FRIDAY ROUND-UP!
Every Friday we bring you the Friday Round-Up in partnership with DadTrends.com, a companion site to TheFatherLife.com! Cool stuff worth passing along… Enjoy this week’s roundup (it must have been a sports week)! And have a great weekend! -TFL
THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER IN SPORTS: JAMES ANDREWS (FastCompany)
James Andrews has become a hidden force in sports — rescuing careers, changing the outcome of games, and making billions for stars and teams — by mending the world’s best athletes (like the 62 pros on the previous pages) and driving medical innovation. When Jonathan Papelbon, the virtually unhittable closer for the Boston Red Sox, hurls a baseball at nearly 100 mph, his right arm becomes a fantastic and ferocious blur, rotating at about 7,500 degrees per second. If it were to keep going…
NFL 2008 SEASON PREVIEW: NFC (TheFatherLife.com)
Conventional wisdom says the NFC is the league’s “weaker” conference. Yet, it is coming off a season where a wild card team toppled arguably the greatest team and inarguably the greatest offensive juggernaut the league has ever seen. Going into this season, the division that produced last year’s champions has three of the top six teams…
NFL 2008 SEASON PREVIEW: AFC (TheFatherLife.com)
The last time we heard from the New England Patriots they were in the midst of ending their season on the wrong end of one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl History…
So, after posting late July I have been AWOL. I have a plethora of excuses for the long absence but one will do—laziness. I took a break. A break from writing, a break from writing during the summer when I was juggling being an active dad to three of the most amazing daughters a dad could ask for, a break from writing during our summer vacation, and a break after a very stressful time in our family’s life as we decided whether to move or not. I think my “battery” was low for a number of reasons and the last month has been just what the doctor ordered…
TIGER, ELIN EXPECTING THEIR SECOND CHILD
This has been a year of contrasts. I had a solid start to the season, won the US Open in an exciting playoff, and than unfortunately had to shut it down after successful knee surgery. And now, I have some wonderful news to report. Sam is going to be a big sister. Elin and I are proud to announce that we are expecting our second child in late winter…
Ben Murphy, founder of The Father Life, is an Adventure Athlete, Writer, and Wellness Advocate who used to be obese. You can ask him your questions at www.BenMurphyOnline.com. He lives in upstate New York with his wife and three daughters.