I thought once my son was done with expensive AAU sports, and now playing three sports in high school, the bank account might gain a little. But, now there is something else to worry about that could factor in to playing sports - the cost of higher insurance co-pays.
My employer would like to drop our [...]
After reading an article in the New Yorker about concussions and head injuries sustained in pro football games, I looked up some information about the subject on the NHIAA web site for you parents of high school and younger football players.
Can you imagine a town in the United States with no baseball, soccer or football fields? No volleyball, basketball, hockey, or softball teams for students to play on. That seems sad to me, but it is reality for students in Germany.
Can you imagine coaching a high school football team to a 14-0 conference record and still not be illegible to make the playoffs? That’s exactly what happened to the Whitehall (Memorial) High School Norsemen football team in 1979, my junior year.
At Pinkerton Academy in Derry last weekend, the mercy rule was announced over the loud speaker at half time. I hadn’t every heard of it before, but it exists.
Sportsmanship does not begin with the letter “F.” In fact there are few words used in sports that begin with the 6th letter of the alphabet. So, why has the “F-Bomb” become so popular in pro and high school sports? If you haven’t figured out the word yet, it doesn’t stand for fake, football, forward, [...]
Here’s a few pictures from the Pinkerton Academy vs. Manchester Memorial football game last Saturday in Derry. Not the greatest field conditions in the rain, and the game didn’t go the Crusaders way. But, with several underclassmen in the starting lineups, they are a team building and hopefully improving as the season goes on.
Practices are usually uneventful to shoot for the paper. But when I pulled up the pictures on my laptop and saw the ball on a players’ nose, it stood out to me.
Welcome to Raising Athletes, a blog for families involved in sports. I'm Bob Hammerstrom, a staff photographer and multimedia producer at The Telegraph in Nashua, N.H. I'm a parent of an athlete involved in AAU and high school sports. You can contact me at: bhammerstrom@
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