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For grade school-aged children, often the best boost to their academic and social performance is the addition of an extracurricular activity to stimulate their brain and body. Sports, for example, not only engage children physically but also encourage them to work on a number of skill sets like communication and perseverance.  The importance and real […]

Collectively, we have become all too familiar with the exhausting news cycle that seemingly has death and destruction and economic downturns playing on repeat. Mass school shootings. Climate change. January 6th hearings. The war in Ukraine. Now even Monkeypox, recently hoped to be a rare set of cases, has been declared a public health emergency by the […]

While mental health concerns in sports may have once been described as a low tide, larger waves of recognition have poured over the sports world in recent years concerning the matter. Mental health is not typically talked about the same way as physical health. Mental health challenges can impede performance, affect happiness and motivation, and […]

He stood behind the microphone with a gaping hole in his heart. This despairing teenager grieved the loss of his only friend, the one who was there for him, any hour of day or night, for long walks and conversation. His eulogy brought tears to my eyes. His only friend had succumbed to overdose. I […]