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High School Sports

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Stream Team

A new pro league is paying teenagers six figures to quit high school for basketball.

Bruce Schoenfeld The New York Times Magazine Nov 2021 30min Permalink

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Still Life

On October 17, 1973, John McClamrock was paralyzed playing high school football. Doctors doubted he would make it through the night. But he and his mother refused to give up—for more than three decades.

Skip Hollandsworth Texas Monthly May 2009 30min Permalink

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The Power of One

At age 17, Bonnie Richardson won the Texas state track team championship all by herself. Then she did it again.

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Gary Smith Sports Illustrated Sep 2009 25min Permalink

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What the Arlee Warriors Were Playing For

On Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation, basketball is about much more than winning.

Abe Streep New York Times Magazine Apr 2018 35min Permalink

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New York City Hoops Are No Stranger to Basketball Scandals

The latest federal NCAA probe is no different.

Kevin Armstrong New York Daily News Mar 2018 20min Permalink

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A 15-Year-Old (Sorta-Maybe) Basketball Prodigy

He’s got 50,000 Instagram followers. He’s been offered several college scholarships. He just played his first high school basketball game.

Chris Ballard Sports Illustrated Feb 2017 30min Permalink

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A Tragic Fight Between College-Bound Basketball Stars Changed Lives Forever

The story of a sudden death amid a high school recruiting scandal in Texas.

David Gardner Sports Illustrated Sep 2015 25min Permalink

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Shoot the Moon

A profile of Felipe Lopez, high school phenom.

Susan Orlean New Yorker Mar 1993 40min Permalink

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The Talent Trap

The inner workings of a high school basketball team stacked with international talent.

Gus Garcia-Roberts The Miami New Times Mar 2011 20min Permalink

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Empty Garden

Lance Stephenson, the latest in a long line of Coney Island basketball prodigies, carries a burden none of his predecessors did: restoring New York City’s reputation as the hoops capital of the world.

Jason Zengerle The New Republic Apr 2009 25min Permalink