The past 18 months of Keegan Jones' life have been filled with adversity.

The COVID-19 pandemic has already altered the country's sports landscape at all levels.

Growing up in a rough part of Chicago's South Side, Saint Wilkins figured he was headed for a life on the streets.

Basketball is woven into the fabric of Native American life.

The tornadoes that swept through the Chattanooga area on April 12 destroyed homes, businesses and lives. Grace Baptist Academy was among the structures that were damaged beyond repair.

The TSSAA and the GHSA have released official guidelines for the return of offseason workouts for all of their sanctioned sports, including football, as the nation begins to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.

For more than a decade, Chattanooga has produced some of the top high school track talent in the state.

At least McCallie School cross country and track and field coach Mike Wood was already sitting in the Memorial Hospital waiting room last Dec. 29 when that last bit of plaque forced a 100% blockage of his left anterior descending artery.

It was a softball foundation built on sand. But it became the rare example that such a normally unsettled base could remain solid enough to weather any storm.

After getting a sample of Murfreesboro last season, Sequatchie County High School's loaded softball team was amped up and ready to take a swing at a Class AA state championship this year.

Over the past two seasons, Baylor School's baseball team has set itself apart from the TSSAA Division II-AA field while also achieving national respect.

With a sweet, compact stroke from the left-hand side of the box, Riley Black has often turned the Toby McKenzie Baseball Complex into a launching pad during batting practice.

For the past 60 years, the Chattanooga Area Swim League has thrived, establishing teams from Cleveland down to Calhoun and annually showcasing more than 1,000 competitors often ranging in age from 5 to 18.

Mark Price, who has had a history of success at every level of his career, has been named the new athletic director for Baylor School.

The coronavirus pandemic has done what no other TSSAA Division II-AA girls' tennis program has been able to do for a decade.

Noah Tremain has had a major impact on a dominant program since he earned a starting role as an eighth grader.

The week before Memorial Day has been highlighted by the Spring Fling for more than 25 years.

McCallie closed a unique school year this past week as months of off-campus online instruction amid the coronavirus pandemic wrapped up, but 12 Blue Tornado student-athletes looked ahead by revealing their collegiate sports plans.

It's 4:49 on Friday afternoon when Howard School football coach John Starr parks his white 2008 Chevrolet Suburban in front of the home of one of his most impoverished players.

Although prep football coaches in Tennessee and Georgia are anxious to begin offseason workouts, or at least have a statewide guideline in place for all teams to follow, their state athletic associations have forced them to pump the brakes.

A return to youth sports in the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic is fraught with questions, from the health of everyone who attends to the ethics of potentially putting children in harm's way in the name of getting back to business.

When Andy Webb took charge of the East Hamilton boys' basketball program last July, the Hurricanes' new head coach zoned in on a mission.

While no one is actually playing football right now, analytics and data collecting are contributing to safety in the sport like at no other time.