Sports - The Universal Language

I was given the gift of a family immersed in sports. My grandfather owned the Philadelphia Eagles and my mom was the team’s General Manager. While I was never going to be suited up to play football, I knew that I had to learn it, live it, breathe it, and be able to talk about it. If I wanted to participate in family conversations, I couldn’t fake it. So, I devoured the knowledge and drank it like a professional fantasy fanatic. The information made me giddy, and I could rattle off stats and names like a human supercomputer. My passion for sports and my ability to have informed, intelligent conversations led to the connections I had with peers in school too. This was the beginning of what became my life’s work: teaching and living the value of “speaking sports”.