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The article discusses the accomplishments of several U.S. high school, college, and professional athletes in 2015, including information about the baseball statistics associated with Major League Baseball player Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals team, as well as National Basketball Association (NBA) player Stephen "Steph" Curry who led the Golden State Warriors squad to its first NBA championship title. Quarterback Tom Brady and college basketball player Grayson Allen are also examined.

This article profiles the University of California, Los Angeles Bruins' 2012 college football team. Topics include the hiring of professional football coach Jim Mora, the replacement of former coach Rick Neuheisel's pistol offense with a spread-option, and potential main quarterbacks including seniors Richard Brehaut and Kevin Prince and freshman Brett Hundley. Charts documenting the team's projected starting player lineup, their schedule, and their conference statistics are also provided.

The article focuses on ski jumper Sarah Hendrickson, discussing her status as one of the world's leading women athletes in that sport while still a high school senior at age 17.

The author offers opinions on the relationship between U.S. sports and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Both athletes who participated in sports events in the aftermath of the attacks or who were motivated to compete by the attacks discuss the event, and the author cites their sentiments in support of his contention that sports offer a public place for spectators to share their emotions, something that was needed after the attacks and remains needed.

The article discusses retired National Football League (NFL) defensive lineman Mike Lodish and the manufacturing of Lodish's Champion Brittle, a family recipe confection. Topics include Lodish's role as chief operating officer of Pat's Gourmet LLC, Lodish's record as the first football player to play in six NFL Super Bowls, and the application of Lodish's work ethic and persistence which he learned from his mother and playing in the NFL to the food industry.

The article discusses the acting debut of professional basketball player LeBron James in the film "Trainwreck" which also features Amy Schumer and Bill Hader.

The article discusses the Pink Helmet Posse, a group made up of girl skateboarders Bella Kenworthy, Sierra Kerr, Rella Murphy, and Ryann Cannon, and their promotion of females in Southern California's surf-and-skate culture. Topics include a documentary film about the group shown at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, the sale of skate gear customized for girls on the website PinkHelmetPosse.com, and the girls' hopes of competing in the X Games skateboarding competition.

News briefs on notable high school and college athletes are presented. Carlos Williams set a Tennessee high school baseball record for career stolen bases. Annie Park of the University of Southern California (USC) won the Pacific-12 conference golf tournament. Carrie Casey won her third consecutive Texas state high school tennis championship.

The author offers a personal narrative of his experiences as a stock car racing team owner from 1950-2012 and on his reaction to being elected to the stock car association NASCAR Hall of Fame.

The article discusses the work of the One Love Foundation which was founded in 2010 in memory of the late University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love who was killed by her ex-boyfriend, and it mentions the short film "Escalation" and a related workshop about relationship violence.

The article announces that defending champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway defeated fellow competitor Sergey Karjakin from Russia at the World Chess Championship event in 2016, and it mentions Carlsen's decision to wear National Basketball Association logo-related socks during the chess competition.

The article discusses how a group of more than 20 past and present residents of Chalfont, Pennsylvania have played in an annual Thanksgiving Day holiday football game known as the Turkey Bowl every year between 1977 and 2016, and it mentions American traditions and the Black Friday shopping event.

The article announces that 100-year-old great-grandmother Julia Hawkins from Baton Rouge, Louisiana won her age group in a 5K cycling race at the Louisiana Senior Games competition in 2016, and it mentions how Hawkins was previously featured in the November 3, 1997 issue of the journal.

The article discusses how several former members of the Harvard University women's soccer team have issued a call for unity in the wake of the discovery of a sexually explicit document authored by the members of the 2012 men's soccer team which rated female soccer recruits based on physical appeal.

The article celebrates the life and career of 15-year-old track and field athlete Trinity Gay who was shot and killed in Lexington, Kentucky in 2016, and it mention's how Gay's father is former Olympic Games sprinter Tyson Gay who competed for the U.S. track and field team.

The article celebrates the life and career of professional skateboarder and model Dylan Rieder from California who died from leukemia-related complications in October 2016.

An obituary is presented for Jack Kirrane, a member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal.

The article announces that a U.S. professional cricket league is expected to be established in connection with a 70 million dollar licensing deal involving the Global Sports Ventures LLC firm and the United States of America (USA) Cricket Association.

The article announces the retirement of National Basketball Association (NBA) referee Violet Palmer, who became the NBA's first female referee in 1997.

The article celebrates the accomplishments of marathon runner Charlene Aldridge who was also featured in the journal's October 9, 2006 issue after she completed a Pikes Peak (Colo.) Marathon event 30 consecutive times over the course of 20 years, and it mentions her participation in races in 2016.

The article offers a brief profile of Paralympic athlete and runner Mikey Brannigan.

An obituary for former professional baseball player Clarence "Choo Choo" Coleman is presented.

The article announces that American swimmer Caeleb Dressel, who appeared in the journal's FACES IN THE CROWD column in a 2013 issue, won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as part of the U.S. men's 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay team.

The article celebrates the life and career of 18-year-old basketball player Akyra Murray who was killed during a massacre at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida in 2016, and it mentions how Murray was planning on playing basketball at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania.

The article presents a brief joint interview with actors Paul Giamatti and Ethan Hawke, and it also provides information about several television programs such as the reality show "Shark Tank." Giamatti and Hawke mention their roles in the baseball-based motion picture "The Phenom," as well as their views about basketball player LeBron James and the Chicago Cubs baseball team. The television broadcasts of the basketball and hockey draft events in 2016 are also assessed.

The article discusses Paralympic archer Jeff Fabry who believes that his life was saved after several dermatologists saw his photograph in "Sports Illustrated" Magazine and noticed that he had what looked like a melanoma on his neck, and it mentions the removal of Fabry's malignant mole.

The article announces that Michigan wrestler Hunter Gandee won the periodical's High School Athlete of the Year award in 2016, and it mentions how Gandee walked 111 miles to Michigan's capitol building while carrying his brother Braden Gandee on his back as part of the Cerebral Palsy Swagger event.

The article announces that four-sport athlete Greta Wilker of Belding, Michigan has won the periodical's High School Athlete of the Month award, and it mentions how Wilker, who plays volleyball, basketball, softball, and track and field, is set to graduate at the top of her class in 2016.

The article focuses on the return of senior forward Amanda Kessel of Minnesota to ice hockey after she took a season off from a concussion sustained in training for 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

The article celebrates the life and career of former professional hockey player Andy Bathgate from Canada who played for the New York Rangers National Hockey League (NHL) team prior to his death in 2016, and it mentions how NHL Hall of Fame member Bathgate appeared on a 1959 cover of the journal.

The article discusses the 200 members of the New Renaissance Basketball Association (RENS) in New York, New York who are wearing orange patches on their uniforms in order to raise awareness for gun violence, and it mentions how RENS has been impacted by incidents of gun violence in the past year.

The article discusses Roy Griak, the late men's track and field and cross-country coach at the University of Minnesota, and the Roy Griak Invitational, a college and high school cross-country meet held annually at the University of Minnesota.

The article presents an obituary for Louise Suggs, a dominant woman golfer, golf instructor, and cofounder of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

The article discusses Becky Hammon, the first female full-time assistant coach in the history of major men's U.S. sports after being hired in the summer of 2014 by the National Basketball Association (NBA) San Antonio Spurs, including her coaching of the winning Spurs' 2015 summer league team.

The article discusses the development of the LeBron Zoom Soldier VIII FlyEase sneaker from apparel company Nike, designed in part with input from 16-year-old cerebral palsy patient Matthew Walzer to assist people with disabilities.

The article announces that Georgia runner Candace Hill became the first female U.S. high school runner to break the 11-second barrier when she won the 100 meters sprint racing event at the Brooks PR Invitational track and field competition in Seattle, Washington in June 2015.

The article discusses track and field athlete Grant Fisher, a graduate of Grand Blanc High School in Michigan, whose third place finish at the Nike Festival of Miles in St. Louis, Missouri qualified him as the seventh high school athlete to run a mile in under four minutes.

The article discusses legally blind high school pole vaulter Charlotte Brown, including her fourth place finish at the 2014 Texas state track and field meet, her third place finish in the 2015 Class 4A competition, and her plans to join the track team at Purdue University beginning in the fall 2015.

The article discusses National Hockey League (NHL) goalie coaches Bob Essensa of the Boston Bruins and Robb Tallas of the Florida Panthers who dressed as backup goalkeepers due to each teams' original goalkeepers being incapacitated and leaving the game.

The article presents information on 92-year-old athlete Bill Bell, who completes a 20-mile predawn bike ride everyday, who has completed more than 300 triathlons throughout his life, and who has completed 19 Ironman World Championships.

The article discusses Baseball for All, a nonprofit organization that promotes opportunities for girls in the sport of baseball, and the nonprofit's invitation for girls to play in the U.S.'s first all-girls baseball tournament beginning May 30 in Orlando, Florida.

The article presents information on Jonny Justice, a Staffordshire bull terrier dog who was rescued from football quarterback Michael Vick's Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation, with details on his awards such as the 2014 American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Dog of the Year Award.