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The article highlights a group of talented teenage athletes who are already making a mark in their respective sports. It mentions Andraya Carter, a Duke freshman and top prospect for the NBA draft, as well as Chris Henry Jr., a wide receiver committed to Ohio State. The article also discusses the rise of women's basketball, particularly the success of Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark in the March Madness tournament. Additionally, it features several other young athletes excelling in baseball, soccer, track and field, and ice hockey. [Extracted from the article]

Pearson, one of Young's high school coaches, said he heard an analyst on the radio say that he wouldn't draft Young because, "I like my quarterbacks bigger than my kickers." When Bryce was in seventh grade, Craig had been coaching him hard for years, nurturing what they saw as a gift from God. NFL DRAFT 2023 Bryce Young B Bryce Young has a body double. b The guy is here on set, sitting in one of those tiny, unstable-looking director's chairs, wearing the same color hooded sweatshirt as his doppelgänger while Bryce throws a medicine ball in front of a camera. Woo said that once he went to one of Young's seven-on-seven games when Young was attending Cathedral High. [Extracted from the article]

While Bryce - who transferred for his junior season to Notre Dame High in Sherman Oaks, Calif. - is quite the prospect, he's still yet to turn in a prep performance like his dad, LeBron, became known for. Twenty years ago, in February 2003, the soon-to-be King set the bar high for the James family, dropping 52 points for St. Vincent - St. Mary of Akron against Westchester High, an L.A. school led by Trevor Ariza - who, 18 years later, would join LeBron as a teammate on the Lakers. B AFTER BRYCE JAMES b visited Ohio State in October, the Buckeyes offered the 16-year-old shooting guard a scholarship. [Extracted from the article]

Gibson's path to the top of the tennis world (she won five Grand Slam events before the Open Era, meaning she won no prize money) was fraught. Unlike Robinson, Gibson wasn't known for having a level demeanor. Jacobs, a Pulitzer Prize finalist whose previous book was I The Other Barack i , does a wonderful job bringing to life the world Gibson grew up in and the lengths she went to bristle at it. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses professional football running back Mark Ingram's charity work for children with incarcerated parents. Topics include details on Ingram's experience having a father in prison, mention of Ingram's performance for the New Orleans Saints in the 2014 National Football League (NFL) season, and details on the effects of parental incarceration on children.

The article discusses the life of Max Lenox, the captain of the U.S. Army basketball team. Topics include the death of his mother, a crack addict, in a house fire set by her oldest son when Lenox was seven-years-old, his adoption and upbringing by Dave Lenox, the president and chief executive officer of the Special Olympics in Washington, and his husband Nathan Merrells, and his education, training and participation on the basketball team at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York.

The article presents information on professional basketball player Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. Topics include details on the effect of Kobe's knee injury, details on the championship titles and most valuable player (MVP) awards he has received throughout his career, mention of Bryant's contract with the Lakers, and mention of his tentative plan to retire in two years. The article also discusses Bryant's trip to China, his daily activities during the trip, and the Chinese citizens' idolization of Bryant.

The article presents information on Brett Hundley, a football quarterback for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins. Topics include details on Hundley's decision to return to UCLA rather than play in the National Football League (NFL), details on Hundley's career at UCLA, details on Hundley's role as a spokesman for the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles, Calfornia, and details on Hundley's relationship with his family.

The article discusses the tandem sky dive of Dave Harstock and student Shirley Dygert on August 1, 2009 at the Skydive Houston drop zone in Waller County, Texas in which Harstock's parachute failed to deploy properly, causing them to experience a crash landing. Topics include details of Dygert's injuries and near-full recovery, Harstock's injuries which resulted in a tracheotomy and quadriplegia, and the U.S. Parachute Association's investigation of the crash.

The article focuses on former basketball player Harold Miner. Miner's success as a player for the University of Southern California (USC) and his subsequent less successful career in the National Basketball Association in the 1990s are examined. The role of Miner's obsessive-compulsive disorder in both basketball and his struggle to adjust to his life after retirement from the sport are discussed.

The article focuses on former National Football League (NFL) player Kevin Everett. A spinal cord injury suffered by Everett in a 2007 game which resulted in paralysis and his subsequent medical rehabilitation which has enabled him to walk and perform other functions but left him with chronic pain are discussed. Everett's life in 2014 is considered, particularly his family life with his wide and three daughters.

The article focuses on soccer player Michael Bradley. An exhibition game of the U.S. national team against Turkey is examined to illustrate Bradley's importance to the team on both offense and defense in his role as a midfielder. Bradley's relationship with his father Bob, a soccer coach, is examined. Bradley's decision to leave his professional team in Italy to play for the Toronto, Ontario team in the league Major League Soccer (MLS) is discussed.

The article examines the deaths of automobile racing drivers Josh Burton, Dave Richardson and Leroy Kay in accidents at three separate dirt-track sprint car races in the U.S. on May 25, 2013. The deaths are examined as examples of the contrast between the improved safety of the top levels of automobile racing such as NASCAR, Grand Prix racing and Indy car racing and the continued high risks of dirt track racing where almost all racing driver deaths occur.

The article focuses on football defensive end Kony Ealy, a former college player for the University of Missouri team. Ealy's status as a potential first round selection in the 2014 National Football League (NFL) draft is discussed, with particular attention paid to intense training by Ealy since the end of the 2013 football season with trainer Chip Smith. Ealy's relationship with college teammate Michael Sam is discussed.

Focuses on Richard Williams, father of tennis players Venus and Serena, as of May 31, 1999. Biographical information; Successes of his daughters; Monetary worth; Inconsistencies of Williams; His role as a father; Comments from Williams and others.