Thus: tetherball. On paper that ball may have been reported as “soft.” But out on the playground in the rain, sun, snow, sleet, cold, hot or in-between weather, that ball was never soft — it was HARD.

A 13-year-old Utah boy was found dead with a tetherball rope wrapped around his neck in what his family said was a “tragic accident” on their farm.

The family of a 13-year-old Utah boy who died on Oct. 28 after he was found with a tetherball rope around his neck is remembering him as “bright” and an “example of kindness & service” to ...

A 13-year-old Utah boy died over the weekend after he was found with a tetherball rope wrapped around his neck.

A 13-year-old boy in Utah, later identified as Maximus Knight, died after he was found with a tetherball rope around his neck ...

A 13-year-old boy in Utah died Saturday after he accidentally got a tetherball rope wrapped around his neck, according to local reports.

A 13-year-old Utah boy died over the weekend after he was found with a tetherball rope wrapped around his neck.