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Selected stories from my five decades

in the greatest sport

Tales & Tips

Jun 2, 20243 min read

Why You Should Care

The structure of NCAA college sports is teetering like a rotten tree, the roots which held it steady for so many years, unable to provide...

May 6, 20243 min read

I was a college coach for 35 years and a high school coach for four, stepping away from coaching seven years ago. Hard to believe it's...

Apr 14, 20243 min read

Its been quite a while since I've written, my energies taken up with my latest endeavor. Creating a book, like training for a marathon,...

Jan 7, 20242 min read

Like Isaac Newton's 3rd Law of Gravity - with every adage there's one which is an opposite axiom. One that counters the other. For...

Dec 17, 20233 min read

A million years ago, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I was a high school cross country runner in Iowa, articles on training as rare...

Dec 10, 20233 min read

Friday evening I attended a meet at Gately Park on the south side of Chicago, still impressed by the tremendous indoor facility which is...