February 7, 2022
5 Lessons for Young Athletes from Joe Burrow and the Super Bowl LVI Contender Cincinnati Bengals Having not won a playoff game since 1990, the Cincinnati […]
January 10, 2022
Middle School Rules: How Our Middle School Sports Book helps Lessen Stress in Children Model Student Athlete is a sports video series for managing stress […]
February 2, 2021
January 27, 2021
The Super Bowl is must-see TV. The NFL championship game is the most-watched television broadcast in the United States every year and also is broadcast in […]
January 23, 2021
There have been a lot of challenges and distractions over the last year. Our country — and world — has been impacted by COVID-19, racial injustices […]
November 21, 2020
Appreciated the invitation from Henry Lake to be on his WCCO show recently to discuss how COVID has paused or cancelled youth sports. Lake set me […]
November 21, 2020
November 18, 2020
In mid-February, Zach Edler and more than a dozen others set out on a 25-day adventure, rafting the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. They were […]
November 14, 2020
Shared this thread on Chet Holmgren via Twitter. But here is a fuller version. Chet Holmgren shined on nationally-televised games lately but ESPN’s top-rated prep player, persevered […]
October 17, 2020
I’ve had a few days to reflect after our JV and Varsity seasons with the Boys Soccer team at Minnehaha Academy has ended. Here are a […]
July 25, 2020
By Sean Jensen It seems fitting that Dwyane Wade, of all athletes, would provide an incredible break for my new video series. The thrust of Model […]
March 25, 2020
Thomas Morstead and I were supposed to meet in person, days before Super Bowl LII. He wished he could be in my hometown of Minneapolis to […]
April 14, 2019
This is a repost of my AOL Sports column, published on April 9th, 2007, a day after Zach Johnson won the 71st Masters. So what chance […]
July 31, 2017
I’m a storyteller, and I feel so privileged to share so many inspiring stories. But the fifth athlete in the Middle School Rules series has a […]
July 19, 2017
Excited to share the first Middle School Rules commercial, which is playing on over 130 All Over Media screens in Minnesota and California. The spot stars […]
January 21, 2017
Bob West is a legendary sports columnist in Texas, serving as sports editor of Jamaal’s hometown newspaper, the Port Arthur News, for 43 years. The winner […]
June 28, 2016
Super excited to introduce the first female athlete in the The Middle School Rules series, WNBA superstar Skylar Diggins. Books for elementary and middle school readers […]
February 1, 2016
THIS WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED IN FEBRUARY 2016 My 8-year-old son loves football, and we often play as a family in our living room. He knows he […]
October 29, 2015
In sports, an athlete or coach hasn’t made it unless they’ve experienced ESPN’s “Car Wash.” Well, Charles Tillman did the rounds at ESPN, talking about the […]
February 1, 2015
When my wife and I had our first child, I bought a fancy new camera, and I proceeded to take at least a couple of pictures […]
January 30, 2015
My wife Erica and I try to read to our kids every day. Sometimes in the morning, often in the evening, always before bedtime. When they’re […]