WADING RIVER, N.Y. -- The death of a 16-year-old varsity high school football player after an on-the-field collision during a game was "a freak accident," the school's superintendent said at a news ...

(CNN) — This fall, more than a million kids, teens and young men will line up on the hash marks for another season of football. Millions more will watch, either as rabid fans or, increasingly, as ...

A tragic cause of death for the SoCal football star, whose body was found earlier this month, has been revealed. Standout football player Ryder Barnes died by suicide, the Orange County Sheriff ...

Two recent tragedies in youth football — the sudden on-pitch deaths of 15-year-old Amelia Aplin and 17-year-old Adam Ankers — have intensified scrutiny over cardiac arrest response in sport. An ...

Prayers are pouring in on social media after a former college football head coach died unexpectedly at 50 years old. Shawn Clark, an assistant coach at UCF, was previously the head coach at ...

Ronyell Whitaker, a former NFL player, Virginia Tech Hokies standout, and high school football coach, died on Feb. 22 at the ...

SAN ANTONIO — The Northside ISD community is mourning the losses of four active and former high school students who have died since the start of February, district officials say. Two who attended ...

Boxer George Foreman was among the best known sports figures who died in 2025. Paras Griffin / Getty Images for Sony Pictures Releasing In 2025, we said goodbye to sports figures who cemented their ...