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 ...

One executive order seeking to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports, is surprisingly picking up some Democratic support. Recently, Senator Ruben Gallego, a Democrat ...

My daughter and I walked into the crowded gymnasium greeted by the sight and sound of elementary-age girls running, laughing, and singing. I anticipated about 30 girls to be in attendance at the cheer ...

The so-called “professionalization of youth sports” can’t be understated as a significant factor why, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

A nationally representative survey of parents released Friday shows broad and often deep concern about the state of youth sports, on topics ranging from concussion risks to the costs of participation, ...

There was a time when children begged their parents to let them play an organized sport. Today, it seems as if much of this has changed. Parents routinely sign their children up to play a sport ...

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 ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Luke Goldstein of The Lever, who wrote about the rise of private equity control of youth hockey facilities.

There was a time when children begged their parents to let them play an organized sport. Today, it seems as if much of this has changed. Parents routinely sign their children up to play a sport ...

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 ...