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Teen Killed in Accident on Exercise Machine

Death ruled 'very tragic accident'

(Newser) - A high school football player from Sacramento was killed in an exercise machine accident. Justin Butler, 16, was found entangled in a Bowflex machine. Investigators say they don't suspect the machine is to blame, nor do they believe it was a suicide. Butler's death was simply a "very tragic...

High School Quarterback Collapses, Dies in Game

Reggie Garrett has seizure on sidelines

(Newser) - Sad news in high school football: A Texas quarterback collapsed and died after suffering an apparent seizure on the sidelines. Reggie Garrett had just thrown his second TD pass of the game when he came off the field in the second quarter. Players started noticing he was in trouble after...

Performance-Enhancer Eyed in High School Illnesses

Cluster of football injuries puzzles experts

(Newser) - Despite denials from players and students, authorities in Oregon suspect it was the use of a muscle-enhancing supplement that caused 19 members of a high school football team to drop like flies after a training camp. The 13 McMinnville High School players who were hospitalized are being tested for creatine,...

19 High School Footballers Struck by Mystery Illness

Elevated enzyme levels could have led to kidney failure

(Newser) - Nineteen high school football players from Oregon were struck with a mystery illness after attending football camp, with three undergoing surgery to relieve pressure on their muscles. The players, who worked out in a wrestling room that got as hot as 115 degrees, all had elevated levels of creatine kinase...

Angle Fought Against 'Evil' Black Jerseys: Columnist

She says he's a lying Harry Reid supporter

(Newser) - Sharron Angle is embroiled in her weirdest controversy yet, with a small-town newspaper columnist who alleges that she once led a religious crusade against black football jerseys. Bill Roberts of the Pahrump Valley Times recalls that in 1992, the year Angle first entered politics with a school board run, she...

Star Football Recruit Killed in Spring Break Balcony Fall

Cops: 17-year-old was 'drunk and belligerent'

(Newser) - One of the nation's top high school football prospects is dead after falling off a third-floor hotel balcony while on spring break in Florida. Police say he was "drunk and belligerent" before the accident. Matt James, 17, had been Notre Dame's top recruit and was on USA Today's first...

Female Coach Will Destroy Boys' Football Experience

More male role models, less blurring of gender lines needed

(Newser) - Sure, the woman hired last week to coach a Washington high school football team might be fine with the Xs and Os, but the best coaches teach way more than the game—and a female coach will not only destroy the male bonding of the game but also further blur...

DC High School Hires Female Football Coach
 DC High School Hires 
 Female Football Coach 
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Mar 12, 2010 10:50 PM CST

DC High School Hires Female Football Coach

Natalie Randolph, 29, one of just two in the US

(Newser) - A 29-year-old science teacher became just the second female head football coach at a US high school today, with Washington’s Coolidge High introducing Natalie Randolph. The 29-year-old played on a DC women’s team, and was an assistant coach at another city high school. “I love football, no...

Bullock Shines in Crowd-Pleasing Blind Side
 Bullock Shines in 
 Crowd-Pleasing Blind Side  
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Nov 20, 2009 1:25 PM CST

Bullock Shines in Crowd-Pleasing Blind Side

Football chick flick lacks suspense, delivers happy ending

(Newser) - The Blind Side lacks inherent suspense—it's based on the true story of Michael Oher, a rookie offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens. But the tale of a homeless African-American teen adopted by big-hearted white yuppies, at bottom a Sandra Bullock vehicle, goes over big in football country.
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Gretzky, Montana Sons Hobnob on High School Team

Sporting legends cheer on their offspring at California's Oaks Christian

(Newser) - California's Oaks Christian is ranked the fifth best high school team in the country but the sporting icons in the stands often get more attention than the players. The '49ers superstar Joe Montana and NHL legend Wayne Gretzky regularly turn up to watch their sons, quarterback Nick Montana and his...

Jury Clears School Coach in Player's Heat Death

(Newser) - A former Kentucky high school football coach has been acquitted in the death of a player who collapsed at a practice where the team was put through a series of sprints on a hot summer day. It was a rare criminal prosecution of a coach in a player's heat-related death....

Coach Shot Dead at Iowa School; Ex-Player Arrested

Adult gunman in custody

(Newser) - A top Iowa high school football coach is dead after he was shot by a former player in the school’s weight room—with students nearby today, the Gazette of Cedar Rapids reports. Ed Thomas was shot point-blank in the head; no one else was hurt. The suspect, 24-year-old Mark...

HS Coach Charged in Player's Heat Death

(Newser) - A high school football coach in Kentucky has been charged with reckless homicide after one of his players collapsed during practice on a sweltering day and later died, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. The coach faces five years in prison if convicted. He and his assistants reportedly denied players water and...

Arkansas State Champions Didn't Punt Once

Coach wins with unorthodox tactics

(Newser) - Faith in statistics, confidence in his offense and an ingrained dislike of punting were the perfect storm for one high school football coach in Arkansas, RivalsHigh reports, with Kevin Kelley taking Little Rock’s Pulaski Academy to a state title without a single punt. “You can just tell people...

'Basketball on Grass' Has Heads Spinning

Offbeat offense catches on with high school football coaches

(Newser) - Standard football rules allow the team on offense five eligible receivers downfield. But what if opponents and officials can't tell which five until the center snaps the ball? Hundreds of high schools run the controversial "A-11" offense, which relies on confusion instead of brawn. The New York Times checks...

Down Syndrome Teen Voted Homecoming Queen

'Her smile was as big as Texas,' aunt says

(Newser) - There wasn't a dry eye in the house when a Texas football stadium erupted into wild cheers last weekend to honor their homecoming queen, a pretty 18-year-old high school senior with Down syndrome. "Her smile was as big as the state of Texas," queen Kristin Pass' aunt told...

Texas Team Is Tops, Thanks to Pacific Isle

Tongans bring heft to championship high school squad

(Newser) - "Freaks of nature," as one player put it, have helped propel a Texas football team to the nation's highest ranks. He was referring to the Trinity Trojans' high strain of Tonga blood. Three thousand of the Pacific Islanders reside in small-town Euless, and boost the high school team...

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