Tip of the Week

There have been a number of injuries recently in our national headlines.  Nothing can be more devastating to a team than an injury to a key player.  How each person responds to the loss of an important teammate is critical.  The Code says, “I will be a positive influence on the relationships on the team.” …

Wednesday (today) is Roberto Clemente Day in Major League baseball.  Clemente was by far one of the greatest and most exciting players of his generation.  Statistics do not tell the story of this great person, loved by all, and admired by all.  That love and admiration was because of who he was as a person…

The big discussion this week has been about Colin Kaepernick, who refused to stand for the National Anthem because of his belief that our country has not being doing enough about the issue of race.  No one disputes that racism exists, and no one disputes Kaepernick’s right to express himself – it’s one of the…

There have been a number of memorable stories from the Olympics the past two weeks.  Let’s end them by remembering two incidents which show athletes acknowledging that some things are bigger than the game as they stop what they are doing to honor the national anthem. First, you can see this US pole vaulter stop…

Good Uber driver Ellis Hill had a passenger, Liz Willock,  who said she knew an Olympic swimmer.  Hill said his son was a shot putter on the US team.  When Willock learned that he couldn’t afford to go see his son compete because of the expense, she volunteered to raise the money to get him…

As the Olympics begin, we do well to recall the “Olympic spirit” – what is it?  A starting place could be the Olympic creed: “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.…

Mike Piazza and Ken Griffey were inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame last weekend. Both gave emotional speeches.  Griffey, with tears in his eyes, remembered that he never would have made it without the unconditional support of his father.  In the same way, Piazza, referring to all of the other Hall of Famers present…

It appears that the entire Russian team may be barred from the Olympics, not just the track team, for using illegal drugs to gain a competitive advantage.  What does this have to do with the Code?  The Code says, “I will play within the letter and the spirit of the rules of my sport.”  Winning…

Who is the greatest player not to have a “victory” celebration retirement?  And why not?  Here’s part of the story of Tim Duncan taken from Yahoo sports: San Antonio Spurs big man Tim Duncan, a five-time NBA champion, two-time Most Valuable Player and three-time NBA Finals MVP regarded by many as the greatest power forward of…

Pat Summitt received the Wooden Cup four years ago because she represented the highest and best values in sport.  A great athlete, and a great coach, it was the values that undergirded who she was that made her one of the great role models of our time.  Every player she coached at Tennessee graduated.  No…