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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 …
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…
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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…
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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.
You just thought that this COVID thing was gone. The most skeptical of us didn’t think that a year later we would still be fighting this thing…
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…
What are you looking for when you stop at this space?
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.
What makes you feel alive?
Continuing on the themes of exercise, fitness and life … what do you do when you just don’t feel like it?
What is the purpose of fitness? Why do you exercise? What do you hope to accomplish?
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 …
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