Steve DeShazo

1 week ago | stevedeshazo.substack.com | Steve DeShazo

Associated Press photoIn this age of analytics, strategy seems to be almost as important as talent in the recipe for sports success. Athletes at every level enter competition with specific, researched intentions — although, as Mike Tyson once put it, “Everyone has a plan ’til they get punched in the mouth.”Thanks for reading Steve’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Which makes me wonder: just what are the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Knicks thinking?

1 week ago | stevedeshazo.substack.com | Steve DeShazo

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2 weeks ago | stevedeshazo.substack.com | Steve DeShazo

Associated Press photoBetween happy hours on reunion weekend at the University of Virginia, I sat in on a seminar dubbed: “The Changing Landscape of College Athletics.” When I rejoined several of my fellow alums later, their first question was whether I learned anything. Thanks for reading Steve’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. “We need more money,” I replied, paraphrasing the presenters.

3 weeks ago | stevedeshazo.substack.com | Steve DeShazo

Associated Press photoMotivation comes in a variety of forms for athletes. Famously being cut from his high school varsity basketball team as a sophomore helped fuel Michael Jordan’s ascent to the top of his sport, and he later invented perceived slights as incentive to stay there. Thanks for reading Steve’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. For Tyrese Haliburton, there’s no need to make up disrespect.

3 weeks ago | stevedeshazo.substack.com | Steve DeShazo

Anyone who knows me likely would agree that I don’t do change lightly. I had one job for 39 years, and my 2013 model RAV 4 has 180,000 miles on it. I also had the same legal address for 35 years until recently selling our townhouse in Fredericksburg. Thanks for reading Steve’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.