It’s that time of year again. The NBA Draft has wrapped up. The transfer portal is in full swing. College coaches are making phone calls. Athletes are announcing their commitments with dramatic social media graphics. {Insert Cookie Cutter AI Graphic here followed by Data Center Activist Complaint} And every time I read another headline about […]

I don’t know exactly when it happened. Somewhere along the way, adults took something kids naturally know how to do…and made it incredibly complicated. This week alone, my social media feed has been full of videos and stories that honestly made me cringe. Parents arguing with parents. Fans yelling at officials. Coaches losing their composure. Adults behaving in ways we’d […]

Around here, we’re entering what coaches, athletes, and sports parents know as “Dead Week.” For those unfamiliar, Dead Week is a two-week period during the summer when school-sponsored athletic facilities are closed and there can be no contact, organized workouts, or practices between coaches and student-athletes. No workouts. No practices. No team meetings. No “optional […]

If you’ve spent any amount of time around youth sports, you’ve probably noticed something: there are a whole lot of people making things happen who never show up in the box score. No one keeps statistics on them. There isn’t a championship ring waiting at the end of the season. Nobody announces their name over the loudspeaker. […]