In the more than 60 years I’ve known the Hunt family, I have three rings from the first three Super Bowl titles the Chiefs won. To my complete surprise, they presented the third one to me in October of 2023.…
When I started at the prison, we wore light-blue shirts and gray pants with no hats or patches. Then we had the police look, light-blue shirts and gray pants with patches and caps. When we moved to the new prison,…
When the Sports Field Management Association met for its convention from Jan. 16 to 19, 2023, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the speakers included NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith and myself. Every time DeMaurice and I saw each…
There are lots of memories from when I first worked the third shift at the facility, but this one particular night is a story in and of itself.I was assigned to the Tailor Block on this night. It was dark…
In Northern New Jersey, my buddy Ted, home on college break, had seen enough. He was ready to turn off the TV because the contest was clearly over in his eyes. His dad cautioned him saying, “Not so fast. It…
My diagnosis opened the door to my writing and has helped give voice to the creation of a blog. I write for therapy and to inspire my kids but also to hopefully inspire others around me. My writing has led…
It’s 20 minutes until varsity soccer practice begins. I’m in my classroom watching Danny write a potential roster for the upcoming season on the whiteboard.“Coach, do you really want to put four freshmen on varsity?”“No. I don’t.” I check the…
Did you know who Ingemar Johansson was?I didn’t. I first learned about him after my colleague left one of those tear-away, desk-calendar trivia questions tucked halfway under my keyboard.Aside from being an answer to a trivia question, it turns out…
We spend a lot of time counting things. We all count the candles on the cake, yet some people pack more living into each year than others. We count our height and weight. We’re either too short, too tall, too…
The New York Yankees were always on TV when I was a kid, so naturally I became a Yankees fan. I remember watching Don Mattingly, Dave Winfield, Rickey Henderson, Reggie Jackson, Ron Guidry and Willie Randolph, to name a few…
It’s exciting when you get your first job, though I’m not talking about that high school job making pizzas or the landscaping or call center jobs that helped you get through college. I’m talking about that first real job offer…