November 8th, 2011 | Comments Off
Football is the highest ranked sport played by high school students based off of data from The National Federation of State High School Associations for school year 2010-2011. There are 14,279 high schools across the 50 states that have football programs. The total number of participants in football is 1,108,441. The second most popular sport for boys was Track and Field – Outdoor with 579,302 participants.
The most popular girls sport played is Track and Field – Outdoor with 475,265 participants. It edged Basketball by 36,000
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November 6th, 2011 | Comments Off
Think you know what the top three highest paid sports are? The list may surprise you. The top paid league is the NBA. The average salary in the NBA is 4.79 million per year. One of the reasons for this is that rosters are rather small compared to other sports. Teams can then pay their players more. The top paying NBA team is the LA Lakers with 94.7 million, while the Minnesota Timberwolves only paid out 37.6 million. This may all change when the NBA is done with the lockout. Number two
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November 3rd, 2011 | Comments Off
The best time to start teaching your child about sports is immediately. Interacting with your child as an infant indirectly prepares him for more vigorous activity, like sports. These interactions strengthen, develop, and socialize children properly to become athletic individuals. Eventually, playing with your child will lead up to activities like passing a ball, dribbling, and running. These skills are all associated with playing sports. When your child can walk, now is the time to start teaching him various rules and introducing different kinds of
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November 2nd, 2011 | Comments Off
Two down, eight to go.
If you are a college football fan you no doubt watched, or at least saw the highlights, of Wisconsin and Oklahoma falling from the ranks of the unbeatens this weekend in NCAA football. With Wisconsin losing on a last second Hail Mary pass from Michigan State, and Oklahoma losing handily to Texas Tech, the BCS football picture got a tiny bit less murky, though eight unbeaten teams still remain. And while a number one vs. number two matchup next weekend (LSU vs. Alabama) will bring that number down to at
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