Authorities say a 16-year-old high school football player who died Friday night after collapsing during a game suffered bleeding on his brain, apparently from a helmet-to-helmet collision. Here i...
Coach Donnie will be at the Nisky/Shen lacrosse game tonight now that we have him addicted to a new sport. He writes to us today about specialization at a young age. Here is a recent comment to t...
https://blog.timesunion.com/youthsports/specialization-not-so-special/2758/
TU High Schools sportswriter James Allen interviewed Coach Donnie about Chuck Mack. Read the story here. The JC in his travel team name stands for Jesus Christ. Speaking of travel teams, our Sund...
https://blog.timesunion.com/youthsports/changing-the-culture-of-youth-sports/2658/
Donnie is off to Florida to visit his youngest grandkids, who are at the Nerf hoop stage of their sport careers. Thursdays with Donnie will be on vacation for a few weeks. Last week he was out of...
Thursdays with Donnie: Week 15 Coach Donnie will spend the weekend in Glens Falls at the state high school tournament and, of course, is watching March Madness. I’ve waited until today to blog ...
https://blog.timesunion.com/youthsports/glens-falls-is-hooptown-usa/2494/
Brian writes to Coach Donnie: I read with great interest your above post Coach Donnie. What I find so shocking in high school sports today is the lack of commitment from players who play more tha...
https://blog.timesunion.com/youthsports/coaches-should-commit-by-making-travel-players-commit/2492/
Coach Donnie is still hard at work now that the basketball season has ended. There is never an off-season for coaches. It’s time to analyze the past season and build for the future. Can the sam...
https://blog.timesunion.com/youthsports/the-offseason-do-you-want-to-be-a-player/2468/
Donnie has been a part of plenty of many, many seeding and organizational meetings during his years as a high school coach. The first week of sectionals has him wondering if rules need to be adju...
https://blog.timesunion.com/youthsports/sectional-blowouts-arent-good-for-the-game/2418/
Donnie watched an exciting sectionals hockey game last night with the lower seed, CBA, pulling off an upset. The Brothers were supported by a strong contingent of fans and students, thanks in par...
https://blog.timesunion.com/youthsports/motivation-part-ii-sectionals-time/2409/
Donnie is on his way to New York City to watch Boston University play against UAlbany at Madison Square Garden. BU gave up its home game for this opportunity for both teams, something the coach s...