In the 2024 National Football League (NFL) offseason, the NFL and National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) created a series of rule changes and safety measures to protect players from concussions. These…
Category: Sports
10 Peculiar Sports No One Knows About
What do you think the most played sport is? You might think soccer, tennis, football, basketball, baseball, badminton, cricket, swimming, hockey, and so forth. You would be right, because these are some…
In The Spotlight: FLVS Sport Stars
Have you ever wondered how many Florida Virtual School students partake in sports? There are hundreds of student athletes at FLVS, but today I will feature four students who actively participate in sports.
In The Spotlight: The NFL
The National Football League (NFL) is a major football organization founded in 1920. The first president of this organization was Jim Thorpe, who was not only an exceptional athlete on the field,…
In The Spotlight: Maya Moore
Maya April Moore, A professional WNBA basketball player who was born on June 11, 1989 in Jefferson City Missouri. Maya started playing basketball at the age of three years old all thanks to her mother, Kathryn Moore who mounted a basketball hoop on the back of a…
In the Spotlight: Kobe Bryant
Kobe “Bean” Bryant, was born on August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kobe’s father, Joe “Jelly Bean” Bryant, was a professional basketball player who played eight seasons in the NBA (National Basketball…
In The Spotlight: Usain Bolt
Usain St. Leo Bolt was born on August 21, 1986 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Bolt is a world famous Jamaican sprinter and has won gold medals for the 100m and 200m dash in the Olympic Games. Bolt is now titled…
Indoor Volleyball vs. Beach Volleyball
Originally founded in 1895 by William G. Morgan as “Mintonette,” the sport of volleyball has well advanced from a leisure activity to an Olympic sport with nearly twenty different branches to its original form.
COVID-19 and the Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics is an international event occurring every four years to create an assortment of competition in numerous sports practiced on snow and ice. A feature of notable winter sports such…