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Cartoon -Sportsmanship

March 30, 2023 Antarctica Journal

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Jimmy Cannon Quote – Sports is the toy department of life

March 23, 2023 Antarctica Journal

“Sports is the toy department of life.” – Jimmy Cannon

Cartoon – Safety Air Bags Are Introduced To Football

March 14, 2023 Antarctica Journal

Humor

Waterboy with Down Syndrome Scores Touchdown

March 6, 2023 Antarctica Journal

A special-needs student scored a touchdown with his high school football team last month, after the team’s coach put him in for the final play of the game. Noah VanVooren, who has Down syndrome, usually acts as a manager for the Little Chute High School team in Wisconsin. But Little Chute and rival Clintonville invited him to take the field […]

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Giving every Kid a trophy

February 15, 2023 Antarctica Journal

“Losing is good for you,” said Ashley Merryman. But as your children return to school and fall sports, they are stepping back into a fantasyland where everybody is a winner and everybody gets a trophy. “Trophies were once rare things,” but manufacturers now churn out $3 billion worth of them a year. In one California youth soccer league, every player […]

Cartoon – Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em (Live Jr Edition)

February 10, 2023 Antarctica Journal

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Cartoon – Sporting Advice

January 31, 2023 Antarctica Journal

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College Athlete Retires To Donate Bone Marrow

January 30, 2023 Antarctica Journal

■ A star college athlete has turned down a chance at sporting glory to donate bone marrow to a stranger. Cameron Lyle, a shot-putter at the University of New Hampshire, added his DNA to the federal bone marrow registry two years ago and promptly forgot about it. But this month, he discovered his marrow matched that of a 28-year-old leukemia […]