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What Screen Time Is Costing Young Athletes

Tell me I’m not the only one who’s witnessed this scene before.

Aug 28 • Melissa Jacobs

This Kid-Run Wiffle Ball League Is Everything Youth Sports Has Lost

It’s a typical summer day for the tweens and teens of River Vale, New Jersey, an idyllic town of about 10,000 located 30 miles northwest of midtown…

Aug 6 • Melissa Jacobs

U.S. Soccer's Missed Opportunities

Reflections on the USMNT's World Cup faceplant

Jul 14 • Melissa Jacobs

Don’t Let Youth Sports Take Over Your Life

Jun 17 • Melissa Jacobs

Youth Sports Social Media Gone Wild

Have we gone overboard?

Jun 2 • Melissa Jacobs

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