School shootings
FILE - Wisconsin wide receiver Devin Chandler runs up field during an NCAA college football game against Iowa, on Dec. 12, 2020, in Iowa City, Iowa. Chandler, who transferred to the University of Virginia, was one of three Virginia football players killed in a shooting, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in Charlottesville, Va., while returning from a class trip to see a play. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Wisconsin at Iowa 12/12/2020

Nov. 15, 2022 03:09 PM EST

Evidence markers noting an apparent bullet holes are seen at the scene where multiple people were shot near Roxborough High School in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Police search for 5 shooters in high school football ambush

Sep. 28, 2022 12:56 PM EDT

Reacting to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting earlier in the day, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr makes a statement before Warriors played the Dallas Mavericks in Game 4 of the NBA basketball playoffs Western Conference finals Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Dallas. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Sports world reacts to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

By The Associated Press May. 24, 2022 09:09 PM EDT

FILE - This Dec. 30, 2012, file photo shows a Buffalo Bills helmet displaying a WWFD (West Webster Fire Department) decal in memory of two fallen West Webster, N.Y., firefighters who lost their lives in a shooting and a S.H.E.S. decal in honor of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, before an NFL football game against the New York Jets in Orchard Park, N.Y. The NFL is planning to allow players to have decals on the back of their helmets bearing names or initials of victims of systemic racism and police violence. The league has been in talks with individual players and their union since June about somehow honoring such victims. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert, File)
Jets-Bills

Jul. 21, 2020 01:34 PM EDT

This satellite image taken Jan. 26, 2020, and provided by Maxar Technologies shows Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. The San Francisco 49ers are scheduled to face the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game on Sunday at the stadium. (Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies via AP)
Stoneman Douglas players take part in Super Bowl rehearsal

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 01, 2020 02:41 PM EST

Newtown Nighthawks celebrate their win after beating the Darien Blue Wave in the final play of the Class LL state football championship at Trumbull High School Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Trumbull, Conn. Newtown won 13-7. Newtown marked the seventh anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School with vigils, church services and a moment of joy when the community's high school football team, with a shooting victim's brother as linebacker, won the state championship Saturday in a last-minute thrill. (Kassi Jackson/Hartford Courant via AP)
Newtown celebrates football title, but continues to grieve

By Pat Eaton-Robb Dec. 16, 2019 09:50 PM EST

School buses wait for students to exit at the end of the school day, Monday afternoon. On Friday, their football team was playing Camden High School when a shooting occurred that she a young child to the hospital. Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville, NJ on Monday, November 18, 2019. (Miguel Martinez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
The Latest: Game halted by shooting finishes on Eagles field

Nov. 20, 2019 05:15 PM EST

School buses wait for students to exit at the end of the school day, Monday afternoon. On Friday, their football team was playing Camden High School when a shooting occurred that she a young child to the hospital. Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville, NJ on Monday, November 18, 2019. (Miguel Martinez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Amid new grief, schools finish playoff game on Eagles’ field

By Wayne Parry Nov. 20, 2019 09:29 AM EST

Philadelphia Eagles to host HS football game after shooting

Nov. 18, 2019 08:06 PM EST
PLEASANTVILLE, N.J. (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles have offered to host a high school football game that was interrupted by a shooting that left a 10-year-old...

Football game with school El Paso suspect attended back on

Aug. 16, 2019 05:52 PM EDT
PLANO, Texas (AP) — A Dallas-area district where the El Paso shooting suspect graduated from high school announced Friday that it has reinstated a September football...

FILE - In this March 4, 2019 file photo Washburn defensive back Corey Ballentine runs a drill during the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis. The New York Giants cornerback who was wounded hours after being drafted in an April shooting that claimed the life of his Washburn University teammate is trying to make a career in the NFL not only for himself but also his late best friend. "There have been a lot of highs and lows," Ballentine said Sunday, July 28, 2019 before the Giants finished their first week of training camp. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, file)
Giants' Ballentine coping with shooting after being drafted

By Tom Canavan Jul. 28, 2019 04:44 PM EDT

This May 2019 photo shows Corey Ballentine of the New York Giants NFL football team. An 18-year-old Kansas man has been charged in the April attack that wounded Ballentine and killed one of his Washburn University teammates, Dwane Simmons. Francisco Alejandro Mendez was charged Friday with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and five counts of aggravated battery in the April 28 attack, the Shawnee County district attorney's office said in a news release. (AP Photo)
Man charged in shooting of Giants draft pick and teammate

Jul. 13, 2019 11:47 AM EDT

Giants have advised Corey Ballentine to skip rookie camp

By Tom Canavan May. 01, 2019 07:47 PM EDT
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The Giants have told Corey Ballentine to skip the team's upcoming rookie minicamp to mourn the death of a Washburn University teammate...