high school football

Long Island HS football player taken off life support after collapsing during summer workout drills: report

"We're at the beginning of the final stages of my brother," Robert’s brother, Steven Bush, said.

17-year-old LI high school football player on life support after collapsing on field: 'Dealing with the end'

"There's no more brain function," his brother said Thursday, adding that the teen is on life support. "We are dealing with the end right now."

Top QB prospect enrolling two years early in flipping commitment to Ole Miss

College football prospect Austin Simmons is now a Rebel with a cause. 

Arkansas football recruit dead at 18 after ATV crash

The 18-year-old defensive lineman recently completed his junior year at Memphis University School, where he was also a wrestler.

Kentucky high school football player dead at 17 after head injury on 'clean tackle'

Andrew Dodson, a high school football player in Kentucky, died after he suffered a head injury during an intrasquad scrimmage on Friday.

6-foot-10 high school freshman gets size 23 shoes to help him play football

A 6-foot-10 high school freshman, Eric Kilburn — with record-breaking size 23 feet — met with Under Armour for custom shoes on March 26, 2023.

HBCU yanks offer to quarterback who lost Florida scholarship after racial slur video

A historically black college has yanked a scholarship offer to a white Florida quarterback who had a prior scholarship pulled after he used the n-word, according to reports.

Train engineer charged in crash death of star high school football player

17-year-old Lamar Patterson was killed in Feb. 2022 when his car was struck by a light rail train on his drive to school.

Deion Sanders flips top-rated corner for second straight year in huge Colorado coup

Deion Sanders has done it again.

Students back Texas coach accused of hospitalizing kids off 400-pushup punishment

About 40 students spoke out in support of Texas high school football coach John Harrell, who is under investigation by the school and CPS for an extreme workout that sent...

CPS investigating Texas high school football coach for push-up punishment

Child Protective Services is now looking into the Texas coach whose alleged pushup punishment of players resulted in student hospitalizations, according to local reports.

Football captain at elite Texas HS defends coach after probe into push-up punishment

At least eight football players at an elite public high school in the Dallas suburb of Heath were treated by doctors after the extreme workout a week ago.

High school football players hospitalized after coach made them do 400 push-ups as punishment

Several Texas high school football students were hospitalized after they were forced to perform between 300-400 push ups as punishment by their coach, according to local reports.

16-year-old collapses and dies after high school flag football game

The tragic episode unfolded just three days after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed after suffering cardiac arrest during a match-up against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Thanksgiving & football: Intertwined American joys

The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving without football, but the game and the holiday have now become so intertwined that one almost wonders how they managed it.

Ex-Texas HS football coach accused of wrongly touching, spanking students

Teagle was charged earlier this month with indecency with a child and improper relationship with a student in Harris County.

Who is Christopher Darnell Jones? What we know about the UVA shooting suspect

University of Virginia student Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. is in custody Monday after allegedly killing three classmates and wounding two others. The three victims -- Devin Chandler of Virginia Beach,...

Inside the rebirth of historic Hinchliffe Stadium: 'It needs to be there'

Locals largely knew Hinchliffe Stadium — one of two former Negro leagues stadiums still standing — as a defunct high school sports venue.

Football player, 13, who suffered heart attack during game returns home

Cash Hennessy suffered a heart attack on Sept. 17 in a football game in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., for his San Dimas team.

High school football coach seen shoving assistant to ground after penalty

A high school football head coach in Alabama was caught on video shoving what is reported to be a volunteer assistant to the ground.