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Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Friday, July 11, 2025

Like any job, there are ups and downs to working in the sports industry

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Terry and me with our son Jared at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida...before the place was torn up by a hurricane. My son Jared, w...
Monday, February 3, 2025

Stop yelling at sports officials (says the guy who used to yell at sports officials)

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There is a story that comes up regularly in our family about the time my son Jared was playing high school soccer and got run over (like, li...
Monday, August 19, 2024

In an increasingly dark world, high school sports remain a source of light

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This week begins my 11th year as a high school public address announcer, and I couldn't be more excited about it. Between now and mid-Oc...
Friday, May 17, 2024

Losing your tribe of fellow parents once your kids grow up

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If you have a child between the ages of, say, 5 and 17, and that child is active in some sort of group activity like a sport or music or the...
Friday, January 19, 2024

Hockey, Jared and me: Bonding over sports with your kid

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That's my son Jared at his office in St. Petersburg, Florida. It's an awfully big office. All of my children have been involved in a...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Sports remain a big part of my life but don't mean as much to me as they used to...which is just fine

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One way or another, I find myself watching or attending sporting events all the time. Some are cross country meets, where I get to see my so...
Sunday, April 4, 2021

How much you push your kids to participate in extracurriculars vs. how much you back off

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I am of the mind that we should all live life with no regrets. And so far it has served me well. I can't imagine I would change much of ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Why you shouldn't yell at referees or coaches when your child participates in sports

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Actually, we all know we shouldn't do this. Yet a lot of us do it anyway. I sure have. Let's say your kid is playing soccer, which...