Rick Head

3 weeks ago | theblacksheartimes.com | Rick Head

Unless programs are winning games or matches and advancing through the playoffs, coaches catch the brunt when teams struggle. An injury or two to main players are sometimes crucial to a teams’ success. Sometimes its just the luck of how the ball bounces. The coaching profession is a thankless job compounded by those who routinely bash a coach or coaches. Coaches give their time and effort when they could be home with their families. It’s something they want to do.

1 month ago | theblacksheartimes.com | Rick Head

Has your pillow flattened out and now you’re dreaming its talking to you. It might have gone like this. Pillow: “We’ve had a good run this decade and a half. Me, a sweat-stained, yellowing bed pillow. You, a 62-year-old man. And now, after years of supporting you literally and figuratively, there’s only one thing left to do. “Please kill me. “It’s time. I just can’t deal with another night of being repeatedly flipped, folded and fluffed, in a futile attempt to be made comfortable.

2 months ago | theblacksheartimes.com | Rick Head

I’ve bit my lip for a while now, but my sanity is about to leave if I don’t talk about the poor state of college athletics under the direction of the NCAA. The current path and direction of coll ege sports has left a bitter taste in my mouth. I once lived and breathed college football and college basketball. “Friday Night Lights” in the fall wet my appetite, which was fed every Saturday in front of the “big screen” TV watching games from across the United States — coast-tocoast.

2 months ago | theblacksheartimes.com | Rick Head

Sometimes I come across things that catch my attention and this is one of them. As I get older and now reflect back on my upbring-i ng, these are things I was taught by my parents and I tried to instill in my son. Life isn’t easy, but doing the right things makes for a better life. These are things our grandparents passed down to our parents and then it passed on to us. Teach these phrases to your sons and daughters so they can be more resilient, successful and confident in life.

Jan 21, 2025 | theblacksheartimes.com | Rick Head

Sometimes I come across things that catch my attention and this is one of them. As I get older and now reflect back on my upb ringing, these are things I was taught by my parents and I tried to instill in my son. Life isn’t easy, but doing the right things makes for a better life. These are things our grandparents passed down to our parents and then it passed on to us. Teach these phrases to your sons and daughters so they can be more resilient, successful and confident in life. 1.