If you want another sign that youth sports (and the parents and coaches that are behind it) have gone completely off the rails, read this truly unsettling article. No doubt that many aspects of youth sports are no longer about children, but rather about deluded and selfish parents and the 'youth sport industrial complex' in which children [...]
I was interviewed recently by WGN Radio Chicago about the city's pro sports teams and its fans. Address topics including leadership, injury, and the diehard nature of Cubs fans. Here's the link.
If you have a child involved in sports or are a fan of sports, whether high school, college, or pro, this New York Times article should be really unsettling to you. Sports can be a wonderful world to instill healthy values, attitudes, and life skills. But, what has been spotlighted recently, from the Sayresville, NJ high [...]