Former New York Times writer Harvey Araton's novel reveals a raucous life of a youth athlete, and lessons we can all learn ...

UNICEF Ambassador Laurie Hernandez plays with migrant children in a UNICEF-supported child-friendly space in Panama during a program visit in 2023. When people ask how I became an Olympic gymnast, ...

Over the past decade — and especially since the COVID-19 pandemic — participation in organized youth sports has been steadily declining. Experts cite numerous reasons for this trend — the most ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Weeks before my first day of ninth grade, I got a phone call. It was an incoming senior at Revere High School, checking to see if I planned to go out for the tennis team. I must have ...

A new podcast highlights the connection between women playing sports and finding success later in life. Hosted by former Irish field hockey pro Nikki Symmons and Rachel Shelley of The L Word fame, the ...

We live in the greatest era of sports TV play-by-play voices. The ability to describe what we see in front of us, coupled with advances in technology that allow for deeper insight into a sport, has ...

Youth sports are adult organized and controlled athletic programs for young people in the 6-to-18-year-old age range. The participants are formally organized into teams and leagues, and practices and ...

Last year, at age 72, after a gap of almost 40 years, I resumed taking tennis lessons. I figured that if I am going to be the next Roger Federer, what better time to start than right now? Many older ...