Think of the last time something went wrong in your life. Perhaps it was a project that came up short, an accident on the road, or even an illness. How much of it was unavoidable, and how much of it was due to mistakes you made?
If you tend to blame outside factors instead of looking [...]
Feb. 22 marks 31 years since the U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the Soviet Union en route to the gold medal.
Those of us old enough to remember saw the jubilation and the celebration on the ice. But no one saw the hard work behind the feat. Except the players. They will never forget. After [...]
Call it the law of intended consequences. A New Jersey guideline designed to protect student-athletes could actually discourage some people from reporting symptoms.
That’s what medical experts told a sports concussion summit hosted by the Athletic Trainers’ Society of New Jersey on Monday. The story appeared in The Record.
The concussion guidelines, adopted by the New Jersey [...]
Rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant made news at Dallas Cowboys training camp over the weekend by refusing to carry teammate Roy Williams’ shoulder pads.
“I was drafted to play football, not carry another player’s pads,” Bryant, who was the Cowboys’ first-round pick in April, said in explaining his refusal.
As rookie rituals go, carrying a veteran’s shoulder [...]
Nothing settles an argument the way the dictionary can. You look up a word, and that’s that. No one disputes what the dictionary says.
Until now. In this link, Aimee Mullins, a model, actress and paralympic champion — as well as a double amputee — takes issue with the definition of the word “disabled.”
In an inspiring [...]
At a time when so many women are delivering such electrifying performances at the Winter Olympics, we can find this question especially useful:
Does participation in sports make a long-term difference in a woman’s life?
An article in the New York Times takes a look. It cites separate studies by two economists. One examines the effect of [...]
Today’s post has a guest writer: Ralph Waldo Emerson. Though written more than a century ago, these words apply beautifully to coaches and athletes: “Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to [...]
Few paragraphs could ever teach more about motivation than the following one, written by Geoff Colvin and appearing in the acknowledgments section of his book, “Talent is overrated.”
This book would not have been written if my “Fortune” colleague Jerry Useem hadn’t walked into my office and and asked if I wanted to write something for [...]
Today’s guest blogger is writing from China on the topic of “International Scouting.” His name is Tom McCarthy, and he has 22 years of experience in Asia. Here is his report:
While today I run a sports marketing company in China that primarily focuses on tennis, I still consider myself a “Basketball Guy” and scout for [...]
Michael Jordan never stopped shooting during his playing career — not even when the shots weren’t going in.
And so it was in Jordan’s Hall of Fame acceptance speech Friday night in Springfield, Mass. He never stopped firing away, even though there were people who thought he wasn’t scoring.
Some who heard it saw pettiness and arrogance; [...]