Latest Youth sports News
Mom of transgender girl athlete says Florida's investigation has destroyed her daughter's life
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida public school employee who faces firing because she allowed her transgender daughter to play girls high school volleyball assailed those who outed her child, saying Tuesday that the ensuing investigation destroyed the girl's life. Jessica...
Minnesota youth hockey camp creates Adam Johnson Memorial Scholarship to honor the late alum
A Minnesota youth hockey camp has announced the creation of the Adam Johnson Memorial Scholarship, honoring the 29-year-old player who died in October from a skate cut to the neck while playing in a game in England. Johnson grew up participating in the Bulldog Hockey Camp in Duluth,...
Florida Panthers, with help from NHL, push to grow hockey in Latino communities
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The spark in Leo Jungerman's eyes when he watched his first hockey game was different. He'd tried other sports like soccer and tennis, his father Alex said. But a hockey game featuring the Toronto Marlies — the Toronto Maple Leafs' minor league team — is...
Historically Black Coconut Grove in Miami nurtured young athletes. Now that legacy is under threat
MIAMI (AP) — Amari Cooper’s football jersey hangs in the Coconut Grove Sports Hall of Fame. So does Frank Gore’s, alongside tributes to Negro League baseball player Jim Colzie and football coach Traz Powell, whose name adorns perhaps the most revered high school football stadium in...
'Generational talent' Kennedy Blades, 20, seeks Olympic gold in women's wrestling
Kennedy Blades initially struggled to fully appreciate her biggest moment on the mat. Her mind already was on Olympic gold. Blades, just 20 years old, defeated six-time world champion and Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Adeline Gray at the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials in April to...
Steady decline in youth hockey participation in Canada raises concerns about the future of the sport
BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) — All four ice rinks at Susan Fennell Sportsplex are full of action on this winter Saturday morning, the air filled with the sound of hockey skates grinding through ice and pucks clanging off the glass. The scene is as familiar as the sunrise in countless...
Rising costs for youth sports represents a challenge for families in keeping children active
The costs keep adding up — league fees, gear, travel — when it comes to youth sports in North America. It's a longtime issue exacerbated by inflation and hardly confined to the United States. The expense of playing youth hockey is one of the primary reasons cited by parents and...
With his transgender identity public, skier Jay Riccomini finds success on and off the slopes
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — One of freestyle skier Jay Riccomini's priceless life moments came this year in Switzerland, when he was recognized on the podium for a third-place finish in a major global competition. It was a breakthrough performance — and the announcer used his...
Baseball becomes a shelter for Venezuelan children in soccer-mad Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The crack of bat on ball and the sight of Venezuelan children running the bases on the soccer field turned baseball diamond on the outskirts of Peru's capital are watched with confusion by locals accustomed to soccer. The questioning looks don't deter the young...
Emotional Klopp tells fans 'I love you to bits' as his final match with Liverpool ends with a win
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — For the last time as Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp ran over to The Kop and delivered those repeated fist pumps that have been his signature during his transformational spell at Anfield. The Liverpool fans — many with tears in their eyes, just like some...
