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  • August 2008

    • Give Me an O! U! C! H!

      LiveScience  |  Aug 12, 08 12:45 PM CDT

      Give Me an O! U! C! H!

      (Newser) - Cheerleading accounts for more catastrophic injuries than every other girls’ sport combined, LiveScience reports. Of the 103 fatal, debilitating, or serious injuries female high school athletes incurred between 1982 and 2007, 67 occurred while cheerleading. Participants in the next-most-dangerous activity, gymnastics, sustained just nine such injuries. The proportions for college athletes were similar. More »

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      high school  • cheerleading  • high school sports  • sports injuries

  • July 2008

    • Big Texas Steroid Sweep Nets 2 Students

      Associated Press  |  Jul 23, 08 6:01 PM CDT

      Big Texas Steroid Sweep Nets 2 Students

      (Newser) - Texas’s $6-million program to test high school athletes for steroids found two students out of 10,117 were using the drugs, the AP reports. Supporters called the testing, the country's largest, a deterrent, but critics see it as a waste of taxpayer money. About 45,000 students will be tested over two years. The two students caught were multi-sport athletes, but authorities did not say which sports they played. More »

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      Texas  • steroids  • high school sports

  • May 2008

    • Mich. Lax Team Suspended After Bum Invite

      Michigan Live  |  May 1, 08 12:12 PM CDT

      Mich. Lax Team Suspended After Bum Invite

      (Newser) - A Michigan high school student thought up a novel way to ask for a prom date. He and 12 lacrosse teammates spelled out "Will You Go to the Prom With Me?" on their butts and mooned the girl at a match, reports the Ann Arbor News . The girl said yes—but unamused school officials have suspended the boys for inappropriate behavior. More »

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      high school  • high school students  • high school sports  • Proms  • lacrosse

  • April 2008

    • Road to NFL Often Starts at High School Bowl Game

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 25, 08 1:35 PM CDT

      Road to NFL Often Starts at High School Bowl Game

      (Newser) - For many of the top prospects in this year’s NFL draft, the path to stardom didn’t begin in college. Instead, it started at the US Army All-American Bowl, an annual high-school all-star game that’s been remarkably good at spotting future NFL talent. Since 2005, 69 participants have reached the pros; this year, 28 are expected to go, with seven projected as first-rounders. More »

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      football  • athlete  • athletics  • NFL draft  • high school sports

  • January 2008

    • NCAA Upholds Ban on Texting Recruits

      ESPN  |  Jan 13, 08 1:37 PM CST

      NCAA Upholds Ban on Texting Recruits

      (Newser) - The NCAA has upheld its ban against coaches text messaging high school prospects as a means of recruitment, ESPN.com reports. Though the rule was criticized by coaches and athletic directors when it was passed last year, the motion to overturn barely got enough support to bring the issue to a vote. The ban was overwhelmingly upheld with support of 78% of the NCAA delegation. More »

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      NCAA  • text messaging  • recruiting  • high school sports  • Division I

  • September 2007

    • HS Football Players Hide Head Injuries

      New York Times  |  Sep 15, 07 2:18 PM CDT

      HS Football Players Hide Head Injuries

      (Newser) - Behind the Americana of high school football lurks the deadly consequences of concussions. In the last 10 years some 50 players have sustained serious head injuries on the gridiron—some fatal, the New York Times reports. And teenage players, whose brains are more fragile, often don't know what a concussion is, or won't tell. More »

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      football  • teenagers  • injury  • high school sports  • concussions

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