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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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The greatest column ever written, in my opinion, was one written in 1999 by Sports Illustrated’s Rick Reily. It tells the story of when Rick a…
When you worked at something really, really hard but didn’t make it, what did you learn? When you worked and worked and didn’t win the game, w…
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I had to laugh on Tuesday of this week when someone saw a bike in the back of my truck and said, “Surely you didn’t ride your bicycle today!” …
I’m going to start a new thread to my space here. I’m going to start throwing in a piece on local heroes. Not every week but from time to time.
Shoulder problems continue to plague us. A lot of the blame goes on the widespread usage of computers.
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In my lifetime, there was a time when football helmets didn’t have facemasks. I can barely remember it, but I know when I got my first footbal…
The vaccine is here. I started to say “finally,” but the truth is it has arrived with incredible speed. Never before in medical history has a …
Do you remember the little Maple tree behind my clinic? I’ve written about it several times. It’s the one that was planted when we built the C…
His name was Rat. I did a column years ago about him, and I had to call and ask him what his given name was. He told me George Long but that n…
In a perfect world, I would be celebrating another Maryville High School football state championship this morning (Dec. 6). Alas, we ran into …
If you read this often, you know that I am strongly in favor of youth sports participation. You might also know that I am strongly against ear…
Along with a lot of other things, this pandemic has added words and phrases to our every day. I doubt many people understood “pandemic” until …
It’s been almost a year since my knee replacement. To say that it has been an eventful year is clearly an understatement. COVID, elections, ri…
It’s getting colder outside, forcing people inside a bit more. I’ve got several thoughts on this.
Youth sports are under fire from a lot of different directions. I know that a lot of parents keep their kids away from football because of a f…
I’m going to preach an old sermon today. It’s about COVID again.
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