Over the past decade — and especially since the COVID-19 pandemic — participation in organized youth sports has been steadily declining. Experts cite numerous reasons for this trend — the most ...

Sport or study? It is a perennial debate – and a false one. Rather than playing more sport being the enemy of a child’s performance in the classroom, more physical activity actually helps children to ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Weeks before my first day of ninth grade, I got a phone call. It was an incoming senior at Revere High School, checking to see if I planned to go out for the tennis team. I must have ...

From the WNBA All-Star Game to the British Open Championship, sports fans had ample opportunities to see elite athletes in action this past weekend. Many of those watching are children with dreams of ...

HANOVER TWP., Pa. – Athletes looking to save money while also helping the environment have a new spot to score deals in Lehigh County. A new location of Play It Again Sports, a longstanding retail ...

UNICEF Ambassador Laurie Hernandez plays with migrant children in a UNICEF-supported child-friendly space in Panama during a program visit in 2023. When people ask how I became an Olympic gymnast, ...

MANKATO — Not everyone’s part-time high school gig turns out to be their dream job. But for lifelong Mankatoan Andy Oberle, Play It Again Sports has always been where it’s at. “I was 16 when I started ...