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Joanne Jacobs
May 8, 20181 min read
Trophies are for winners
Trophies are for winners, a Maryland youth baseball league has decided. “For years, Reisterstown Baseball has given trophies to its...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 23, 20181 min read
Outing Club can’t go outside: It’s not safe
Penn State students have organized and led wilderness trips for 98 years. Penn State’s Outing Club can’t go outside any more, reports Don...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 10, 20182 min read
Youth football takes more hits
California, Illinois and New York legislators are considering banning children from playing tackle football because of the risks of brain...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 30, 20171 min read
Swim Team
Swim Team, a documentary, about three young men with autism who compete as the Jersey Hammerheads, will premiere on PBS’ POV tomorrow...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 12, 20171 min read
‘Step’ inspires
Step, a new documentary on the “Lethal Ladies” of Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, is getting rave reviews. As the girls...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 7, 20171 min read
What Is The Proper Response To This?
The University of North Carolina may have covered itself in glory “on the fields of friendly strife”, but at what cost to education and...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 1, 20172 min read
Utah girls demand their own football teams
If high schools fund a boys’ football team, they should fund a girls’ football team, claims a Title IX lawsuit by parents of six Utah...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 28, 20171 min read
Why Indo-American kids bee good
In Bee-Brained, in Harper’s Magazine, Vauhini Vara, a former spelling champ, visits the all-Indian-American North South competition,...
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