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Gotham make McKenna Whitham, 13, youngest signing in NWSL history

History is knocking on U.S. soccer’s door. On Friday, NJ/NY Gotham FC signed 13-year-old McKenna “Mac” Witham, a Saturday signing just one day before her birthday, making her the youngest signing in NWSL history. #GothamFC have officially signed forward Mak Whitham from 1 January 2025 until 2028. Mak has also signed a substitute player contract […]

Cavan Sullivan, 14, makes U.S. history as youngest to make pro debut

At just 14 years and 293 days old, Cavan Sullivan made history on Wednesday night when he played in an MLS match for the Philadelphia Union, becoming the youngest player to debut in a major U.S. professional sports league. Sullivan graced the field at Subaru Park in Philadelphia in the 85th minute of the Union’s […]

Georgia woman Brooke Huckaby becomes youngest female mayor in state history

Brooke Huckabee is bucking Gen Z’s apparent trend of apolitical disinterest in her quest to become the youngest woman elected mayor in Georgia’s history. Now she encourages other young Americans to get involved in the political process. “I’m really concerned that a lot of people my age aren’t engaged with the economy or politics or […]

Youngest Children During Pandemic Now ‘Struggling’ in School

Left-leaning researchers say former infants and toddlers are “falling behind academically and developmentally” after governments ordered lockdowns, isolating people at home, closing schools, shuttering mass businesses and triggering a range of psychological crises during the coronavirus pandemic. The New York Times report on monday. Times — was in support of closing schools, Infant masks recommended […]

16 year old will be youngest male US track & field Olympian

Track and field star Quincy Wilson will become the youngest male athlete to compete for the United States in track and field at the 2024 Olympic Games. The runner and coach publicly confirmed that she had been added to the list of athletes for the U.S. Team Relay at the Paris Summer Olympics following an […]

Hezly Rivera, 16, youngest member of U.S. gymnastics team

The U.S. team heading to Paris has perhaps the youngest members of its most star-studded squad. Sixteen-year-old Hesley Rivera impressed the USA Gymnastics selection committee at the 2024 Olympic Trials in Minnesota last weekend, finishing in fifth place as the team’s youngest member. She is more than 10 years younger than teammate Simone Biles, who, […]

Quincy Wilson, 16, becomes youngest male track athlete to represent US in Olympics

Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old American track and field star, announced on social media that he will be competing in the Olympics. As a member of the 4×400-meter relay team, Wilson will become the youngest athlete to represent the United States at the Olympics. Jim Ryun (1964) and Erion Knighton (2021), both 17 years old, were […]

Pennsylvania bishop becomes youngest Episcopal Church leader since 1789

Shawn Lowe, 49, of western Pennsylvania, has been elected the youngest leader in the history of the Episcopal Church. Rowe said the church needs to address an “existential crisis” comparable to the collapse of the steel industry in the Rust Belt. He will succeed Bishop Michael Curry as senior pastor, president and chief executive officer […]