The Young Champion’s Mind
If you have been fortunate enough to spectate a youth sporting event recently, I bet you did not witness a single athlete with their head down after a bad play,…
Boy21
What would you do? What if you had a dream that you knew was within your grasp? A dream that you had nurtured and visualized for yea rs- and…
Games of Deception
Games of Deception by Andrew Maraniss The story of the 1936 Berlin Olympics presents a unique opportunity to learn about the past through the lens of sports. Andrew Maraniss'…
Basketball Shooting
Five Take-Aways From Basketball Shooting By Dave Hopla We need to get back to basics. By "we", I mean the world of basketball. If you take a step back for…
The Capital of Basketball
At the time of this writing, if you type into Amazon, "High school basketball book," the first book to appear organically- meaning non-sponsored- is John McNamara's book, The Capital of…
My Friend My Hero
Real life can be cruel sometimes. It can be depressing, dangerous, and difficult to talk about. Sometimes, one of the best ways to begin navigating the treacherous waters of Real…
The Leftovers: Basketball, Betrayal, Baylor, and Beyond
There are monsters everywhere. Real monsters. Monsters that seek you out. That find you. And then wreak havoc. Real Life Monsters are waiting for everyone. They all look different. They…
Walk-On Warrior
About a hundred miles to the west of Milwaukee, Wisconsin- the location of Marquette University- lies a battlefield that few people outside the local area know that much about. The…
Coaching The System
The most viewed TED Talk of all time was given by Sir Ken Robinson, and it is entitled, "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" LINK With over 65 million views, one…
A Season Inside by John Feinstein
A major theme in the great horror author, Stephen King's, highly acclaimed book, On Writing, is that writers need to write. If you are a writer, you should write every…