Sometimes, as an athlete, you are thrust into a trying moment of challenge that comes at you unexpectedly—and you are expected to perform at a high level anyway. Such was…
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Under Pressure
The Dallas Cowboys entered their Saturday night contest against the Buccaneers in Tampa Bay under pressure. Having lost recent games on missed field goals and fourth-quarter collapses, their goal of…
Playoff Pressure
With the English Premier League season having begun just two weeks ago, the NFL and college football seasons yet to begin, and Major League Baseball postseason still over a month…
Enemy Territory
This past weekend, I was at a baseball game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City between the Royals and their cross-state rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals. It was a really…
Who's Next?
When Gary Williams retired as head coach of the University of Maryland basketball program, he left behind a tremendous legacy. Most notable was the 2002 national championship he had won,…
Under Pressure
This past Saturday night, while much of the sporting nation was watching the NCAA basketball tournament, I was watching soccer. In the international friendly (i. e., exhibition match) between the…
Persevering Under Pressure
There are some coaching jobs that are just not great jobs. Perhaps, in the pros, it is because ownership is intrusive or, worse, incompetent. Or, it is because it is…
Playing On The Big Stage
I remember that cold winter’s day in the 1969 Super Bowl, watching as Joe Willie Namath dismantled the vaunted Baltimore Colts defense and bested the legendary Johnny Unitas to bring…
The Power of Pressure
It has been said that life is like the weather—there are times of high pressure and times of low pressure, but there are no times of no pressure. This is…
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All athletes share one element of sports: pain. Whether it is the soreness of a weekend warrior who did too much, a Little Leaguer whose team lost the championship game,…
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