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Girls Basketball Team Suspended for Racist Chant

Pregame tradition said to have gone on for years

(Newser) - Some dozen members of an upstate New York high school girls' basketball team have been suspended over a chant centered on a racial slur. Before games, the Kenmore East High School team would join hands in the locker room, say a prayer, then count to three before yelling the N-word,... More »

JV Football Coach Makes Losing Team Lie on Graves

It does not work

(Newser) - A JV football coach in the Syracuse area falls a little short in the "Win-one-for-the-Gipper" department: After a loss this weekend, the Marcellus coach stopped the team bus at a cemetery and made his players lie atop graves for several minutes, reports the Syracuse Post-Standard . Jim Marsh's message:... More »

Calif. Kids Accused of Taunting Black Teen With Noose

Wrestler teammates suspended, cops investigating

(Newser) - California high school wrestlers face possible hate-crime charges for reportedly taunting a black teammate with a hangman's noose, then chaining him to a locker, police said. The mother of the victim didn't learn of the confrontation until almost a month after it occurred. "That the school district... More »

High School Wrestler Refuses to Face Female Opponent

She wins by default, making history

(Newser) - The Iowa state wrestling meet—a prestigious high school competition for the sport—has its first female victor. Along with controversy: Cassy Herkelman's male opponent withdrew rather than wrestle her, the Des Moines Register reports. "Wrestling is a combat sport and it can get violent at times," explained... More »

Texas Schools Cancel Sports as Flu Spreads

Some schools shut entirely

(Newser) - All Texas high schools are canceling sports and academic competitions until May 11 to prevent swine flu from spreading, and five school districts have canceled classes altogether, the Houston Chronicle reports. "Altering the schedule of our events is a way to keep our participants safe," said a state... More »

Student Sparks Row Over Indian 'Mascot'

Chumash student wants Indian icons removed from California high school

(Newser) - A student's demand that his high school remove Indian images linked to the sports program has sparked an uproar in Carpinteria, California, a town proud of its "Warriors." The  student, who is of Chumash descent, doesn't object to the name Warriors but is opposed to Indian representations, such... More »

Give Me an O! U! C! H!

Cheerleading proves more dangerous than all other girls' sports combined

(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... More »

Big Texas Steroid Sweep Nets 2 Students

More than 10,000 are clean in nation's largest such testing

(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... More »

Mich. Lax Team Suspended After Bum Invite

Booted for mooning would-be prom date a bare-butted question

(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... More »

Road to NFL Often Starts at High School Bowl Game

Small company identifies future stars

(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... More »

NCAA Upholds Ban on Texting Recruits

Move to override derided rule finds little support

(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... More »

HS Football Players Hide Head Injuries

Concussions more risky for teens who don't know—or don't tell

(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... More »

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