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Youth sports are adult organized and controlled athletic programs for young people in the 6-to-18-year-old age range. The participants are formally organized into teams and leagues, and practices and ...

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 ...

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Parents spend $3,000 annually on their children’s sports, the majority of them taking action elsewhere to manage rising costs, according to New York Life’s Insurance’s latest Wealth Watch survey. The ...

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President Donald Trump’s raft of anti-LGBTQ+ executive orders affects many aspects of the lives of LGBTQ+ people, including their sports participation, access to healthcare, and ability to serve in ...

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