Tag: Youth sports
Ottavino helps out Brooklyn league that made him a pro
BOSTON — When the Brooklyn-based 78 Youth Sports program was struggling, it put out a call to its most famous alum.
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Game on! Dick’s rallies on the return of team sports
A year after safety fears led to the cancellation of baseball and other team sports, Dick’s Sporting Goods is having a comeback year as...
Ex-Michigan and Ohio State athletes team up to stop abuse
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children announced Wednesday that it is partnering with former University of Michigan and Ohio State University athletes...
20 footballers from River Plate test positive for COVID-19
BUENOS AIRES — Five more footballers at River Plate have tested positive for COVID-19, lifting the powerful Argentine club’s total to 20 cases within...
Soccer player stabbed to death features in FIFA video game
LONDON — A promising youth player with Queens Park Rangers who was stabbed to death will be seen playing for the London soccer club...
River Plate without goalkeepers for Copa Libertadores match
BUENOS AIRES — South American soccer body CONMEBOL rejected River Plate's request to include two replacement goalkeepers in its squad for a Copa Libertadores...
It’s time: Duncan, Bryant, Garnett to enter Hall of Fame
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Vanessa Bryant got a private tour to see some of the newly remodeled Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday,...
Athlete union research aims to improve child protection
GENEVA — A world-wide network of athletes’ unions published research Tuesday aimed at better protecting young people in sports following sexual abuse scandals in...
Prospects dim for passage of LGBTQ rights bill in Senate
WASHINGTON — Controlling Congress and the White House for the first time in a decade, Democrats were hopeful that this would be the year...
Kraken launch foundation focused on youth homelessness
SEATTLE — Months before their first game, the Seattle Kraken have launched the club’s One Roof Foundation in partnership with Climate Pledge Arena.
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