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Freshman Phenom Jimmy Sorunke, Who Became A Senior Overnight, Is Done With High School Basketball
The bizarre high school basketball career of Jimmy Sorunke, who went from an overhyped freshman to an ignored senior in just one year, appears to now be over....
A 23-year-old assistant coach and a Cheektowaga (N.Y.) under-18 player have been suspended for a year for their roles in this extremely racist shit at a Jan. 20 game. The player will age out of the youth league but still be banned from any USA Hockey–sanctioned league. The coach says he feels like h...
Three Years After Resigning Over "Inappropriate Relationship," Tyler Summitt Hired As Former Player And Current Wife's Assistant
This morning, the Fairborn Skyhawks of Fairborn, Ohio announced that they had hired Brooklyn Summitt, née Brooklyn Pumroy, to be the school’s new girls’ basketball coach. One of her new assistant coaches will be her husband Tyler Summitt. ...
A Transgender Anti-Discrimination Law Won't Mark The End Of Women's Sports
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing yesterday to discuss the Equality Act, a bill that would create a national ban on discrimination against LGBT people—something that only a minority of states legally prohibit at the moment. In the wake of some major gains for queer and trans people in thi...
The woefully overmatched basketball player who was tasked with guarding 7-foot-6 Tacko Fall in a high school game spoke to the Washington Post about his moment, immortalized on the internet and resurfaced when UCF played Duke. “Just know I made sure he didn’t score on me or dunk on me,” Nyquel Alexa...
50 Years Ago, The <i>Washington Post</i> Started One Of The Biggest Controversies In D.C. Basketball History
The Washington Post released its final rankings for the 2018-2019 high school basketball season earlier this week. DeMatha, a school with perhaps the most storied program in the country, ended up in the top spot in the historically hoops-crazy D.C. region for what was officially the 28th time....
High School Wrestling Ref Who Forced Teen To Cut His Dreadlocks Preparing To Sue For "Emotional Distress"
The New Jersey high school wrestling referee, who forced a teen to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit a wrestling match in December, has begun the process of filing a lawsuit, claiming that he suffered “emotional distress” and “defamation of character” in the aftermath of the incident, according to The I...
Amateur Hockey President Resigns, Players Suspended Over Racist Taunts During Game
New York State Amateur Hockey Association West Section President David Braunstein, who did essentially nothing after a parent complained that an opposing team made racist noises at his son throughout a game, has resigned after 19 years on the job. He didn’t provide a reason for his resignation, acco...
High School Football Coach Rush Propst Fired For Allegedly Giving Pills To Players, Among Other Things
Colquitt County (Georgia) High School football coach Rush Propst has been fired after 11 successful seasons, following an investigation which determined that the 61-year-old coach had given pills to students, overstepped his position in at least one school personnel matter, and attempted to use scho...
High School Playoff Game Ends With Rare Double Court Storming After Officials Wave Off Presumed Buzzer-Beater
Minnesota high schools Albany and Melrose faced off on Friday with a section championship and a spot in the state tournament on the line. Albany had only 2.3 seconds left in the game to get up a game-winning shot after Melrose had just put themselves up by one point. Albany inbounded the ball to And...
Man, This Is Some Racist Shit To Do In An Amateur Hockey Game
A Western New York amateur hockey playoff game scheduled for this weekend has been canceled, after video from a previous game between the two teams this season showed one side taunting the other team’s black player with monkey noises....
Cowardly High School Team Bleeds Over Two Minutes Off Clock By Standing At Half-Court
Enjoy this inspiring sports action, from Wednesday’s second-round playoff game between two Pittsburgh high school basketball teams:...
Falling Light Pole At High School Soccer Game Injures Player, Breaks Referee's Leg
A light pole barely missed crushing a high school soccer referee’s head when it fell onto the field during a soccer game Saturday in Clarksville, Arkansas. The referee sustained two broken bones in his leg, and a player who was also hit suffered cuts to his head and legs, according to KFSM....
High School Basketball Brawl Gets Both Teams Disqualified From State Playoffs
In the waning minutes of last Friday’s Illinois Class 3A sectional final between Farragut and North Lawndale, Farragut’s Donovan Jones went for a dunk when a North Lawndale player appeared to undercut him, causing him to topple awkwardly to the hardwood. Others rushed in, a handful of spectators joi...
The Best And Brightest Of This Year's Minnesota High School Hockey Hair
Could it be? Is this really the final Minnesota High School All-Hockey Hair Team? John King, the caretaker of this hallowed pantheon, frames this year’s video as the last ever. If this really is the end, at least he made it count. Somehow, New Ulm forward Teagan Kamm’s combination of a bleached mull...
Adrian Dantley Returned To The Site Of A Legendary Prep Hoops Debacle, This Time As A Kids' Rec League Ref
Adrian Dantley just refereed my son Eddie’s rec league game. An NBA all-timer and maybe the best little big man in the history of the game, working a weeknight seventh-grade playoff at D.C.’s Jelleff Recreation Center....
Minnesota High School Hockey Announcer Yanked Off Air After "Lynching Ropes" Comment
Doug McLeod, a play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Boys’ State Hockey Tournament, was pulled off the air Thursday after he referred to “lynching ropes” during a game broadcast....
This Perfect High School Basketball Highlight Has One Block, One Dime, One Dunk, And Zero Dribbles
What can a highlight truther truther when the highlight has no dribbles? Let’s find out. Brandon Beidleman tried to take it to the rack as his Zebulon B. Vance Cougars played the West Charlotte Lions in Charlotte, N.C. on Thursday night. Lions senior Patrick Williams swatted that shit, sending the ...
This Perfect High School Basketball Highlight Has One Block, One Dime, One Dunk, And Zero Dribbles
What can a highlight truther truther when the highlight has no dribbles? Let’s find out. Brandon Beidleman tried to take it to the rack as his Zebulon B. Vance Cougars played the West Charlotte Lions in Charlotte, N.C. on Thursday night. Lions senior Patrick Williams swatted that shit, sending the ...
Mike McCarthy Is Using His Free Time To Yell At High School Basketball Officials
Ex-Packers head coach Mike McCarthy, who was fired with four games remaining last season, can’t yell at NFL officials anymore. He’s apparently filling the void by shouting at and chasing high school basketball refs instead. And there’s video....