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High School Teacher Goes Bananas After Sinking Three-Pointer At Halftime
David Cutler is a history and journalism teacher at Palmer Trinity school in Florida—he's not a basketball player. So his form on a 44-footer, taken at halftime of a game last week, left something to be desired. The result did not, nor did his reaction....
High School Reunion Horror Stories: So, Um, Why Are You Here, Again?
This weekend, so-called adults will have awkward high school reunions all across America. We asked you for your worst high school reunion horror stories. We're publishing our favorites during the holiday. Here's one, from reader "B. Green."...
High School Reunion Horror Stories: Ambulance Fight
This weekend, so-called adults will have awkward high school reunions all across America. We asked you for your worst high school reunion horror stories. We're publishing our favorites during the holiday. Here's one, from reader Vince Barnett....
In Prank War Before Big Game, High School Leaves Dead Cat On Rival's Doorstep
Tomorrow is the big Phillipsburg-Easton football game, an Thanksgiving tradition for the rival schools on either side of the N.J.-Pennsylvania border. Tensions can run high, but it's usually all in good fun. Over the weekend, Phillipsburg students stole "Red Rover," the stone bulldog statue that sit...
Don't Worry, Rest Of College Football, Alabama's Only Getting The Leading High School Rusher Of All Time Next Year
It's been a good week for college football teams not named "Alabama" because they've been able to bask in the notion, however mistaken, that the gap Alabama between themselves and Alabama is closing. A loss to Texas A&M dropped the Crimson Tide to a previously unthinkable 9-1, and now the team finds...
This Canadian High School's Punt Return-Punt For A Touchdown Is Simply Incredible
Bravo, Canada. You've managed to take a relatively mundane part of American football and kick it up a few hundred notches. Punting back a punt for a touchdown? Sheer genius....
Watch This Rockaway High School Football Coach Deliver The Pep Talk Of The Year
Hurricane Sandy devastated the Rockaway Peninsula, destroying homes and flooding the region. Residents found themselves scattered to wherever shelter might be found, and schools closed indefinitely....
Now A High School Football Coach, Luther Campbell Is As Boring As He Wanna Be
The New York Times caught up with former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell, who now coaches defense for a high school football team in the same Miami neighborhood in which he grew up. Among the revelations: Campbell might have five children with five different women, but he's now married to a law...
Here's A Missed Field Goal Returned 109.9 Yards For A Touchdown
Sharyland high school did not necessarily need this remarkable feat of balance and hand-eye coordination to defeat the Edinburg North Cougars-the final score was 48-7 in favor of Sharyland-but it was certainly fun to watch....
Oh, Just A 76-Yard Interception Return For Touchdown Off Of A Snap
If you've never seen a pick-six take place directly off a botched snap to the QB, which is most likely on the order of 99.9 percent of you, take a look at this. Football!...
Here Is A Northwestern Student Reading At A Football Game, Perpetuating Stereotypes
Sent in by reader Andrew, here is a Northwestern student, presumably, doing nothing to dispel the brainy rep schools like Northwestern have. So, we have a Northwestern student reading at a football game. But there must be more....
The Most Athletic Football Play Of The Year Took Place In A High School Scrimmage [UPDATE]
If you care about things like "context" and "names," this highlight isn't for you. We don't know who's the running back who executes this flawless 180° flip, we don't even know what school this is. We contacted the uploader for more info, but got no response. Since the video was uploaded more than...
Players, Fans, Coaches And Everyone Else In Maple Grove, Minnesota Got Involved In This High School Soccer Brawl
Totino Grace and Prairie Seeds, two longtime rivals and high-ranking teams in the world of Minnesota high school soccer, came together last night to decide who would move on to the state tournament (it would be Prairie Seeds, which won the match 2-1), and also to whale on each other indiscriminate...
High Schooler Nails 67-Yard Field Goal. Will NFL Kickers Ever Catch Up?
Impressive! Austin Rehkow, of Central Valley (Wash.) put this one through the uprights with an inch or two to spare, as time expired. The kick tied the game, which CV would go on to win in overtime....
High School Soccer Player Is Very Sorry For Destroying Her Opponent With A Knee To The Face
"Sorry" doesn't put the teeth back in the jaw, or reset the broken nose. Still, it's a good start toward sportsmanship! The incident, from a Utah high school soccer game a couple weeks ago, managed to go viral when video of Petiola Manu going all Great Muta on Makenzie Clark's face made the local ...
Brandon Weeden Is Too Old To Have High School Stats On A Scouting Site
Brandon Weeden is older than the average rookie due to a minor-league baseball stint before a return to football. That's why it was funny when a Browns' program accidentally listed him at 129 years of age. An actual discrepancy in Weeden's football career, however, is much more telling of how veter...
What The Best Pitcher In Baseball Taught Me About Prep School, Socrates, And The Art Of Not Selling Out
At my old high school, Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, there is a large multi-purpose hall with high ceilings. The hall features large hanging glass panels that extend nearly from the ceiling to the floor, engraved with famous quotations and the image of the speaker. I remember two of the pane...
Iowa School District Not Satisfied With Current Pussification Of American Students, Wants To Take It Up A Notch
They want to get rid of running laps as punishment in high school sports. Some scientist nerds say it amounts to corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is currently illegal in Iowa—way to go, guys—but there is a specific exemption in the definition allowing for "reasonable requests or requirements...