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Youth Sports Hero of the Month: Kyle Lograsso (Murrieta, California)

In 2004, two-year-old Kyle Lograsso had a routine physical check-up with his pediatrician. Kyle's mother had noticed a glare in her son's left eye, and she sensed that he was having difficulties with...

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Youth Sports Hero of the Month: Seth Goldstein (East Memphis, Tenn.)

  At a Memphis, Tennessee high school cross country meet in early September, 17-year-old Seth Goldstein finished in last place, several minutes behind the few dozen other runners. At the half-way point...

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Youth Sports Heroes of the Month: St. Clairsville (Ohio) High School Football...

Early in the fourth quarter, senior running back Michael Ferns broke through the line near midfield, and nothing but daylight stood between the St. Clairsville High School star and his twelfth...

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Youth Sports Heroes: 12 for 2012

Every month for the past several years, MomsTEAM contributing writer, University of Missouri law professor, and youth hockey coach Doug Abrams, has highlighted an individual or team (usually, but not...

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Youth Sports Heroes of the Month: Ben Baltz (Valparaiso, Fla.) and Pfc....

Eleven-year-old Ben Baltz was halfway through the one-mile run, the final event in the Sea Turtle Kids Triathlon at Pensacola Beach, Florida on October 7, 2012. He had already completed the first two...

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Youth Sports Heroes of the Month: Andrew Austen (Radnor, Pa.), Whitney Foster...

Andrew Austen, Whitney Foster and Avery Ingram are different from one another in many ways. They live in different parts of the country, play different high school sports, and maintain different...

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Doug Abrams Receives USA Hockey's Excellence in Safety Award

University of Missouri law professor Doug Abrams is the 2013 recipient of the Excellence in Safety Award presented by USA Hockey, the sport's national governing body. He is the first lawyer and law...

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Youth Sports Heroes of the Month: Ethan McConnell and Davan Overton (Oregon);...

This month’s spotlight shines on a quartet of high school basketball players who, in two games more than 1,200 miles apart this season, figured in last-second shots that made no difference in the...

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Youth Sports Heroes of the Month: Dan and Susan Farren (Rohnert Park, CA.);...

In a Cal Ripkin Baseball game on April 13, eight-year-old Matthew Henry was hit in the chest by a pitch and left the batter's box on his way to first base. He collapsed after a few steps, reportedly...

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Youth Sports Heroes of the Month: FC Brossard (Quebec) U14 AA Soccer Team

  Ordinarily, teen athletes do not assume the initiative to defend the civil rights of vulnerable minority children. Amid their other activities and interests, teens usually join sports teams to play,...

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Youth Sports Heroes of the Month: Acts of True Sportsmanship 1200 Miles Apart

In early July, the clock showed less than three minutes to play and coach Brian Murray’s Ellicott Hawks were down by double digits in their Mid American Youth Basketball tournament game in Pueblo,...

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Youth Sports Hero of the Month: Pierre Garcon (Washington Redskins)

"I'm ready for a sports hero who doesn't treat the world like his spittoon," Golf Digest columnist Tom Callahan told the New York Times two years ago. I think that Callahan was off-base in his blanket...

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Youth Sports Hero of the Month: Terrance Washington (Louisville, Ky.)

For West End Yellow Jackets football coach Terrance Washington, practice at Russell Lee Park in Louisville, Kentucky on the night of September 12 seemed just like any other practice. Then, as he was...

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Youth Sports Heroes of the Month: Matt Labrum and Staff (Roosevelt, Utah)

On Friday night, September 20, Judge Memorial Catholic High School of Salt Lake City downed the Union High School Cougars, 40-16. Football games played in rural Utah normally do not make news outside...

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Youth Sports Heroes: Bridgewater (MA) Badgers Pee Wee Football Team & Valley...

  December is the month when journalists across the nation tie up the year's loose ends. With that motivation, I write here about two youth teams that deserve all the accolades they have received. The...

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Youth Sports Hero of the Month: Josh Zuchowski (Jupiter, Fla.)

  Nine-year-old Josh Zuchowski and ten-year-old Reese Branzell are two of Florida's top swimmers in their age group. In fact, they've usually finished 1-2 in head-to-head matchups for the past three...

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Youth Sports Heroes (One Year Later): Jonathon Montanez and Mitchell Marcus...

This column has always followed a "one and done" approach. I  tell an inspiring story, and then seek a new one for the following month. I have never recycled old "heroes" columns because the media...

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Youth Sports Hero of the Month: Matthew Marotta (Prince George, British...

  On Sunday, February 16, the Nanaimo (B.C.) Clippers edged the Prince George Cougars, 3-2, on a hotly disputed goal in the final moments of a hard-fought double-overtime pee wee hockey tournament game...

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Disciplining Youth Sports Coaches: Lots of Factors To Consider

My March "Youth Sports Hero of the Month" column honored 12-year-old Matthew Marotta for his sportsmanship at the end of a hard-fought pee wee hockey tournament game in Winnipeg, Manitoba on February...

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Youth Sports Heroes of the Month: Overland High School (Aurora, Colo.) Girls...

  When the Overland High School Trailblazers opened their varsity soccer season against the Fairview High School Knights on March 12, the girls were short one player. The referees sidelined Trailblazer...

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