Cathy Anhalt, is trying to pull it together for her son. Tonight her middle child, Carson Wentz, will become either the first or second overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft and she feels like a huge yarn ball of anxiety trying to keep herself from unwinding. While her son is on the verge of […]
Why You are an Idiot if You’re NOT Encouraging Your Daughter to Play Sports
How important is it for girls to play sports? Well, let me ask you this first: How important is it to you to raise a confident daughter who will graduate from college, be able to get a job and hold her own if she so pleases in a male-dominated field like finance, tech or sports […]
10 Tips Every Traveler Should Know
I spend a TON of time on airplanes. For a few years, when I was reporting on Thursday Night Football, Notre Dame and Football Night in America, I was traveling to three different States every week. I had to learn how to effectively use my time on a plane. Now, I often find myself wishing […]
The Most Misused Words in Sports
LeBron James recently butchered a common idiom to describe why he walked off the court and took himself out of a game against Atlanta. In the locker room afterward, he explained to reporters that he blew a “casket.” What he meant was that he blew a gasket, a common expression used to indicate one becoming […]
The San Diego Chargers Story You Don’t Know About, But Should.
I have often gone to the San Diego Chargers Director of Public Relations Bill Johnston to get the scoop on NFL players or develop a story idea. Thirty-six years in the NFL has given Bill a deep vault of stories to draw upon, but the one that moved me most isn’t a football story, even […]