Going into his last tennis match of the school year, high school senior Lorris Nzouakeu knew he might get knocked out in straight sets. He was scheduled for one of the first matches of the day during ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Increasing pressures, costs and demands of youth sports have contributed to a yearslong decline in youth sports participation in Ohio and across the United States. In Ohio, the ...

Every time there is a head trauma, cardiac arrest, or other major injury among professional sports, parents take a deep breath. “That athlete is someone’s child. Could that be my child?” Cardiac ...

Sheldon Kennedy remembers playing his first hockey game when he was 4 years old, on an outdoor rink in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His family lived on a dairy farm several hours west in the Canadian province.

A series of recent kids’ sports injuries, some fatal, have reignited a question for many families: Is my child safe playing sports? At least three student football players in the US have died since ...

Youth sports games come to a heartbreaking stop all too often when players take a knee on the field to show respect for an injured teammate. These too-common moments often mark the end of a young ...