Sean O’Neil comforts his 16-month-old daughter, Ayanna, during his football practice on the evening of July 11, 2007. Sean plays Semi-Pro football for the Fredericksburg Falcons in Fredericksburg, VA. While his wife is serving in the Army, Sean must bring his young daughter to practices and games. Sean’s wife is one of the approximately 196,975 service men and women currently deployed overseas.

Ten-year-old Cody Wilson waits underneath Memorial Stadium after the rain picked up in the third quarter of the Nebraska versus Nicholl State game. Wilson and his dad travelled fifty miles from Omaha, Nebraska to watch the game together.

Shelly High School football players leave the locker room to take the field against rival South Fremont High School on Oct. 13, 2006, in Shelley, Idaho. The Shelley Russets, named after the famous Russet potato, are one of Idaho's fiercest 3A football teams, entering the playoffs with a 10-0 record. They would go on to beat South Fremont 14-0.

Cameron Davis, a junior at Mallard Creek High School, leaps into the air during warm-ups of the first official day of practice on Monday, July 30, 2007. Because Mallard Creek is a new high school this year, there are no seniors on the varsity football team.

The Western Kentucky University swim team lines up at the Russell Sims Aquatic Center in the Preston Miller Park in Bowling Green Ky., for swim practice.