My dad didn’t just root for the Jets. He endured them. Sundays meant hope, frustration, greasy diner food, and the quiet understanding that things would probably fall apart by the fourth quarter. And somehow, that became part of who he was — and who I became too. This isn’t a story about wins and losses. It’s about inheritance. About the teams we’re handed, the people who hand them to us, and the strange comfort of knowing that some suffering didn’t follow him into whatever

Leadership is supposed to lift people up, not wear them down. But when words are used as weapons instead of tools, the line between motivation and humiliation disappears fast. From NFL owners to MLB executives, recent examples show how fragile trust becomes when authority forgets its responsibility. In sports, where emotion fuels effort, leaders shape more than wins and losses. They shape people. And when that power is misused, the consequences linger long after the final whi