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Issue #24 β October 1, 2026
All-American lineman π Helped take NFL FLAG around the world in the nineties π Now Rob Thompson is building GamePlanU, a commercial pathway for college athletes π
Read the issue βIssue #23 β September 29, 2026
Rob Thompson's GamePlanU: a free-to-join community for sports founders, creators and career seekers, a one-on-one 90-day plan, and tracks for founders, investors and schools. What it is, what it costs, and who it isn't for.
Read the issue βIssue #22 β September 28, 2026
A referee-spectator argument at a Philadelphia youth football game moved to the parking lot and ended with a gunshot. No one was hurt, and coaches and parents are now writing an emergency action plan. Plus: eight varsity football seasons ended inside a week π and where we'll be Thursday ποΈ.
Read the issue βIssue #21 β September 26, 2026
The U-20 Women's World Cup final, college women's hockey, WNBA playoff openers on ABC, then a Tuesday that opens the NHL season and baseball's postseason.
Read the issue βIssue #20 β September 25, 2026
Something to end the week on, and Gayle Jones on the one thing youth sports forgot to professionalize.
Read the issue βIssue #19 β September 24, 2026
Four Emmys π Twenty-five years producing the NBA, the Olympics and the NFL πΊ Then her daughter got cut from her club, and Gayle Jones built FuelBoxx π
Read the issue βIssue #18 β September 23, 2026
A simple goalie warm-up for 8U hockey β three skaters, three lanes, three shots from three different angles.
Read the issue βIssue #17 β September 22, 2026
FuelBoxx's Pregame and Recovery pouches: five real-food items apiece, built with a sports dietitian for athletes 8 to 18 β no artificial sweeteners, no synthetic dyes, no caffeine. And what they cost.
Read the issue βIssue #16 β September 21, 2026
One in four parents now name cost as the top reason they'd pull a kid from sports; New Jersey has ten days to keep its referees from becoming employees. Plus: a drive-and-kick drill π, a zero-sugar hydration stick π and the NAHL Showcase πΊ.
Read the issue βIssue #15 β September 19, 2026
The U-18s open in Chicago, major junior goes free on YouTube, and the week ahead runs Wednesday to Friday.
Read the issue βIssue #14 β September 18, 2026
A rink tour, a team at the top of the world, and the part no building can buy.
Read the issue βIssue #13 β September 17, 2026
The Coach's Board π is now a podcast ποΈ Episode 0 is seven minutes of our founder alone in front of a camera π
Read the issue βIssue #12 β September 16, 2026
A basketball drill that makes every kid dribble, pass and shoot in the same rep β and fixes the pass they throw a half-second too early.
Read the issue βIssue #11 β September 15, 2026
CUGGO's Crisp Apple sticks: electrolytes, B vitamins, vitamin C, zinc and a day's vitamin D in 12 to 16 ounces of water β five calories, zero sugar, monk fruit only. And what they cost.
Read the issue βIssue #10 β September 14, 2026
Connecticut lost 4,611 athletes and blamed pay-to-play fees; hockey parents are suing the country's biggest rink operator over hotel mandates. Plus: a Wing-T play your grandfather ran π, CUGGO hydration sticks π and Kim Kardashian's youth-baseball show πΊ.
Read the issue βIssue #9 β September 3, 2026
Sam Powell turns the chair around πΊ and puts our founder in the guest seat ποΈ: looking past the logo, wanting your kid to fail, and the skill nobody names
Read the issue βIssue #8 β August 31, 2026
US Youth Soccer folds into U.S. Soccer. Plus: 1,000 tax forms for your tournament crew, CuracΜ§ao's second title βΎοΈ and a Barbie hockey kit for six-year-olds π.
Read the issue βIssue #7 β August 27, 2026
The forty people you have to recruit, confirm and pay before a single whistle blows
Read the issue βIssue #6 β August 24, 2026
Plus: participation fees hit a 22-year low, Rich Paul eyes youth sports and eight Iowa schools drop varsity football.
Read the issue βIssue #5 β August 23, 2026
Every School Has a Gym ποΈββοΈ Nobody Uses on Tuesday. Hereβs How to Get Inπ
Read the issue βIssue #4 β August 17, 2026
This week: the man who has spent 180+ episodes asking club directors the questions parents are too polite to ask π€ and a Texas senior dead three days into a season the state spent all summer writing heat rules for π
Read the issue βIssue #3 β August 10, 2026
A founder adds up what youth sports really costs families πΈ, Texas teams answer the new heat rule with midnight football π, and the biggest lever on player performance might be sitting in the stands π§
Read the issue βIssue #2 β August 3, 2026
Flag football clears its biggest gate π, Texas makes heat monitoring mandatory π₯΅, and a basketball with the workout printed on it π (TaloViz)
Read the issue βIssue #1 β July 27, 2026
Plus: two attorneys general circling youth hockey, and a soccer drill that never lets a kid stand still
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