Don Hogan

Highly recommend taking four minutes of your day and listening to this speech by Ernie Johnson

“Who gives a fck? It’s a game. If you go to class, stay off your fcking phone, sit in the front, turn in your homework, you’ll get a C.- @TheRealCoach_JB JUCO was my favorite level of coaching. Never a dull moment.

LESS THAN 2 WEEKS TIL TIP-OFF

This week’s Walker Cup venue is so unique The 4th at Lahinch features a massive hill in the fairway. This creates a blind shot into the green, which also sits near the 18th tee. The Hill Man sits in this hut and uses red and green flags to direct traffic for players on a number of different holes ⬇️

Republicans pretending they did not vote for the debt to hit 40 trillion and people falling for it is pathetic.

Watching the Yankees offense is like watching someone parallel park for 45 minutes.

The NCAA tournament continues to prove that the stuff you've been hearing about these football conference teams all year is bullshit. They are not that much better. They are just in the club and have to convince everyone else that they don't belong in the club.

Trump spent months calling NATO obsolete. Threatening Canada with the 51st state. Slapping tariffs on allies. Demanding Europe pay up or lose protection. Insulting world leaders to their faces. Abandoning Ukraine. Calling Germany weak and France irrelevant. Now he needs them. France: no. Germany: no. Norway: no. Canada: never. Japan: officially no. Switzerland: airspace closed. You don’t spend a year burning every bridge and then call for backup when the building is on fire. $21 billion spent. 14 Americans dead. Oil at $102. The Strait mined. Taiwan surrounded. Baghdad evacuated. NATO threatened with a “very bad future.” The allies didn’t abandon America. America spent a year telling them to leave. They listened. Never stop connecting the dots.

All public school students should have free admission into all athletic events at their respective schools.

When I was a high school principal, I interviewed a teacher named Jake Huggins. He seemed like a good candidate—friendly, experienced, and thoughtful. I believed he could be a solid addition to our faculty. But any lingering doubt disappeared when he answered one particular question. It has always been my favorite. I asked him, “Jake, in every school in America, you can place teachers on a continuum. On one end are those who don’t seem to want to be there. They’re always complaining. Their colleagues wonder why they haven’t retired yet. They drain the energy of the building. But on the other end are teachers who are excited to come to work. They love their students. They value their colleagues. They lift the spirits of everyone around them. When graduates come back, these are the teachers they want to see. So Jake… what’s the difference between these two teachers? What is the X factor? Because that’s what we’re looking for.” Most teachers answer that question by talking about passion. Or purpose. Or the desire to make a difference rather than just earn a paycheck. Those are good answers. But Jake said something different—something I’ve never forgotten. He said, “I think almost every teacher starts out idealistic. They love kids. They want to change the world. But after a few years, you hit a wall. You realize how hard this job really is. There are endless papers to grade. Some students make it incredibly challenging to teach. And parents aren’t always supportive. Some teachers never move past that reality check. They burn out. But others do. They keep their sense of purpose in spite of the challenges. The work is hard, but they remain convinced it matters. Some students are difficult, but they know those students need someone who refuses to give up on them. They face adversity, but they don’t let it steal their passion. Those are the teachers who make a difference year after year.” We hired Jake. A few years later he was named the school’s Teacher of the Year. So today, I salute Jake—and every educator who has faced that “reality check” and chosen to keep going. The ones who remember their whyon the hard days. The ones who refuse to let frustration turn into cynicism. The ones who continue to believe, even when the work is exhausting. Because those are the teachers who change lives. And they do it… year after year. Cheers, Danny

Retired From Games. Not From Standards. Most men say, “I used to play.” What they really mean is: I used to train. I used to compete. I used to live with structure. I played at the highest levels. BYU. The NBA. Records. An ACL tear. A rebuild. Here’s what I learned: The spotlight fades. The standard shouldn’t. You don’t miss the game. You miss the structure. The routine. The accountability. Sports didn’t make you disciplined. Structure did. And when the season ends, most men never rebuild it. You don’t retire from being an athlete. You retire from organizing your life around training. Building strength for life after sports means I still: • Lift with intention • Move daily • Guard my sleep • Compete with myself • Lead my home with steadiness It’s not about reliving 22. It’s about refusing to lower the standard at 35. My kids won’t remember my stats. They’ll remember how I lived. Strength isn’t nostalgia. It’s daily decisions. The arena changes. The standard doesn’t. Retired from games. Not from standards. Building strength for life after sports.

Can we all agree it would be so much easier if airlines simply boarded the back of the plane first and worked their way down? Let first class people sit in a lounge or something idk. Like how has no one implemented this.