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When Falls the Coliseum
When Falls the Coliseum

a journal of American culture (or lack thereof)

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One, two, three strikes… you’re IN

Scott Warnock, July 12, 2023March 15, 2024

Way back when, as an assistant coach for my middle child Nate’s soccer team, we…

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Weekend of backup quarterbacks

Scott Warnock, January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

I started writing this a few weeks ago, right after the last weekend of the…

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Mental health and athletes, young and old

Scott Warnock, November 19, 2019

Conversations about the mind and sports that I have participated in over the years have…

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An old wrestling head (not me!) laments the problems of youth sports

Scott Warnock, October 31, 2019October 31, 2019

Sometimes in an unexpected, tucked-away place I’ll come across a piece of writing that hits…

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Making bad sideline behavior public

Scott Warnock, August 31, 2018

Summer’s getting darn near over for many (as I’ve said before, though, not for me,…

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Injury

Scott Warnock, June 28, 2018

As I trailed the ambulance that transported Nate, my 16-year-old middle child, to the hospital…

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We have a soccer development system: It’s called high school

Scott Warnock, May 18, 2018August 17, 2025

I’ve marveled at the war that’s been waged on youth sports through our hypercompetitive culture….

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Youth sports parents: This and that

Scott Warnock, April 25, 2018August 17, 2025

My last kid, the erstwhile little guy, my 8th-grader, finished up his youth wrestling career…

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