Tonight is the darkest, longest night of the year.  Winter Solstice. Sometimes it can feel like the darkness will never lift. We are divided politically,…

Money. Everyone wants it.  Nobody seems to have enough of it, whether you are a billionaire or someone who is struggling to pay your rent…

It was the third set of the most intense match I saw at the Minnesota State High School League Girls State Tennis Tournament last week.…

The truth is, not everybody likes me. This is a hard truth for someone who has spent a great deal of his life wanting to…

Summer camps end today.  I could say, “Where does the time go?” but after 36 years of this, I have a pretty good idea. This…

“I stink.” Not words you expect to hear when you come upon a court of little tykes who had been 15 minutes ago having fun…

It is raining this morning as I write this.  We are indoors with drills. For many years at TLC, we had a saying as a…

It is never a matter of if.  It is always a matter of when.  Trouble will visit our minds and our lives.  If we know…

This morning, outdoors, at 6:45 AM CDT, I was destroyed on court by my buddy. He played brilliantly. He set up shots beautifully, and executed…

What if you started every game in tennis behind Love-40 against opponents of equal ability?  How long before TLC’s Three Crowns of Positive Attitude, Full…