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You might be new to the game of fatherhood if…

Posted on August 10, 2011December 22, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

There comes a time in every dad’s life when he realizes he’s the not the guy he used to be. He has left behind the trappings of his youthful days and traded them in for an entirely new set of responsibilities… and with them, joy. A trunk that used to hold a set of golf clubs or his favorite rod and reels is now home to a massive collapsible stroller and other random baby accessories that consume every last square inch of his available cargo space.

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When Did Pro Athletes Get So Thin-Skinned?

Posted on August 5, 2011December 14, 2022 by Guests and Former Contributors

by Rob Lober Maybe it’s because I’m 29 going on 75, but I just don’t get it.  I don’t understand Twitter. Lately, I’ve been left scratching my head when it comes to the use of this social media tool by professional athletes.  I know, you’re famous so obviously everyone wants to follow you and read…

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How Five Simple Rules Morphed Into a New Blog

Posted on August 3, 2011August 3, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

FULL DISCLOSURE: What follows is, in many ways, a bit of shameless self-promotion for a new project I’m working on. You’ve been warned. A few weeks ago, I posted a list of five rules for dads raising daughters. When I wrote that post, I was simply trying to clarify some of my own thoughts on…

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Picturing America Without The NFL Is Terrifying

Posted on July 29, 2011December 18, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

There would be no reason to call your buddy at halftime and meticulously analyze every play of the first two quarters. There would be no opportunity to text the friend who you were currently pasting in your fantasy league just to let him know that the Smelly Brees In Your Face had no chance of coming back against your squad, Eagles’ Fans Are Terrible People.

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From a man in transition to a transitioned man

Posted on July 27, 2011August 17, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

Although I still feel the same way I did when I was a teenager, I realize more and more every day how quickly the pages of life are turning. And with each page, I find myself acting less and less like my old teenage self and more and more like the man who raised me.

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Brighter Lights In A Small Town

Posted on July 22, 2011December 18, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

by Rob Loeber Recently, I’ve developed an addiction to Friday Night Lights. The TV drama is set in a small town in West Texas and centers on the life of the high school football coach, his family, and his players.  FNL has its share of soap opera moments and sometimes the storylines stretch the limits…

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You Can’t Put A Price On Dreams

Posted on July 15, 2011December 18, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

by Rob Loeber What would you do for a dream?  How far would you go to achieve a lifelong goal? Those are the questions thousands of athletes ask themselves every single day.  From Alaska to Maine and all points in between, minor league and semi-pro players are making enormous sacrifices to stay on the field,…

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Where’s The Journalism???

Posted on July 8, 2011July 8, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

Local sports coverage is slipping in Oklahoma.  As a former member of the Tulsa media, it saddens me to make that statement.  Covering local sports was my passion and my livelihood.  Back then I sensed it, and even more so now, I see the profession slowly dying. There is no longer an investment being made…

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Five Rules for Dads Raising Daughters

Posted on July 6, 2011August 17, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

Love her mom. Treat her mother with respect, honor, and a big heaping spoonful of public displays of affection. When she grows up, the odds are good she’ll fall in love with someone who treats her much like you treated her mother. Good or bad, that’s just the way it is. I’d prefer good.

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So What If America Isn’t The Best At Everything?

Posted on July 1, 2011January 31, 2022 by Guests and Former Contributors

Two weeks ago the media was gushing over Rory McIlroy’s performance at the US Open. The so-called “experts” were heaping praise on McIlroy while simultaneously lamenting the demise of American golf. “Where is the next great American golfer?” they wondered. “Is America losing ground to the rest of the world?” was a question of much debate among golf writers and analysts.

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Chasing My Shadow Purpose

Posted on June 29, 2011November 22, 2022 by Guests and Former Contributors

However, while I often wonder what my purpose in life might be, I know without a doubt what my shadow purpose is. An extension of one Jung’s archetypes, a shadow purpose is simply something that seems like our true purpose but in reality is just a poor copy. A shadow purpose is not inherently bad or evil — it is, in most cases, just a simple yet powerful distraction.

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Humbled Yet Again By The Game I Love

Posted on June 24, 2011June 26, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

I have played a lot of tennis in my life.  I played in high school and college, even earned my certification as a teaching professional. I have also watched a lot of tennis in my life.  Have you ever seen tennis on TV and thought to yourself, “I could rally with that guy.”?  Well, you’d…

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The Gift of Time

Posted on June 22, 2011June 22, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

The preacher at my church read a few lines from Harry Chapin’s classic, “Cat’s in the Cradle” in his Father’s Day sermon last weekend. Below are the lyrics he read: My child arrived just the other day, He came to the world in the usual way. But there were planes to catch, and bills to…

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Manhood and Relationships

Posted on June 19, 2011June 19, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

“Masculinity, first and foremost, ought to be defined in terms of relationships. It ought to be taught in terms of the capacity to love and to be loved…”

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Homegrown Talent Heading To The Big Leagues

Posted on June 17, 2011June 18, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

Most batters don’t even see the fastballs that leave the hands of Owasso’s Dylan Bundy and Broken Arrow’s Archie Bradley.  Most pro scouts were left drooling as they watched Bundy and Bradley mow down the opposition and looked in astonishment at radar guns with readings in the high 90’s.  Most baseball fans will never see…

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Regret Prevention

Posted on June 15, 2011June 15, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

These days are fleeting, I’ll never have a single one of them back, and nothing I do will ever change either of those facts. What I can do is A) make sure I’m around to experience as much of her life as possible and B) savor each moment… and not just the beautiful ones either. If someday I want to look back on my life as a father with no regrets, I have to learn to savor the mundane and even frustrating moments just as much as those Kodak moments that I cherish naturally.

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The Rest of My N.U.T.s

Posted on June 8, 2011May 28, 2021 by Guests and Former Contributors

More often than not, once I start on a bag of smokehouse almonds, it’s only a matter of time before I’m staring at the bottom of the bag and licking salt off my fingers. Now… you might be asking yourself, what in the junk does M&M’s strange obsession with salty almonds have to with his non-negotiable unalterable terms?

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Barbershop Theology: Mortality, the Mortician, and Me

Posted on May 28, 2011February 12, 2012 by dcaldwell23

It was cold. I remember that. I had just started my part of the closing routine in Caldwell’s Barber Shop, sweeping clumps of hair, filling the lather machine, and straightening up the magazine tables. I was at the barber shop following a day at school. Mainly, I was just killing time and hoping we could…

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N.U.T. #5 – I don’t raise my voice in anger.

Posted on May 25, 2011May 25, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

A real man rarely raises his voice and when he does, it is never out of anger. A real man’s influence comes from the gravity of what he has to say and the character he has built over time. He lets his words stand on their own merit without resorting to amplifying his volume and…

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Meanwhile, Back at The Ranch: A RE-Purposeful Life

Posted on May 23, 2011January 28, 2023 by Guests and Former Contributors

We hooked up the trailer and started loading the accumulation of seven years of destruction. Mixed into the pieces of roofing, gutters, batteries, and brass candlesticks were landscape timbers that had been used for a small round pen built by my father-in-law in 1997. Hmmmm.

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