High school football

Air Force linebacker Parker Noren (44) takes down Navy wide receiver Chance Warren (13) during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, at Air Force Academy, Colo. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette via AP)

Navy at Air Force 10/3/2020

Oct. 03, 2020 09:39 PM EDT

Coach Danny Chavez aids 14-year-old Estevan Rodriguez during boxing practice Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, at West Texas Knockout Boxing Club in Odessa, Texas. Both are wearing masks to abide by the boxing club's health and safety rules, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Tuesday was the club's first day open since late March. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)

The Latest: LPGA reports no positive COVID tests

By The Associated Press Aug. 05, 2020 04:56 PM EDT

Thousands of cardboards with photos of Borussia Moechengladbach soccer fans are displayed on the stands at he stadium in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. A banner reads "football without fans". Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, all Bundesliga matches took place behind closed doors. The German football league, DFL, works on a concept for the new season with fans returning to the stadiums. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

The Latest: Lions' Stafford removed from COVID list

By The Associated Press Aug. 04, 2020 11:28 AM EDT

Georgia, Minnesota players win national prep honors

By Beth Harris Jul. 24, 2020 02:10 PM EDT
Football player Arik Gilbert and basketball player Paige Bueckers have been named national high school athletes of the year. Gilbert of...

This image taken from video shows Tennessee sophomore basketball player Josiah-Jordan James, Friday, July 10, 2020. The Big Ten decision to wipe more than three dozen nonconference football games off the schedule this year has sent a ripple of fear through athletic departments across much of the country. (AP Photo/Teresa Walker via Zoom)

The Latest: Tigers' Boyd back after negative COVID test

By The Associated Press Jul. 15, 2020 10:34 AM EDT

Louisville football signee shot and killed in Florida

Apr. 26, 2020 02:58 PM EDT
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A star high school football player from Florida who had signed a letter of intent to play for the University of Louisville was fatally...

Ex-Mississippi State football player found dead in Alabama

Jan. 21, 2020 08:00 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The death of a former Mississippi State football player whose body was found in an Alabama home Tuesday is being investigated as a...

South Florida football player dies after being hit by train

Dec. 30, 2019 07:35 PM EST
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A star high school football player in South Florida was killed Monday after he was hit by a freight train. ...

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2019 file photo, Navy midshipmen march onto field ahead of an NCAA college football game between the Army and the Navy in Philadelphia. A military investigation finds that hand gestures used by cadets and midshipmen during the Army-Navy game broadcast had nothing to do with white supremacy. The investigation, which included interviews and background checks, determined that two freshmen were taking part in a “sophomoric” game that had “no racist intent.” (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Navy, Army probes find no racism intent in hand gestures

By Lolita C. Baldor Dec. 20, 2019 02:20 PM EST

Sutter Union's Cory McIntyre, center, runs past Paradise's Josh Alvies, left, and Ashton Wagner, right, during the first quarter of a Northern Section Division III high school football playoff game in Yuba City, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019. Paradise had an undefeated season and made it to the section championship game a year after the deadliest wildfire in California history that killed dozens and destroyed nearly 19,000 buildings including the homes of most of the players. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Paradise’s dream football season ends 1 year after fire

By Adam Beam Dec. 01, 2019 03:13 AM EST

Nation’s winningest football coach McKissick dead at 93

Nov. 28, 2019 03:00 PM EST
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) — John McKissick, whose 621 victories at South Carolina’s Summerville High made him the nation’s winningest football coach at any level,...

In this Nov. 8, 2019 photo, Jashawn Pease, right, embraces his brother Jayton, as they celebrate their 74-39 victory in the All Nations Football Conference championship in Vermillion, S.D. Jashawn and Jayton Pease shed tears as the Crow Creek Chieftains won the first All Nations Conference championship, and then remembered their older brother _ one of too many American Indians to die by suicide on a reservation with the highest suicide rate in South Dakota. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves)

Football brings some peace to Sioux family after suicide

By Stephen Groves Nov. 16, 2019 11:23 AM EST

Air Force full back Timothy Jackson (34) scores the first touchdown during the second half against Army during an NCAA college football game in Air Force Academy, Colo., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette via AP)

Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne vs Red Star FC 11/1/2019

Nov. 02, 2019 08:46 PM EDT

In this Aug. 7, 2019 photo, then-Miyamura High School Patriots football head coach John Roanhaus huddles with the team in their first week of practice to open the football season in Gallup, N.M. Roanhaus was arrested Saturday, Oct. 5, 2018, after authorities say a student used cell video to catch their coach taking money from a player's wallet. (Alma E. Hernandez/Gallup Independent via AP)

Police: High school coach lifted $40 from player's wallet

Oct. 09, 2019 12:01 PM EDT

Coach Art Briles addresses the media after a team practice at Mount Vernon High School, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Mount Vernon, Texas. Briles was back at his roots Monday, coaching a high school football team in Texas after a season in Italy and more than three years after the two-time Big 12 champion coach was fired by Baylor in the wake of a sexual assault scandal. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Art Briles back on field in Texas, not talking about Baylor

By Stephen Hawkins Aug. 05, 2019 09:39 PM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks during the presentation of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point football team, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 6, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump wants to restore waiver for service academy athletes

By Kevin Freking May. 06, 2019 03:46 PM EDT

New Jersey moves to limit contact in high school football

By Tom Canavan Feb. 13, 2019 05:41 PM EST
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The executive committee of the organization that governs New Jersey high school athletes has approved a proposal to drastically reduce contact in...

No jail time for man who threatened coach's high school

Jan. 24, 2019 05:59 PM EST
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man won't serve any jail time after he tweeted threats against the high school attended by Purdue football coach Jeff Brohm, who...

Agent Yee, McCaffrey to lead Pacific Pro Football league

By Bernie Wilson Jan. 07, 2019 02:26 PM EST
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Don Yee, the agent for Tom Brady and other NFL stars, and three-time Super Bowl champion Ed McCaffrey will head Pacific Pro Football, a league that...