Brian Out Loud
October 27, 2023
The sports world came to a screeching halt last Tuesday. And it had nothing to do with Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift calling it quits on the relationship NFL fans are growing more tired of each day.
Brian Out Loud
October 16, 2023
Chasing competitive balance is a loss cause. It’s like running a cross-country race and never getting to the finish line. Or chasing that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. You won’t ever find it…
Brian Out Loud
October 9, 2023
When I saw the news that Georgia had approved NIL for high school athletes, my immediate thought was Florida has to be next. I know the Sunshine State has long opposed moving into the world of NIL fo…
Brian Out Loud
October 2, 2023
Football is an emotional game and sometimes that emotion gets the best of an athlete. I’ve seen it happen in practices countless times in my career, often to the point where full on fights have broke…
Brian Out Loud
September 26, 2023
Sometimes I forget how small the world is. Then you get reminded of that as a nurse makes small talk while poking an IV needle into your arm in preparation for a procedure. Nothing major. I’m still a…
Brian Out Loud
September 19, 2023
Indiana Hoosier football coach Tom Allen went and fired off a post-game rant earlier this month about how Friday night lights should be reserved for high school football and nothing else.
Brian Out Loud
September 11, 2023
I feel like there is this image in the minds of some that NIL (name, image, likeness) is a bad thing for college sports. And yes, let’s not bury our heads in the sand here. Scandals will emerge as a…
Brian Out Loud
September 5, 2023
Florida touts itself as the king of football in the country, and in some respects, that statement rings true.
The track record of players from here who have gone on to become big-time stars in colle…
Brian Out Loud
August 28, 2023
In my days as a Boy Scout, our go-to fundraiser was selling candy bars.
And unlike a bad team’s plans to win a championship, it never failed us.
Brian Out Loud
August 25, 2023
Summer flew by like a cross-country runner sprinting hard to the finish line. That means only one thing.
It’s time for another season of high school sports.