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You Know Jack! is where I finally started writing down the stories people have been telling me for years that I should share. Most of them involve sports, but at their core, they’re really about people and the moments that stick with us.
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I Heard Something Different From The Dugout (opens the original)
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I don’t know if it is actually possible to listen to one conversation in one ear and a separate conversation in the other, but I swear I thought I did during an Oklahoma State baseball game.During home games at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, I would move around the ballpark making sure everything was running smoothly with the ticket office, gate attendants, press box and whatever else needed my attention.There’s always another story to tell. Subscribe to You Know Jack! for behind-t
Words of Wisdom (opens the original)
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🗂️ From the ArchivesSometimes even a journalism major gets it wrong.Earlier this year, I wrote 23 stories and posted them as Substack Notes. Unfortunately, Notes don’t generate email notifications, so many of you probably never saw them.Welcome to #FlashbackFriday, where I’ll dust one off from the archives and share it with the readers who missed it.Three things no one tells you when you’re young:- Some of the best advice you’ll ever receive comes when you aren’t really listening.- The things yo
Ideas are fun. Making them happen is work. (opens the original)
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During my years with Diamond Sports, we had regular marketing think tanks to come up with promotions. I was required to attend, even though the pragmatic part of my brain didn’t always understand the meaning of the words “think tank.”Someone would suggest an idea. I would immediately analyze it and explain how and why it wouldn’t work.There’s always another story to tell. Subscribe to You Know Jack! for behind-the-scenes sports stories, memorable moments and a
Play to Pay for Parents Retirement (opens the original)
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🗂️ From the ArchivesSometimes even a journalism major gets it wrong.Earlier this year, I wrote 23 stories and posted them as Substack Notes. Unfortunately, Notes don’t generate email notifications, so many of you probably never saw them.Welcome to #FlashbackFriday, where I’ll dust one off from the archives and share it with the readers who missed it.Youth sports sure have changed.I remember working in Oklahoma State baseball camps in the late 1980s and early 1990s and already seeing parents tryi
RMC Plans a Funeral (opens the original)
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Yes, my mother, Rose Marie, planned her own funeral, including selecting who would speak.Anyone who knew my mom would hear that and say, “That makes total sense.”There’s always another story to tell. Subscribe to You Know Jack! for behind-the-scenes sports stories, memorable moments and a few laughs along the way. Free subscriptions are always welcome, and paid subscriptions help keep the stories coming.<input cla
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