Stanford football player ‘acquitted’ of ‘rape’
A football player at a premier university was charged with sexually assaulting an anonymous female student and found not responsible by a disciplinary board.
Sports
Broken Arrow students work football’s big screen
The students at Broken Arrow HS in Oklahoma were running the video production studio during football season this fall, a tribute to students and staff.
Minn. Gophers end boycott over sex assault
U. of Minn. football players boycotted their own team last week because 10 players were suspended for a sexual assault. The boycott's over.
Runners’ brains, like musicians’, more connected
Research shows that runners' brains, like those of musicians, are more connected in their networks of neurons. What's that about?
Some young NFL players have brain injuries
Research out of Johns Hopkins shows, people who play football or other sports and suffer head trauma are at increased risk of neurodegenerative disease.
Concussion healing time linked to symptom count
Patients who suffered more symptom after a concussion took longer to recover, and some didn't ever recover, even about 4 years out.
3 IL fall teams join the list of state champs
A few teams this fall are celebrating the winning of a state championship for the first time in their school's history.
IL has football champs in classes 1A to 4A
Football title games are under way in Champaign, IL. 1A: Forreston; 2A: Dee-Mack; 3A: IC Catholic. 4A game to come today. 5A–8A Saturday.
$1 mil hazing settlement at Maine West
A Chicago-area school district settled a lawsuit in which 5 soccer players alleged that they were inappropriately hazed 4 years ago.
Under pressure, men choke more than women
Stress under highly competitive situations, such as a Grand Slam tennis match, shows that men choke under pressure quite consistently while women choke only sometimes.