keep High Schools From Actually Being Schools?
A lawmaker in North Carolina wants a bill that would force public schools to shut down their athletic programs if the rest of the school is filled with clumsy idiots. More » -
#highschoolsports
Carl Joseph Elected To Florida High School Athletic Association Hall Of Fame
Which we probably wouldn't mention, except that the guy played football on one leg, with no prosthetic. [Pittsburgh Sports And Mini Ponies] -
#mlb
Steinbrenner High Needs A School Mascot
George M. Steinbrenner High School is opening its doors in August, and although it will have team sports, it does not yet have a school mascot or colors. Can you help? More » -
#duan
Sometimes, One Must Choose One's Words Carefully So As Not To Offend
Meet Tatiana Montoyo. She is the starting point guard on the Syracuse Central Tech junior varsity girls' basketball team. She is also 3'10" tall. I vow to not drop the "big heart" line. More » -
#cheerleaders
Tyra Banks Drops Jonesboro High Dance Team Like They're Hot
You remember the Jonesboro High Dance Team, those wacky teenagers from Georgia whose provocative halftime routine got them banned by the school district? Now they've been canceled by Tyra Banks. More » -
#espn
(Update) ESPN: The High School
Remember Fame? The movie about a high school where kids dance in the street and make out with teachers instead of going to class? This is just like that, only with Chris Berman. More » -
#icehockey
Hockey Players Are Easily Confused
New Hampshire high school ice hockey player invents goalie pads that look like netting. Result: Two shutouts so far. [Boston Globe]
