For this week’s Coach Steve column, a reader asks how her son, a college athlete, can have a productive summer entering senior year.
Author: Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY
5 ways to impress your coach at any age or sport: No. 1 Be coachable and unselfish
Rutgers men’s basketball coach Steve Pikiell raised two D1 athletes and turned two programs around. Here’s 5 tips he shared to impress your coach.
Sports are supposed to be fun. Rutgers coach, D1 daughters offer tips to keep them that way
Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell and his daughters, both Division 1 athletes, share how they never lost their love of the game.
Draft day dream unfulfilled. How a Michigan football coach, parents navigated unexpected change
Grant Newsome, now a Power Five tight ends coach, leaned on his parents to find new purpose after losing his NFL dream, and nearly his leg in 2016.
When child athletes feel like quitting sports, communication is crucial for parents
Coach Steve delivers some helpful advice on navigating options when a child begins to second-guess playing a sport.
How to raise an NHL player like Nic Dowd. Parenting a professional athlete takes finesse
NHL player Nic Dowd says he would have never made it without his parents, Alan and Liz, who raised him in Hunstville, Alabama. Here’s how they did it.
How to not crush your child’s dreams of going pro
Coach Steve answers the tough question of how to tell your child how difficult it is to be a professional athlete without breaking their spirits.
Parenting a young athlete? These 3 tips are the recipe for a winning season
Coach Steve has 3 tips for parents of young athletes, and No. 1 is don’t fear failure!
Georgetown hires Ed Cooley from Providence to fill men’s basketball coaching vacancy
Georgetown has looked to a conference rival to fill its men’s basketball coaching vacancy. Ed Cooley is leaving Providence to replace Patrick Ewing.
Before Stephen A. Smith and other Black sports journalists, there was the great Sam Lacy
Sam Lacy, a true pioneer who fought segregation and for social justice, changed the world of sports as much as the Black athletes he covered.