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As if playing a full-contact sport during a pandemic wasn’t wild enough, one South Texas high school team reminded us all that things could always get crazier. Corpus Christi’s ABC affiliate celebrated the beginning of Friday night fever by showcasing two local teams. In doing so, the station highlighted a name that could almost make the NFL’s “Redskins” seem politically correct: […]
The inspiration behind the Cuba Gooding Jr.-starring Radio, James Kennedy, has passed away at the age of 73. Kennedy’s caregiver and niece, Jackie Kennedy, confirmed his death to the local NBC affiliate. T.L. Hanna High School’s former head football coach and Kennedy’s close friend, Harold Jones, told TMZ that he “was just a fine man. We all loved him. […]
The Newton High School football team ended the season on an incredible note. In the final play of the Connecticut Class LL State Championship game, the Nighthawks quarterback Jack Street threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Riley Ward, securing a 13-7 win over Darien High School. WOW! Holy crap. Newtown wins the CLASSS LL title 13-7 over Darien […]
Two were injured when shots broke out during a Friday night football game in New Jersey, the Associated Press reports. The incident took place during the third quarter of a game between Camden and Pleasantville high schools in Pleasantville, New Jersey. Pleasantville players tell CNN that initially, they thought the sounds were fireworks. But after realizing they […]
Last May, an Oregon high school football coach disarmed a student who brought a gun on to the campus. Video of that incident—obtained by KOIN 6 News—was finally released this weekend. In the clip, coach Keanon Lowe is seen taking a shotgun away from 18-year-old Angel Granados-Diaz before hugging the student. The two share an embrace for close to 10 minutes. […]
Jerri Kelly, the wife of a (now former) Arkansas jail administrator, has been arrested and charged after allegedly holding four black high schoolers at gunpoint on her lawn. The boys, who are reportedly all either 15 or 16 years old, had been going door to door in an effort to fundraise for their high school […]
Jaylon McKenzie, an eighth grade football phenom from Mason-Clark Middle School in Illinois, was shot and killed by a stray bullet at a party Saturday night, CNN reports. McKenzie’s mother, Sukeena Gunner, told CNN that her son was walking outside of the party after a fight broke out when he was hit by a stray bullet. […]
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School head football coach Willis May is resigning, a little more than a year after 17 people were shot and killed by gunman Nikolas Cruz. May admits that his resignation is due in large part to needing a change for his personal health as he continues to deal with the aftermath of the February 14 shooting. May has struggled […]
