This is the tightrope Black children walk, even in sports — the space that’s supposed to be joyful, fair, and free. Our kids ...

Less than half of kids play sports at all, and those that do only ... a quarter Hispanic, a quarter Black. A third of students get free or reduced lunch. Half of these students play a school ...

The Black River Falls Tigers have a new team to cheer for. The school now has a team making sure all students have the ...

Learn. Play. Foundation, it was spending $5 million on a year-long initiative called “Take Back Sports” — with the stated goal of getting more kids to play sports and, even more importantly ...

"I didn't see many Black kids playing soccer," explained Justin Morrow ... Morrow now serves as head of sports partnerships and programs at the University of Southern California's Race and ...

The select leagues I was in, I never saw any Black kids. “I just think the inner-city kids today are being priced out of the game period, and there’s not that many playing to begin with. “ ...

He is now a youth sports podcaster and a father to school-aged kids who play organized sports. "Kids don't play pickup games in the backyard anymore,” he told USA TODAY Sports during an October ...

There’s a range of reasons why kids stop playing sports, but one is common: They’re not having fun. Nearly half (45%) of adults who played youth sports say they stopped playing because they ...

The initiative aims to make sports more accessible, enjoyable, and rewarding for kids, focusing on community leagues, coach training, and multi-sport play. The goal is to increase youth sports ...