If you’ve ever had a kid in sports, you already know… There are two games. There’s the one on the field. And then there’s the one that happens in the car on the way home. Now, I’ve been around sports long enough to see just about every version of that car ride. The quiet one. […]

If you’ve been anywhere near a baseball field in Central Arkansas lately, you already know… Baseball season is in full swing. Fields are packed. Parking lots are full. Lawn chairs are lined up like they’ve got assigned seating. And somewhere, at just about every game, there’s at least one person very confidently explaining the strike […]

If you live in Arkansas, you already know. March isn’t just a month… it’s a mood. It’s group texts blowing up about brackets. It’s someone in your office claiming they “called that upset” after picking the favorite. It’s last-minute lineup debates like we’re all suddenly assistant coaches. And right here in Arkansas, we got a […]

March is a special time in the world of sports. It’s the month when basketball takes center stage. Brackets start appearing on office walls, buzzer beaters make instant legends, and for a few weeks every year, the entire country seems to be watching the same games…a band of brothers (or sisters) joined together cheering your […]

For a while now, I’ve had several people ask me the same question: “Are you ever going to bring your column back?” The honest answer was always, “Maybe someday.” Life has a funny way of shifting the seasons on us. When I first started writing How the Ball Bounces with Bekka, my perspective came from […]