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Selling Used Youth Sports Gear to Parents Who Are Out of Time

Kids outgrow cleats in a season, and parents buy the week before practice. Here's what the gear flip really pays, and when it isn't worth your Saturday.

StoryHistoryMarcus ValeOct 3, 20267 min

Every Rodeo Event Was Somebody's Job First

Rodeo started as ranch hands settling an argument. It became the one sport where every event began as a day's work.

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GuideMomsNina CastellanSep 30, 20267 min

Run Sports Season From the Trunk, Not the Kitchen Counter

The season goes wrong at 7:40 on a Saturday morning. Stock one bin, set a few rules, and the scramble stops. The car is your real headquarters.

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Dads6 min read

Throw it where they can catch it

A game of catch teaches a kid more than any talk you'll give. Just stop turning it into a lesson.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideGearDean ShawSep 30, 20266 min

The carbon paddle won't fix your third shot

Fiberglass, raw carbon, 13mm or 16mm. What each one really does on the court, and why the cheap paddle is the right call for longer than you'd think.

GuideBoys & GirlsSam OrtizSep 29, 20267 min

The Driveway Pickleball Court Starts at the Kitchen Line

You don't need a real court or a real net. You need sidewalk chalk, twenty feet of rope and the patience to skip the serve for a month.

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BRO TakeNewsJosh HalloranSep 26, 20265 min

Women's sports belong to women, and the stopwatch agrees

A women's category exists because male bodies are faster and stronger. Pretending otherwise costs girls podiums, roster spots and sometimes their safety.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

The Sports Physical Is Mostly The Form You Filled Out Wrong

Most of what a preparticipation exam catches comes from the history questions, not the stethoscope, so stop scribbling them in the parking lot.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Tell a groin pull from a sports hernia before you play again

Three different injuries feel identical at the top of your thigh. The self-checks that separate them, and the eight weeks that stop the rerun next season.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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BRO TakeNewsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Sport, Prisons and Medicine Can't Run on a Feeling

Commentary. Sports federations, corrections departments and the FDA all worked this out on the record. The documents are public. Go read them.

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GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Your Kid's Concussion Is Your Call, Not The Coach's

What a head injury actually looks like on a youth field, what the first 48 hours should be, and the six steps back that nobody hurries.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Your ACL is torn and the next nine months are quad work

What actually happens between the pop and the day you play again, and how to do the rehab when you've got a job, a mortgage and kids who need rides.

GuideYoung MenSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

How the sportsbook app gets you and how to get out

The math is simple, the hooks aren't, and there's a clean set of steps for shutting the whole thing down before it costs you a year.

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GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Your kid doesn't like sports, so go find his scoreboard

Drop the season if you have to. Keep the standard. What sports were actually giving him, and the other places he can get it.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Fitness6 min

The first two days after a pulled hamstring or calf

Style5 min

Church clothes that respect the room and let you move

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GuideMeal PlansCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

A Week of Meals for a Teenage Athlete Who's Always Hungry

Seven days of breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks that actually keep up with two-a-days, plus the grocery list and a two-hour prep plan.

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Fitness6 min read

The hearing you've got left is all the hearing you get

Hair cells don't grow back. A few dollars of foam and thirty seconds of technique will save you from asking your kids to repeat themselves at forty-five.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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