The McMinnville (Ore.) High School football team was back at practice Monday, after more than a dozen players were hospitalized in the last week. According to doctors, 19 of the players suffered from muscle damage from an enzyme known as creatine kinase, or CK. While one of the doctors, Dr. Craig Winkler of Willamette Valley Medical Center Full Article

The Patriots could head into next season no better than third in their division, the Stanley Cup playoffs get under way and that high school football stadium holds how many people? Full Article

The field for the Final Four is set, coaches are already on the move in college basketball and a memorial column. Full Article

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association will hold its annual meeting Friday morning and one of the items up for a vote is a change to the football playoff format. In it's simplest terms, the question is whether or not to change the format to match that of other sports, and in the process allow more teams to make the playoffs. Full Article

Crowds at New Hampshire high school basketball games has grown of the last several years, and with it has grown the concern that everyone in attendance is on his or her best behavior. What exactly that constitutes is up for debate in some cases, but John Doyle of Foster's Daily Democrat does an excellent job of taking a closer look here. In Full Article

Superstitions and sports often go hand-in-hand. Any baseball fan from New England can tell you that, as can any athlete who has worn the same underwear for any length of time without washing it. Some people have good luck charms, things they wear or carry with them that they believe will bring success. Others will do certain things, or eat Full Article