Professional football players can have a career-ending injury on any given Sunday. The National Football League (NFL) average player's career lasts just over three years, according to the NFL Players' Association. Every week, players put themselves at risk for...

Health care inequity is destroying lives. But it’s not just killing people. It’s creating needless suffering and leaving a wake of disease and distrust in its lethal path. Last week, the NFL announced it would stop practicing “race norming,” and frankly, it’s about...

It’s said that a mother’s work is never done. That’s true for most moms. We want our children to be well-rounded, educated, respectable human beings and we work hard to help that happen. I nurtured my son Jordan from a young man to an accomplished adult. He is now a...

These days it is common to hear about professional athletes getting caught up abusing pain pills. At the start of the 2014 season, 29 NFL players were suspended for drug use. In 20 of those cases, the drugs were controlled substances. The other nine were for...

Concussions and serious head injuries are getting a lot of attention lately and for good reason. Football is the most common sport for concussions. Players have a 75 percent chance of getting one. A professional football player will receive an estimated 900 to 1500...

“A mother is only as happy as her unhappiest child.” All moms know how true this statement is. These days, I am trying to get my son Jordan to stop thinking like an athlete.  When you are a college athlete or play sports at the professional level, people cater to...

Most young men only dream of playing in the National Football League. Very few see that dream come true, but it did for Adrian Robinson. “A.D.” as he was known played professional football for a total of 22 games. Before making it as a pro, he was a star defender at...

The Dallas Cowboys are coming under fire for signing Greg Hardy. I don’t blame their critics, but unlike most of them, I have known Greg for a few years. He and Jordan were drafted to the Carolina Panthers in the same class. I was disappointed when Greg was convicted...

You can tell a lot about a company by the employees it recruits. So, when the NFL, specifically the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, drafted Jameis Winston it got me thinking about the message it sends.  Winston was this season’s number one draft pick. As a freshman at...

One of the most devastating events that happened to me as a mom and the mom of an athlete was when my son Jordan became ill. It was during his fourth year in the league while he was playing with the Washington Redskins. Jordan was playing well in the pre-season, so...

I am now a LeBron James fan but probably not for the same reasons as most people. While I respect his accomplishments as a basketball player, I came to have a new admiration for “King” James when he spoke out recently about colleges trying to recruit his 10-year-old...

One of this year’s hottest college football recruits seems to have a bright future. He was one of the most sought-after college players nationwide. He was also recruited by several of the country’s top football programs.  Impressive, for sure, but it appears that...

February used to be known for President’s Day, Black History Month, and Ground Hog Day. Now, there’s a new holiday for sports fans: National Signing Day, named for the annual tradition of finding out which colleges successfully nabbed the most sought-after high school...

College selection can be daunting for any student, but for athletes, the process becomes even more complicated and involves many more variables. While dozens of books exist to help families select the best college based on a student’s interests or lifestyle, there is...

It may seem hard to believe, but the young men who play in the NFL are not superheroes.  Their jerseys are not capes and they do not have special powers.  Yes, on any given Sunday, they are watched by millions of people, but if you strip away the headlines...

It’s the time of year when high school seniors decide which college or university to attend in the fall.  I recently read a blog by Stefan Scrafield, a writer for the Dallas Morning News, which was directed at Kyler Murray, a four-star, duel-threat...

The NFL’s regular season has just wrapped up, closing out a year of challenges and controversial headlines made off the field. Incidents involving domestic violence seemed to dominate coverage of the NFL as much as the games themselves. While the media shined a...

I grew up in rural Kentucky the oldest of four children to young parents.  I started working when I was ten years old by cleaning houses.  I later worked my way through college earning two degrees.  I remember those early days very well, and like every...

I was recently at a gathering with my son Jordan and two of his friends from the NFL. I look at these three young men and see strong, upstanding Christian men of faith. They are not perfect, but they don’t have any baggage in their personal lives that would cast them...

You've got incredible athletic ability. You've got ambition. Entering your senior year of college, you have a dream of a bright future as a professional athlete. What you don't have is an agent. And what you may not know is that finding a good one can be more...