Tag: Success Magazine

Great Lie?

Written on January 22, 2014.

As I was thinking about last year and many of the sports headlines that riveted my attention, I couldn’t help but notice a pattern. 2013 could’ve been dubbed “The Year of the Lie”. It was a year that saw Lance Armstrong admit to lying about doping. We saw Heisman Trophy finalist Manti Te’o admit that his cancer stricken online girlfriend was fabricated by a “confused” man who had fallen in love...

Tony La Russa’s Game Plan

Written on June 1, 2013.

Retired Major League manager Tony La Russa proves that in baseball (as in business), preparation and personal relationships give you a winning edge. Tony La Russa is considered among the best in his business. Yet nearly half the time he led his organizations into competition, they were defeated—2,728 wins, 2,365 losses. That’s one of the great oddities of baseball: Success is relative. A hitter who fails 70 percent...

Recapturing Gold, Restoring Pride

Written on June 21, 2012.

As the USA Men’s Basketball Team heads to London as the favorite to win gold, it’s hard to believe that just a few years ago, even medaling at the Olympics seemed an uncertain prospect. A series of embarrassing setbacks, including a horrific showing in the 2004 Games, left many wondering whether the rest of the world had caught—and passed—the United States in a game created in America. That’s when longtime National...

Letting Go

Written on March 13, 2012.

In a career filled with successes, Warrick Dunn overcame his biggest challenge off the football field. In over 25 years of sports journalism, covering some of the most exciting games and thrilling moments in the world of athletics, I have never seen anything as extraordinary as what I witnessed on Oct. 23, 2007. It wasn’t a moment you’d see on a highlight reel because it had nothing to do with making a play or winning...

Brother’s (Goal) Keeper

Written on November 7, 2011.

Pro sports team executives Brett and Michael Yormark play off each other to raise the bar for individual performance. When New Jersey Nets CEO Brett Yormark needs to find ways to creatively market his NBA team, he doesn’t have to look in the mirror… though sometimes it may seem that way. Often, he calls his brother Michael, the other half of the only identical twins running professional sports franchises in the United...

What Mark Cuban and George Steinbrenner Have In Common

Written on October 17, 2011.

Larger-than-life team owners are easy to love—and easier to hate—depending on which colors you wear. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, as featured in the November 2011 issue of SUCCESS, and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones may be the most visible of the newest generation of owners, but they join a storied line of men who have not been afraid of the limelight. The result of such visibility, however, seems to be something...

The Ultimate Maverick

Written on October 10, 2011.

Say what you will about Mark Cuban’s unconventional ways but you can’t say he isn’t a winner. Rare is the professional sports team owner who has a personality and a following that rivals his best player’s. Mark Cuban is rare. Owner of the 2011 NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks, Cuban has never been one to shy away from the media; he’s certainly never been afraid to wear his heart on his sleeve—even when...

Derek Jeter’s Greatest Hits

Written on October 4, 2011.

When New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter smacked his 3,000th career hit on July 9, it was the kind of picture-perfect moment kids dream of. A warm summer day, a packed house and a home run ball caught by a lifelong Yankees fan who handed it back to Jeter with a huge smile. Only 27 other players in the history of professional baseball have managed the 3,000-hit threshold, and none had done it while playing for the...

Monica Seles: Triumph of Love

Written on August 25, 2011.

Monica Seles’ greatest victory wasn’t on the tennis courts. As a teenager, Monica Seles won some historic matches on the tennis court, dominating opponents and filling a room with trophies. Her greatest win, though, came years later. Born in Yugoslavia in 1973, amid Cold War tensions and communist supply shortages, she started playing tennis with her father at the age of 5 “for a little exercise.” She quickly...