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Dr. James Naismith (1861-1939) was a Canadian-born educator and coach who invented the game of basketball in 1891 while teaching physical education at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Mass. Naismith did not finish high school until the age of...

It could be a record number of changes in Division I as seven new teams have forced their way in with playoff wins. There is a new No. 1 in Division II as well with Campolindo taking over for upset-bitten Harvard-Westlake. On Tuesday, Harvard-West...

Charleston, Ill --- The winds whipped up strongly from the south and affected most athletes Thursday in the first day of the prelims of the IHSA Boys State Track Meet. It did not affect Steve Schroeder (Monticello, Ill) and Grant Nykaza (Beecher, Ill...

Cara Esposito, a junior at Fayetteville-Manlius (Manlius, N.Y.), has given a verbal commitment to attend and play women's lacrosse for Colgate University. Esposito is a midfielder for Fayetteville-Manlius. E-mail lacrosse editor Mike Loveday a...

The window on the Gatorade State Softball Player of the Year race is closing, and the search for elite student-athletes is in full swing. The award recognizes not only athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary...

Tim Tebow said he was vaguely familiar with the story of Chuck Shriner, the Ft. Myers, Fla., high-school student temporarily denied his diploma because he "Tebowed" on stage during his graduation ceremony. Tebow backed Shriner. "I don't think h...

The window on the Gatorade State Softball Player of the Year race is closing, and the search for elite student-athletes is in full swing. The award recognizes not only athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary...

The window on the Gatorade State Softball Player of the Year race is closing, and the search for elite student-athletes is in full swing. The award recognizes not only athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary...

Former New York Yankees outfielder Chad Curtis has been charged with criminal sexual conduct, according to The Associated Press.

This afternoon, the MIAA unveiled the girls lacrosse seedings for the North and South districts. Lincoln-Sudbury (19-1) and Winchester (19-1) grabbed the No. 1 overall seeds in North Divisions 1 and 2, respectively; Needham (19-1) and Duxbury (13-4-2...

A return trip to the Class 4A regional baseball semifinals did not seem to be in the cards for Waxahachie. The Indians were faced with the daunting task of beating Corsicana in a best-of-3 regional quarterfinal series after losing twice to the 15-...

El Diamante is the first major upset victim, but more could be on the list very quickly. Two divisional state titles also are already down to two possible winners. This week's new Cal-Hi Sports divisional state rankings for softball were compiled ...

ESPN is marking the 40th anniversary of Title IX by unveiling the top 40 female athletes of the past 40 years. American midfielder Leslie Osborne still remembers the first time she saw the No. 22 woman in ESPN's countdown play. Marta, as she wa...

Gabby Williams is still trying to process what it means to clear 6 feet, 1.50 inches in the high jump as a 15-year-old. In the span of eight weeks, the sophomore from Reed (Sparks, Nev.) became Nevada's state record holder, a state champion, and n...

St. John's Prep hockey standout Sam Kurker will be heading to Boston University in the fall, he announced via his Twitter account Thursday. Kurker, an ESPN Boston All-State first-team selection in his senior year, originally committed to the Terri...

Although Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), the CIF Southern Section Division I champion, has a strong argument to be the new No. 1 team in the POWERADE FAB 50, the choice this week instead has gone to unbeaten Wheaton Warrenville South (Wheaton, ...