Dealing with parents: Coach Bill Tribou’s “Three Absolutes” Approach
Had a lively and spirited interview this AM with long-time head football coach at Greeley HS (Chappaqua, NY), Bill Tribou. As I said on WFAN, you’re not going to find many coaches who are as successful and as well-respected as Bill Tribou. Bill, just like any HS coach these days, has had to come to … Continue reading
Does a HS Coach the Right to Stop a Game?
I saw a short write-up a week ago in the Jersey Journal a week ago in which a HS varsity boys soccer match between Hudson Catholic and Hoboken was stopped with the score tied 1-1 with 17 minutes to go because one of the coaches thought the officiating was poor, i.e. he felt that the tone of … Continue reading
ACL Injuries and Female Athletes: A Cruel Irony
As Dr. Karen Sutton pointed out on my show on Sunday morning, the odds of a young female athlete suffering a serious ACL injury are about 8 or 9 times more likely than their male counterparts. Even worse, there’s not much that girls or women can do to prevent these devastating injuries to their knees. … Continue reading
Why do Athletes Have Such A Difficult Time in Behaving?
I was thrilled to have Jeff Benedict of SI.com on my show this past Sunday. As an investigative journalist, there is no one in the country who digs deeper and does a better job in putting forth the truth when it comes to top college and pro athletes, and how they have such difficulty in … Continue reading
Hasn’t the time come to teach our kids internet etiquette?
The tragic case of 18-year-old Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi is just the latest example of a kid feeling so violated by the internet that he felt that he no other choice but to commit suicide. This is just one more case — and there are plenty all over the country — where a student felt … Continue reading