Appearances in Support of Until it Hurts
Friday, May 13
Sport for All, Play for Life: A Sports & Society Roundtable The inaugural roundtable of the Aspen Institute's Sports and Society program will launch an important dialogue about the sports activity of children, with focus on addressing the barriers to widespread athletic participation. The event takes place at the Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C., from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Thursday, April 28
How to Win at Sports, With burnout and overuse injuries on the rise, how do parents protect their athletes' emotional and physical health and allow sports to achieve their valiant goal of building confidence, self-esteem and success? The event sponsors are the Darien Library and the YWCA Parent Awareness Network. Remarks and a book signing starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Middlesex Middle School Auditorium, Darien, CT.
Thursday, March 24
Coaching Today's Athletes, Saint Francis Medical Center. Parents of student-athletes are invited. The event begins at 8 a.m. at the hospital's Health and Wellness Center, 211 Saint Francis Drive in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Thursday, October 28
The Death of Amateurism: Implications for Sport and Health, University of Baltimore Law School. The symposium begins at 9:30 a.m. at the law school, 1415 Maryland Ave. in Baltimore.
Saturday, August 14
Talkin' Baseball, Bob Davids Chapter of the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR). Discussion and book signing. The event begins at 9 a.m. Brighton Gardens of Columbia, 7110 Minstrel Way, Columbia, Maryland.
Friday, July 30
CATZ Sports Performance Center. Book signing at 6 p.m. followed by a panel discussion.. The event takes place at CATZ, 12611 Hymeadow Drive, Austin, Texas.
Thursday, July 1
Gelf Magazine's "Varsity Letters" Sports Authors Series. The event begins at 7:30 p.m., JLA Studios, 63 Pearl Street, Brooklyn, New York
Wednesday, May 12
Greater Baltimore Committee "The LEADERship" Alumni Association Breakfast. The event begins at 7:30 a.m. in Baltimore. For more information, call 410-727-2820.
Press
"Too Much, Too Soon: Have pressures on young athletes in training become too great?"
Des Moines Register
November 6, 2011
"One Parent on the Dangers of Scholarship Dreams"
Chronicle of Higher Education
October 9, 2011
"Youth Sports Injuries on Rise, Preventable"
Anniston (Ala.) Star
July 24, 2011
"Denial Runs Deep Among Sports Parents"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 5 , 2011
"Kids and Sports - When Is It Too Much?"
Radio Times - WHYY
June 1
, 2011
"When it Comes to Sports, Some Parents Push Their Kids to the Limits"
Staten Island (NY) Advance
March 29
, 2011
"Have Youth Sports Become Too Intense?"
The New York Times Upfront
February 21, 2011
"Kids in Sports: How Young Is Too Young?"
Oakland Tribune
February 18, 2011
"Do You Support Sports Training for Babies and Toddlers?"
CBC Radio
December 10, 2010
"Sports Training Has Begun for Babies and Toddlers"
New York Times
December 1, 2010
"Early Retirement: Rise in overuse injuries is cutting short more young athletes’ careers"
Albuquerque Journal
November 14, 2010
"Young Minds, Big League Dreams"
Vancouver Sun
October 15, 2010
"In Basketball, Danger of Head Trauma"
New York Times
September 13, 2010
"Can't Make Your Child's Game? Break Out the Laptop"
New York Times
August, 26, 2010
"A Cautionary Tale of Pushing Young Athletes Too Hard, Too Early"
Howard County Times
August, 19, 2010
"Dangers of the Tiger Track"
Gelf Magazine
June 28, 2010
"A Children's Crusade"
Sports Illustrated
June 7, 2010
"Unruly Sports Fans Sending Some Officials to the Sideline"
New York Times
June 6, 2010
"For Children in Sports, a Breaking Point"
New York Times
May 25, 2010
"On Sandlot Day, Children Call Their Own Shots"
New York Times
March 28, 2010
"A Parent's Dilemma: How to Handle a Football Scholarship for a Seventh-Grader"
ParentDish
February 15, 2010
"In Youth Sports, Players Are Playing for Fun"
New York Times
January 31, 2010
"Five Books to Place Under Your Christmas Tree"
The State
December 15, 2009
"Losing By a Stitch: Fashion Fouls, or Worse, in Prep Sports"
New York Times
December 11, 2009
"Local Writer Draws the Line for Youth Sports"
Catholic Review
November 19, 2009
"Football's Bloodiest Secret"
The Daily Beast
October 29, 2009
"Injuries Occur When Kids Are Too Active in Sports"
Huffington Post
September 8, 2009
"Why Youth Sports Are Good for Parents' Social Lives"
BusinessWeek.com
September 3, 2009
"Winning Isn't Everything: Why "Everyone Gets a Turn" May Be Good For Little Kids"
Newsweek.com
September 2, 2009
"Hang Up and Listen - The Kids Aren't Alright Edition"
Slate
August 24, 2009
"Pain? No Gain"
Lacrosse Magazine
August 2009
"Are jocks jerks? Kids, sports and life lessons"
Newsweek.com
August 18, 2009
"Science Throws Little League A Curveball"
Deadspin
July 26, 2009
"Studies Show That the Curveball Isn't Too Stressful for Young Arms"
New York Times
July 26, 2009
"The business of youth sports"
BusinessMatters
July 3, 2009
"Not Just For Kids: Our adult obsession with youth sports isn’t just unsettling. It’s tradition"
Pennsylvania Gazette
July-August 2009
"Book looks at parents coaching kids ‘Until It Hurts’"
Carroll County Times
June 23, 2009
"Youth Baseball Injuries: Good and Bad News"
Live Science.com
June 12, 2009
"P-R-E-S-S-U-R-E"
May 28, 2009
"Is There a Such Thing as Too Much Sports?"
Sports Illustrated for Kids.com
May 27, 2009
"A parent's perspective on youth athletes pushed to extremes"
The Oregonian
May 21, 2009
"Blowing the Whistle On Youth Sports"
Washington Post
May 21, 2009
"When youth sports injuries last a lifetime"
Wall Street Journal
May 19, 2009
"‘Until It Hurts’ Scrutinizes Youth Sports Obsession"
National Public Radio's "All Things Considered"
May 17, 2009
"Meet the 8-year-old Racer Girl"
Dateline NBC
May 10, 2009
"When an 18-Year-Old Son Needs Elbow Surgery"
New York Times
April 26, 2009
"Author will discuss perils of youth sports"
Freehold (New Jersey) News Transcript
April 22, 2009
"National Public Radio's Here and Now"
Interview with host Robin Young
April 20, 2009
"Let the kids play, out of harm's way"
PressDemocrat
April 18, 2009
"Excess for Success is a Painful Course "
PressBox Online
April 2009
"SL Interview: Author Mark Hyman on America's youth sports obsession"
Sportsletter.org
April 9, 2009
"The Kids Aren't Alright: They're getting hurt more than ever, often because parents push them too hard"
SportsIllustrated.com
April 9, 2009
"How the Sports Obsession Harms Our Kids"
SportsIllustrated.com
April 7, 2009
"Why Youth Sports Are Anything But Child's Play"
New York Post
April 5, 2009
"How Parents Have Taken the Fun Out of Games"
Boston Globe
April 5, 2009
Wisconsin Public Radio
Kathleen Dunn Show
March 25, 2009
“Should You Unschedule Your Overscheduled Child?”
Dallas Child
January, 2009
“Three Web Sites for Sports Parents”
GoodHousekeeping.com
November, 2008
