If your young athlete had to choose between competing in a sports tournament or a science fair what would you do? In December, my daughte...

I had to share my crazy youth sports weekend and the ridiculous amount of money I spent because of it. Flash back to November, my wife an...

Field #6 is cursed at the Mead CUSA Cup Invitational in Beavercreek, OH.  What is wrong with field #6 at the Ankeney soccer complex in Bea...

Crazy Youth Sports Parent Alert. You are not going to believe this one. What do you think about the ACE cheer in girls volleyball? If y...

Football is big in Ohio, but not as big as it is in Texas. Check out the new $60M stadium at Allen High School in Allen, Texas, a suburb ...

I started Stats Dad to chronicle my kids youth sports adventures, the ups and the downs, the wins and the loses, the tears and the...

Crazy Youth Sports Parents and Coaches Series In the last post, I suggested that parents should limit their role in youth sports to sperm ...

Crazy Youth Sports Parents Series Youth sports would be so much better if parents limited their role to sperm and egg donors, sports finan...

If you are a baseball coach, would you rather coach bunch of rich kids or poor kids?  Before you answer - factor in whether you would rath...

Josh Berkowitz, a Jewish dad and diehard Boston Red Sox fan from Massachusetts, wrote a book about an unlikely youth baseball team that c...

This past week, I watched all 6 hours of the mini-series on the History Channel  called  Hatfields & McCoys   If you love history, this ...

This past memorial day weekend, my daughter's U11 soccer team advanced to the finals of the Warrior Classic, an elite regional soccer to...

Is it fair to commit to two different teams in the same season? Fair to the respective coaches, fair to both sets of teammates, fair to othe...

Crazy Youth Parents and Coaches Serie s The entire Yuba City Junior Varsity baseball team was suspended for an entire week following a mas...

I went to see the Hunger Games this weekend with my daughter CC and my wife. The movie was great. During the movie, I could not stop thinkin...

A struggling economy and over regulation has left a local little league's budget a little exposed.  The budget strapped Lennox Schoo...

There is nothing funny about rising gas prices, except how we deal with it. See some amusing ways to deal with it. The cost of gas reached...

Crazy Youth Sports Parent Series Just when you think that you have seen it all in youth sports. Yesterday, a crazy youth sports dad bro...

Last year, my two kids played in 256 games and participated in 180 practices. That's a lot of time dedicated to our kids, so last week, ...

What role should mom or dad play when a young athlete is choosing a school? National signing day for NCAA was this week. ESPN makes a ...