On a Wednesday night in February at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, purple foam fingers swayed in the air during LOVB Austin’s third home game of the season. As the inaugural-season champions, the pressure was on for Austin to beat LOVB Atlanta. After a long rally, University of Texas alum Madisen Skinner scored a […]
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Texas Kids Want to Play Sports. But Can They Afford To?
In Houston, a city where athletic opportunities can be as uneven as the notoriously bumpy sidewalks, 16-year-old Mallika Mohan knows that passion alone isn’t enough to get into – and stay in – youth sports. Mallika, a sophomore at Bellaire High School, has been learning ballet and Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance, since she was […]