Posts Tagged ‘ fans ’

In late April, the freshman girls soccer team from Larkin High in Elgin, Illinois, played the girls from St. Charles East. A few St. Charles fans began heckling the Larkin girls before the game even started.
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In the past month, incident after incident has shown that we need to find a way to remember that going to professional sporting events is a pastime, ie. a diversion from things that actually matter.
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We never run low on stories about rude and offensive fan behavior, but the recent news from Los Angeles breaks our hearts.
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High school sports fans aren't burning down the bleachers, but we seem to have taken a step in that direction. A recent story in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune shows just how out of control fans can get, even in the Heartland.
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In a September email sent to the entire FSU student body, Florida State quarterback Christian Ponder asked for classy behavior. Ponder wrote, "I know you probably hear from your parents like I do from mine about how Seminole fans in the past had a well earned reputation for treating the visiting teams and more...
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It's autumn again, when the night air becomes chilly, the pumpkin patches sprout up in empty lots, and letters about bad sportsmanship clog the in-boxes of local papers like leaves in gutters.
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What is the loudest crowd ever recorded at a college football game?
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Principle Eleven of the Arizona Sports Summit Accord states that everyone involved in athletic competition — including parents — has a duty to treat the traditions of the sport and other participants with respect.
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