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We’re all looking for the Fountain of Youth. We all want to be 10 years younger — or 20. The problem is that we’re always looking for the late…
I was in a funk early this week. I had no right to be down — I had just returned from a wonderful beach vacation. I’m healthy. I’m happy. So, …
Let me set the record straight: I am not retired. I’m still working full time. I’m just not on the sidelines for Maryville High School footbal…
Recently, I had the opportunity to ride my bike on the Greenbelt on a Saturday morning. This isn’t too odd for a lot of people but for 25+ yea…
We hear all about diet plans and programs designed to help us lose weight. You can spend a ton on special foods, personal consultants, and “pr…
Where do you find your joy in sports? Watching? Playing? Being a part of a team in any small way?
“It’s never the wrong time to do the right thing.”
I really didn’t think I would be writing this column again, but here we are. COVID has raised its ugly head. Again.
His hand-written sign on a piece of cardboard read “Anything helps.” He was standing on the corner not on a city street but out in the county,…
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I really didn’t think I would be writing this column again, but here we are. COVID has raised its ugly head. Again.
His hand-written sign on a piece of cardboard read “Anything helps.” He was standing on the corner not on a city street but out in the county,…
This one is for bikers, not about bikers. The late great Jim Dykes once told me that I needed to quit writing about that @#!% bicycle, and I d…
Football season is here. Teams are practicing. Coaches are planning. Athletic trainers are working hard to keep athletes on the field.
I took my two oldest grandkids to raft the Ocoee River this week. It was a delightful trip and they survived. That trip got me to thinking abo…
It really hasn’t been very long since I wrote about finding your “why.” Definitely not long enough but sometimes there is a topic that I just …
It’s that time of year again. Time for Camp Blackberry! We missed it last year over COVID concerns. This year is an abbreviated version for a …
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If you’ve been around here for long, you probably have at least heard of Dr. Charlie Raper, a local pediatrician. Thousands of you will have h…
Now is the time. Yeah, I know, school just got out, but if you aren’t preparing for the upcoming season, then you are already behind.
I’ve heard this one many times, usually as a signal that the person believes that the injury isn’t as bad as it could be: “It’s not broken, ju…
Almost every Wednesday, I take advantage of Cades Cove Loop Road being closed and head up Rich Mountain Road. If you don’t know where that is,…
Vince Lombardi. Darryl Strawberry. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Ken Stabler. Tom Lehman. All have one thing in common: They’re all sports stars that h…
There aren’t many of you that remember the old Art Linkletter television show. It’s so old, I think it was only done in black & white. He …
It ain’t over till it’s over, and it ain’t over.
It’s easy if you want to be the parent of a good athlete. It starts with their gene pool. You are directly responsible for that. Not there? Th…
Some people may find this a sensitive subject. I would argue that it isn’t sensitive at all, that it is something that we definitely need to b…
“Enough of the old guy stuff! What about the young folks in the room?”
It wasn’t that long ago when I realized that I never looked at the comics in the newspaper any more. For my entire life, that was the first th…
Only the most vile of parents doesn’t want better for their children than they had it. That’s especially true for sports. Any responsible pare…
I was recently assisting with an accident that I came up on. My training as an Athletic Trainer provides me with a skillset for handling emerg…
I’m trying hard not to be philosophical so much of the time. That’s hard for me.
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