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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...

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. -- Cornerback Kendarius Webster (Stockbridge, Ga./Stockbridge) is one of the fastest prospects in Georgia. He recently competed in the state high school state track championships in the 100-meter dash and the 4x100 meter relay. It wa...

CALERA, Ala. -- Spring practice just wrapped up for ESPN 150 athlete Ronnie Clark, and he put an exclamation point on it last week with three rushing touchdowns for Calera High School in the first half of their spring game. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound...

NORWOOD, Mass. -- Norwood's one-run loss to archrival Walpole (16-2) on April 26 left Kenny Michael with a bad taste in his mouth. Under the lights at Balch Elementary School on Monday night, he was a man on a mission-driving in both of Norwood's (14...

DOVER, Mass. - As spring turns to summer and as the MIAA lacrosse tournament nears, it's also around this time of year that Tri-Valley League rivals Dover-Sherborn and Medfield wrap up their season series - usually, with a conference title on the lin...

SHREWSBURY, Mass. -- While the Central Mass sectional lacrosse tournament is about a week away, St. John's (Shrewsbury) head coach Terry Leary thinks his team already has a playoff mentality. "Our game Saturday against Algonquin [a 7-6 overtime wi...

NEEDHAM, Mass. -- Needham senior Maddie Stenberg literally drew 'ewws and ahhs' from the home crowd as she consistently impressed them with her ease in scoring when facing the uncomfortable yesterday afternoon. Reaching through defenders to grab p...

We updated our statewide MIAA Top 25 baseball poll this afternoon. To view it, CLICK HERE. The next poll update will be Monday, May 27. That will be the final poll of the 2013 regular season. Following the May 27 update, the baseball poll will be ...

Before this weekend's lacrosse game between No. 2 Duxbury and No. 3 St. John's Prep, Dragons senior Marshall McCarthy was awarded with a commemorative jersey, as our ESPN Boston High Schools Football Defensive Player of the Year for the 2012 season. ...

Pat Fitzgerald has never tried to impress recruits with what Northwestern can offer them. Instead, he lets his team's success be his recruiting pitch, and it's working.

It's 8 p.m. in the Louisiana Bayou, and Utah's co-offensive coordinator is just leaving a high school spring game. Notes in tow, the grind never ends. Brian Johnson didn't always have the "co" before his title. It's new. Happened a couple of month...

What is Penn State getting in run-on WR Gregg Garrity Jr.? And what can fans expect? NittanyNation turned to one of the people who best knows what Garrity is capable of on the field -- Art Walker, his high school coach at Wexford (Pa.) North Alleg...

Welcome to TideNation! On Thursday, reporter Alex Scarborough stops by to chat about the state of Alabama football.Scarborough joined ESPN.com in 2012 after covering University of Alabama athletics and high school football for The Tuscaloosa News. He...

Dave Telep's Starting 5: No. 13 junior Theo Pinson's impending commitment, the rise of junior center Myles Turner and the urgency for coaches to land a 2014 point guard.

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With summer drawing closer, Texas high school football teams are transitioning from spring football to 7-on-7 competition and there were a handful of teams in attendance at the inaugural Crosby Cougar 7-on-7 tournament in Crosby, Texas, on Saturday. ...

LOS ANGELES - - While high school talent evaluators were busy this past weekend examining, analyzing, and projecting the future of prospects during the Nike Football Training Camp in Oakland, ESPN's NFL draft guru Mel Kiper released last week his ear...