Author: jklucero

My son graduated high school yesterday. Although it was 13 years ago I still vividly remember his first day of school. Here stood this sweet, little boy with hi...

Glorious days in the sun I write incessantly about my children and the game of football. From all perception, it consumes us and is the forefront in everything ...

My son has met his closest and best friends from his team. Among those boys are four whom he has created a strong bond. They were as thick as thieves. Wherever ...

His name may not be etched on any plaque nor printed in any article. His picture may not be hung on any of the walls or highlighted on any Friday night broadcas...

We watched “Friday Night Lights” and “When the game stands tall” last night. My oldest watched the latter with us. I was in a football movie mood, I guess and w...

I have always believed we will live forever. I refuse to believe we are nothing but the hollow result of a series of great coincidences and fortunate events. I ...

My grandmother was born Madeline Simone in New York in 1924. She was a first generation Italian American and English was her second language, like most immigran...

This is the time I have dreaded for years, my youngest son’s last youth football game is over. This means youth football is not only over for him but for us as ...

We are the wholesale distributors of advice to our kids. It is a right, an obligation, a duty and to be honest, it is just fun to bs the younger generation when...