high school sports

By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer Which playing surface is safer for athletes: natural grass or artificial turf?The question is important not just in football, but also for soccer,…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Facing blowback, the director of Florida’s high school sports governing body is backing away from using an eligibility form that requires female…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Facing blowback, the director of Florida’s high school sports governing body is backing away from using an eligibility form that requires female…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Facing blowback, the director of Florida’s high school sports governing body is backing away from using an eligibility form that requires female…

By LINDSEY TANNER - AP Medical Writer Quick on-the-field emergency care from well-rehearsed medical personnel is widely credited with helping save Damar Hamlin’s life. But whether his cardiac arrest…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a challenge to Connecticut's policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls high school sports, rejecting arguments by four cisgender runners who…

By BERNIE WILSON - AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jada Williams was a social media star and a talented point guard when she moved with her mother from a Kansas City suburb to San Diego, looking to…

By HOLLY MEYER - Associated Press Dolores Mejia thought the Chicago Bears could use a Hail Mary.In fact, she said the prayer several times as she watched the 1986 Super Bowl, pairing the intercession to…

Across the ideological spectrum, there were predictions of dramatic consequences when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a public high school football coach’s right to pray on the field after games.Yet three months…

AP EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Ducks tight end Spencer Webb has died after falling and striking his head on rock slides at a popular swimming lake near Eugene, Oregon, authorities said.The 22-year-old…