This isn’t your normal sports memory. It’s not a walk-off home run or buzzer beater for the win. It’s quite the opposite. The sun was bearing down on the Amherst College scoreboard. Game two of a double header was wrapping up after eight hours of NESCAC baseball. Amherst: 20,...

While this age group is very close to reaching adult maturity, it is important to remember that their brains are still developing and some athletes may still be growing either in size or strength while they continue to mature emotionally. We also know that some of the late maturing...

The chances any of our children are able to use sport achievement to get into college are quite low. The NCAA approximates that 5% of high school senior athletes go on to play any level of collegiate sports. Significantly less play at the Division I level, and full scholarships...