New Hampshire’s schools are currently in the process of petitioning to realign their football teams if they wish to move up or down a division. Here’s the way I see it.
Why can’t parents just keep their mouths shut and let the coaches coach? It was all over the laps the coach made the man’s son run for being late for football practice.
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, [...]
The Manchester School District passed a budget including extracurricular user fees for the city’s schools. Pay-to-play has spread to the queen city like a disease among behives.
Recreational youth sports leagues are an essential part of any town, no matter the population. They are not only the feeder programs for junior high and high school teams, but also play a key role in the healthiness of the town’s youngest generation.
If you enjoy watching baseball, and you’re looking for something to do Saturday, May 30, 2009, stop over at Londonderry High School for the start of the junior varsity baseball tournament. This is the only jv post-season tournament in the state.
-Bob Hammerstrom
At the big league baseball games, you may hear the words “popcorn, peanuts, Cracker Jacks,” or “beer here.” But, what do you bring on the road to AAU games when there are no vendors around?
*Peanuts in the shell (I prefer the unsalted ones). They’re a little messy at the fields, but they compose over time.
*Bottled [...]
If you missed the game on television, or turned it off for the final minutes, thinking Boston University would succumb to Miami of Ohio, you missed a hockey game of a lifetime. There was a lesson to be learned from the way the Terriers played.
A couple years ago I stumbled across a list, created by Jon Unger, of over 400 one-liners that include inspirations, reminders, and reality checks for athlete’s both young and old. These phrases bring wisdom regardless of the chosen sport.
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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