In the summer of 2005, my family stayed at the Napa Valley Marriott on a vacation to Northern California. Upon arrival, we were surprised...

When Michael Lepp, Senior Athletic Advisor for Joe Gibbs Racing, first met the team's namesake, he thought he was in for a lengthy sit...

In a way, that's what being a runner is about. Minimizing the resistance. Some days, running feels harder than others. When there's more...

Yesterday, television and radio host Larry King passed away at the age of 87. For 63 years, King was a mainstay in media, interviewing...

For an NCAA Division I Cross Country athlete, college is usually the first time they aren't regularly amongst the top finishers at every...

On Sunday, at noon Pacific, most of the country will turn their TV's to FOX. Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face Aaron Rodgers and...

The downside to goals and aspirations is that they can be binary. You either ran a 14:00 5k or you didn't. You either earned All-American...

Shane Battier has a story about bagels. The former NBA player and current Vice President of Basketball Development & Analytics for the...

Here's the thing about trying to work in an age where instant communication and information are at our disposal: There are so many tasks...

There's a Buddhist discourse called the Sallatha Sutta, also known as "The Arrow." It likens an external event that causes us pain to...

In 2018, the Loyola-Chicago Men's Basketball Team shocked the college basketball world, making a run to the Final Four as a #11 seed in...

I heard a thought the other day that hit the nail on the head. The person was talking about the evolution of the news, but I think it...

The way many athletes treat their bodies before a big race and the way they treat their bodies after a big race provides one of the most...

In the 1960's and 1970's, if you bought a Maytag washing machine, there was a good chance it would last for 30 to 40 years. Nowadays,...

To do a good job, you have to sweat the details. But if you sweat every detail, you're unlikely to get much done. Sometimes, the benefit...

The other day, I was listening to author and Australian Rules Football Coach Cody Royle's podcast, Where Others Won't, when a quote...

Earlier this week, I was listening to a podcast about the Hakone Ekiden, Japan's infamous university-level relay race that about half of...

Look up the word "obsess" in the dictionary, and you'll find the following: "Preoccupy or fill the mind of someone continually,...

In watching some of the college football bowl games over the holiday, I couldn't help but notice the discrepancy in where a team's...

How well do you know what mile race pace feels like? What if I took away your watch? What if I took away the track? Applying constraints...