Kids in Sports | Character Building | JBM Thinks

A couple of weeks ago, I went to a minor-league hockey game. Probably my second game ever.  I don’t know a whole bunch about the sport, so I have to be honest and say I wasn’t enthralled. My son, however, is a huge St. Louis Blues fan and he convinced me a few days later [...]

It is unfortunate that professional football players who misbehave get a lot of press and have labels of being “bad boys,” but thankfully, there are some pro football players that are positive role models for your kids. Beyond Tim Tebow and Payton Manning, of course. Guys like Danny Clark from the New Orleans Saints. Tony Richardson from the [...]

There’s a lot of talk about Tim Tebow these days. You either love his work ethic, his honesty, his faith, his magic. Or you hate him because he’s good, because he’s outspoken about his faith, because he’s unconventional. Whether you love or hate him, there is an undeniable something about his play. I’ll call it the Tebow factor. [...]

Looking for some new good sports biographies for your athletes to read? (if graphics don’t show at first, refresh page!) If you’re any kind of a tennis fan, you know RAFA!!    This looks like one of those inspiring stories: a New York City firefighter’s triumphant comeback from crash victim to elite athlete   One of [...]

There are days when we all feel like quitting. And sometimes all we need is a little inspiration. This is the story of Brandon Crawford, a college athlete who inspired me because of his persistent attitude. I wonder if Brandon wanted to quit when he was little.  I’m sure he had days when he did. [...]

When I have a question—any question—about sports, I know right where to turn. My 20-year-old son is a walking sports encyclopedia. And he doesn’t just know facts. He knows character–good and bad. He reads about the athletes, watches them,and  follows them on twitter.  So when I was curious about which athletes are inspiring, I went [...]

Should well-known athletes be role models? Can they? Lately, the sports news seems to be inundated with stories of arrests, affairs, and assinine behavior by our “sports heroes.” It’s probably been this way all along, but we never found out about the indiscretions before the boom of information technology. Let’s be honest. These guys aren’t [...]