Book #7 of 2025: Our Boys by Joe Drape. The Redmen seek the Kansas record of 67 consecutive wins, and a 5th straight championship. It captures small school football at its Norman Rockwell finest. Currently studying this with our captains. Highly recommend! Go Trojans!

Great team. Great experience. Great outcome.

Amazing validation of the vital work of the two best horse racing reporters alive. Congrats Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert No one is doing more to bring down the corrupt trainers killing the sport. If you love horse racing watch this film.

nytimes.com/2025/06/01/spo… N.I.L. has hit the middle schools but Coach Mike at John Hayden Johnson in Washington D.C. was ready for it.

interesting audio we do. It took 2 hours to record and I sound like I’m stoned but it’s the back story of the story. nytimes.com/2025/06/01/spo… via @NYTimes

Can This 14-Year-Old Football Star Become a High School Millionaire? - The New York Times Great article by ⁦Joe Drape⁩ here. Capitalism is moving into youth sports. Not a bad thing as anyone should be able to max value. nytimes.com/2025/06/01/spo…

Longest active high school football win streaks heading into 2025. Story & the complete list at the following link -> highschoolfootballamerica.com/longest-active… #playfootball

A beautiful final remark to the 2025 Triple Crown from Journalism’s trainer, Michael McCarthy: “Let's hope everybody stays happy and healthy, and we'll see him in Del Mar hopefully in November, in our backyard. I can't say enough good things about that horse or about my horse.”

This piece captures the flavor and charm of NYRA (🎪) Aqueduct. youtu.be/dbn8UMBXLQU

This captures the flavor and charm of ⁦NYRA (🎪)⁩ youtu.be/dbn8UMBXLQU

In our competitive society, where it seems that only the strong and winners deserve to live, sport also teaches us how to lose. It forces us, in learning the art of losing, to confront our fragility, our limitations and our imperfections. It is through the experience of these

As trainer Kevin Attard Racing says in this profile of 20 yr old jockey Pietro Moran, “the results are definitely speaking for themselves.” Woodbine Racetrack Elissa Blowe Jeff Bratt Ontario Racing

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Barta family and Smith Center as legendary Kansas HS football coach Roger Barta has passed away at the age of 79 as first reported by Kansas Pregame. “Someone here is the best football player on the team, and someone is the worst,” Barta

Very cool moment ⬇️ for the Jefferson County football program #playfootball 🏈

D. Wayne Lukas, Trainer Who Saddled 15 Triple Crown Winners, Dies at 89 nytimes.com/2025/06/29/obi… via @NYTimes

I missed junior captain RB/LB Logan Estes's picture the last two years. But not tonight! Logan mentioned how much he appreciated mentorship by Bo Windish last year, and how he is seeing that help him already as he moves to varsity play. He's primed for a great junior campaign.

Youth sports is booming; Wall St is investing. Joe Drape and I take a deeper look. nytimes.com/2025/07/09/spo… #youthsports #PrivateEquity The New York Times

Ozzy Osbourne, ‘Prince of Darkness’ Turned Reality TV Star, Dies at 76 nytimes.com/2025/07/22/art… via @NYTimes

A giant. nytimes.com/2025/07/24/art…