Youth

People to Follow in 2021: Dr. Ahada McCummings

Renata Simril quote about courage and being engaged in work

People to Follow in 2021: Renata Simril

The role sport plays for children matters. Read, listen and watch more below.

A greguería is a one-line poem connecting surprising or unlikely elements, often resulting in an epiphany of humor and drama or both.

The whole World Series used to fit into a single transistor radio. - Alberto Ríos

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JULY 08: A basketball coach show kids how to dribble a ball at Dubai Sports World on July 08, 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai Sports World is the UAE’s largest indoor summer sports venue. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

A Lost Generation of Athletes

SEVILLE, SPAIN - JULY 07: Physiotherapist Santiago Garcia-Ayala take a boy's temperature with a digital thermometer before entering the facility of Betis basket summer camp at Centro Deportivo Municipal Amate on July 07, 2020 in Seville, Spain. Seville is in Orange Alert due to temperatures above 40 degrees and training outdoor is only possible early in the morning. To make the camp possible, Betis basketball team staff established a covid-19 special protocol. Coronavirus rate infection in Seville is low, in the last month, one person died and there are 10 active cases recovered in hospitals. (Photo by Niccolo Guasti/Getty Images)

In the return to youth sports, an opportunity to improve access

Gold medal winners Kendall Coyne and Hilary Knight of the United States celebrate after defeating Canada in the 2018 Olympics

More female athletes take on formerly male-only sports

For parent-coaches, where does the team end and the family begin?

U.S. Border, Mexico

Special Olympics participants denied access to U.S. despite pleas for humanitarian paroles

soccer academy, Vietnam

What does it take to succeed in a soccer academy?

A soccer player celebrates a goal.

Research shows importance of sport for refugee children

Luke Brenneman, delayed puberty

Opinion: Empower kids, not their delayed puberty

NCAA, trophy

Opinion: 'Devil' will be in the details of NCAA benefit plan

girls, sport, athletes

Opinion: Minority girls face more obstacles to sport participation

softball, girls sports, youth

Girls play sports less than boys, miss out on crucial benefits

Swimmer, Nuria Marques Soto

Body shaming athletes is a form of mental abuse