Youth Sports Soapbox

There are a plethora of news-worthy happenings in sport lately. The NBA draft, Women’s World Cup, announcement of the 2026 Olympic Games locations in Italy, and most importantly, the Sandlot-style adults and kiddo baseball game that’s about to go down at Casa de Stoll tomorrow night with good friends, ribs, and, of course, s’mores. But […]

Venues: The Good and the Bad

I’m a little embarrassed to admit that last night’s Super Bowl was the first NFL game I have watched all season. A warmer than average fall and winter coupled with school work and two energetic kids have resulted in our TV rarely getting turned on anymore…which I don’t think is a bad thing. But what […]

Glory Days: Discussing Youth Sports

One of my all-time favorite movies is The Sandlot. A classic tale of neighborhood kids, summer shenanigans, and life lessons learned from baseball. While the era of childhood has changed in many ways since the days of Benny, Smalls, Squints and Yeah Yeah, kids are still…well, kids. Looking back on my own childhood, when it […]