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, [...]
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.
That’s no Gatorade or Powerade recipe for a sports drink. I’m sure my coaches weren’t thinking of e-coli bacteria, deadly viruses or poisoning when my teammates and I at Whitehall High School in Wisconsin, had to chug water during a break from football practice using an outdoor hose faucet and our football helmets. Looking back [...]
I saw this photo on the Associated Press wire tonight, and I just had to put it up on the blog. Now it’s obvious this gigantic Packers player didn’t ride this tiny bike all the way to practice from his home.
I’m wondering how quickly the number 34 Red Sox jerseys will depreciate in price over the next 24 hours, as news of Big Papi allegedly taking steroids in 2003, surfaces to Fenway fans.
Is your son or daughter finishing up their Little League season? Are you wondering where to go from here? Do they have the potential to play high school sports or beyond?
Are you or your kids playing sports this summer, and maybe traveling south to a warmer climet to play ball? Here are some tips to keep an athlete healthy and safe in the summer sun.
Just like a woman, the former Green Bay Packers and New York Jets quarterback, now a wanna-be Minnesota Vikings starter, just can’t make up his mind whether to come out of retirement or not.
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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