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NFL addresses concussions
The NFL will hang a poster in all 32
team locker rooms urging players to report concussions or symptoms,
warning that repeated concussions "can change your life and your
family's life forever".
NFL spokesman, Greg Aiello, said "it is intended to present the most
current and objective medical information on concussion." For more,
click here!
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FORBES' 2010 money list unveiled
The SportsMoney 50-50 ranks the world's
most valuable teams and athletes. The Los Angeles Lakers won the
National Basketball Association title again in June, but the real
winner was Philip Anschutz, who owns one-fourth of the team. For
more,
click here. |
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Legal Battle for EASports
Athletes want compensation, EA and the
NCAA say no way.
An ongoing court case regarding the use of athletes’ likenesses could
drastically change or completely do away with Electronic Arts’ college
sports games. For more,
click here. |
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CONGRATULATIONS to JRW 12 year team
The 12 year old
Jackie Robinson West team
was able to defeat Roseland 10-0 Friday night as well as on
Saturday. Here are a few action shots taken during the game...
click here to view.
Enjoy!!!
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2010 High School Football Schedule is
available
It's just about that time... t ime for
football at every level. Many teams are offering conditions and
camps, and IHSA just provided the schedules. To review the
upcoming season schedule,
visit
IHSA by
clicking here.
See you guys from the sidelines &
the pressbox!
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2010 - 11 NCAA Football Bowl Schedule
The entire 2010-11 football bowl schedule is available now...
The bowl games get started with the New Mexico Bowl, December 18
in Albuquerque, NM and wrap up with the Tostitos BCS National
Championship Game being held in Miami, Florida, January 10. For
more details of all of the games,
click here.
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2010 NBA Mock Draft
Here is our annual NBA Mock Draft... who'll go first? What will your
favorite team do?
Click here |
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Three locals go pro
The MLB draft is being held on
June 7–9, 2010 at the MLB Network Studios in New York City.
Click here
to read more about them. |
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Metal vs. Wood?
As I begin let us
reflect on the fact that the weather has broken from the cold winter
season and kids are making every attempt to enjoy the sun, as well as
the
sport of baseball. Right now around
the States, a growing debate is taking place:
metal or wood? To
read more,
click here. |
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Head injuries to pitchers trigger
cry for protection
by
Steve Henson
YAHOO! Sports
Summoning a blend of courage and lunacy only he can fully grasp, Matt
Hiserman of the University of San Francisco will take the mound
Sunday, his eyes locking in on a batter wielding the weapon that twice
resulted in a baseball striking his head. Five years ago, a line drive
damaged his sinus cavities, three months ago another fractured his
skull and caused his brain to bleed.
To read further,
click here. |
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courtesy of Chicago Tribune
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Jasmine Matthews decides...
5'10 guard from Marian Catholic, Jasmine
Matthews, made an oral commitment to.....
click here
to read about her selection... |
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How to improve baseball
When you think of baseball, you immediately think of
warm weather, apple pie, statistics and tradition. Now those are the
favorable thoughts that come to mind… on the other side
of the plate, many people think of stubbornness, lack of parity, egoistic,
vain, and boring. For as much progress as there has been in sports, there
are still some old practices and notions that ought to be reexamined in
Major League Baseball (MLB). For more
click here. |
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Luis
Sinco, McClatchy-Tribune |
Homewood-Flossmoor native does good
in big league
Dodgers rookie John Ely grew up in
south suburban Homewood but never made the trip north to Wrigley Field
until he was done with college.
"This was enemy grounds, so to speak," Ely said. "I was a true Sox fan
growing up, but not so much nowadays. I can't say that anymore."
Click here
to read further...
Story courtesy of Chicago
Tribune wire |
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Jackie Robinson opening day
On a glorious afternoon, Jackie Robinson West
organization stuck its chest out with nothing but pride as they
marched down Halsted street showcasing not only all of its talent
but its community support as well on Chicago's south side.
Take a peak at our shots from the day by
clicking here.
NOTE: Be sure to join our fan page @
facebook.com/ASNN365
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Baseball Position
Responsibilities
Every job has a description and responsibility, thus baseball is no
different. Coaches know that every time the ball is hit, each player
on the field has a job! We have broke this down in an easy to read
illustration...
click here
for more. |
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NCA & Chicago Xlposion
All-Stars Day Camp
Register today and
experience NCA camp this summer... Learn creative cheers, chants,
jumps, and dances....
ALL skill levels
welcome to attend... For more
click here. |
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Rich South
parts ways with Brooks
Macari Brooks,
one of the state's top basketball players in the Class of 2011,
will not be playing for Rich South next season. For more
click here.
NOTE: Story provided by Chicago Sun-Times |
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James Crockett
commits...
6'3", junior forward from Crete-Monee high
school makes a decision on playing at the next level...
click here
to find out where! |
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Fabyon Harris
commits...
Hyde Park guard made
his selection Friday night at the school. He made his choice among a
number of schools, most notable included Houston, DePaul, and
Cincinnati. To read his selection
click here. |
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Boston cut ALL sports program
The school committee in Mansfield has
voted to eliminate all high school sports to help close a $1.8 million
budget gap.
The cuts also include the elimination of all after-school music, drama
and club activities and the layoffs of seven teaching positions and
one guidance counselor at Mansfield High School, five middle school
teachers and five elementary school teachers. For more
click here. |
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USA
Football Equipment Grants Program
The 2010 USA Football Equipment
Grants Program is now accepting applications for youth and high school
equipment provided by Riddell. We will continue to take applications
until June 4, 2010 at 5 p.m.
Click here
to apply.
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China stripped of
medals
China was stripped of a team all-around bronze medal from the 2000
Sydney Olympics on Wednesday because it
fielded an
underage gymnast. Dong
Fangxiao was discovered to be 14 at the time of those Games, two years
younger than the minimum age requirement. For more,
click here. |
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2010 NFL draft
A lot of dreams were realized this weekend during the NFL draft...
Leading up to it, we were all
researching and trying to predict the perfect mock draft. Now that the
event is over, we are now scrambling to analyze all the picks and see who
the winners and losers were.
It seems as if coverage of the
draft never truly ends.
Click here
for the draft list. |
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NCAA Expands to 68 and inks a deal
The NCAA hopes to expand the men's basketball tournament from
65 to 68 teams beginning next year, and announced a new, $10.8 billion
broadcasting deal with CBS and Turner Broadcasting on Thursday that will
allow every game to be shown live for the first time. For more,
click here. |
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AMATEUR SPORTS IS FULLY CONNECTED!
Basketball We are fully connected with all of the major social
online communities:
Facebook,
Twitter,
MySpace,
&
LinkedIn.
We highly recommend that you subscribe to at least one of our
interactive sites.
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EXTRA's from the State Finals
 2010
Slam Dunk Spectacular
Jabari
Parker became the first freshman —
EVER
— to start for Simeon
Hillcrest
trophy case is full after this season
Who
will be ranked the 2010-11 preseason number 1 team? Player?
 to
read more... |
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Whites-Only Pro Basketball Leagues set
It will be called the All-American Basketball Alliance, the AABA. Its
kickoff will be in June. It hopes to launch in twelve cities in the
South. Only white players—that is, “natural born United States
citizens with both parents of Caucasian race,” according to their
press release—will be allowed to play. The league will be based in
Augusta, Georgia. For more
click here. |
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CPS
C-U-T-S sophomore sports!
Budgetary conditions have prompted
Chicago Public Schools to halt all spring sophomore sports, according
to a memo obtained by the Tribune.
District sports director Calvin Davis sent
the memo to school athletic directors today saying that only varsity
and freshman
teams will be allowed to practice for now. The memo, which some
coaches called confusing, comes at the last possible moment for
sophomore coaches. For more
click here. |
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xTreme Spirit Cheer competition -
Mardi Gras Classic
This cheer competition edition was held this past weekend @ Harper
College in Palatine, Illinois. The Competition consisted of over 60 squads
competing at various levels. For more,
click here. |
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IHSA receives good news
The Illinois High School Association on Tuesday released a statement
saying that none of the 141 athletes tested for performance-enhancing
drugs in the fall tested positive.
Click here
for more. |
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Will-Cook
Cheer Competition
What a wonderful
event full of energy and spirit... For the official results,
click here. |
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story/picture courtesy of Chicago
Tribune |
Uneven Standard: Schools have varied
guidelines when it comes to eligibility
One number won't light up the
high school scoreboard this school year: 1.0. That's the grade-point
average on a 4.0 scale that a high school athlete could carry and
still score for his or her team this fall, according to state
standards. The Illinois High School Association requires athletes to
pass 20 credit hours – about four classes – per week and per semester
to be eligible to play sports. Most students take six or seven
classes.
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IHSA Sports Medicine Program
As a part of its on-going efforts to raise awareness and reduce the
use of anabolic steroids and performance enhancing dietary substances
by student-athletes, the IHSA shall test a random selection of
student-athletes who have qualified as individuals or as members of a
team for selected state series competition. For more
click here. |
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Double dutch team ropes in gold
at AAU Junior Olympics
The Pink Panthers double
dutch jumpers are a blur of pink and black as they flip-flop, skip and
cartwheel between two ropes slicing through the air around them.
Click here
for more. |
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National
federation OKs instant replay
The rule change by the
National Federation of State High School Associations
allows replay for review of a shot attempt at the end of the fourth quarter
or overtime, and only when the last-second shot would affect the outcome of
the game. For more
click here. |
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Shortage of High School
Referees
There is a crisis in officiating,
but the Illinois High School Association, administrators and coaches
don't want to admit it. Maybe it will dawn on them, officials say, if
two teams show up for a football game this fall, but nobody in a
striped shirt is there to flip a coin.
Click here
for more |
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Beware of your Social Networking Activities
It was officially reported by
Yahoo Sports, that many
NFL teams created fake profiles on social networking sites, such as
Facebook,
Twitter and
MySpace,
in order to do some
FREE,
yet simple investigating into the characters of potential recruits and draft
picks.
Click here
for more |
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Bad Economy is
hurting sports!
CHICAGO ? Chris Labeots'
fledgling basketball career might well have been saved by an
installment plan. The Hoffman Estates, Ill., 8th grader is built like
a bouncer, but his game is more finesse than muscle. With high school
ball in the hyper-competitive northwest suburbs less than a year away,
he figured he needed a summer with a travel team to improve his
skills.
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NCAA new rules effect high school recruiting... or
does it?
Click here
for more...
story courtesy of yourseason.com
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