Tim Smith is the little brother of one of my best friends, Alex. Tim and I are close friends now, but our friendship didn’t really blossom until 1997 when I asked Tim to play drums in a band I was in. We were called 3% Fat; a bunch of dorky white boys who played some […]
2 degrees with a -25 wind chill…now that is really cold. But there was lots of warmth in the Qwest Center December 17th through the 20th because Side-Out was exhibiting at the AVCA Convention in BRISK Omaha Nebraska and we brought a VERY pink booth. 4 members of our board, Brad Wise, Barry Goldberg, Kay
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In 2003, I met a man by the name of Hank Molinengo. I was the assistant coach at West Springfield High School at the time and Hanks daughter, Jessie, was one of our setters. Hank had such an amazing attitude about the whole parenting a high school athlete. He said, “Rick, I am not gonna
Last night was Annandale High School’s Dig Pink event. Rick is the Girl’s Volleyball Team’s head coach. It was spectacular. It was powerfully poignant for me and found it very difficult to control my emotions already ragged from my disease. My son, Rick created the Dig Pink miracle and seeing it played out like that
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I left for vacation a few days ago figuring that I would just sit back and relax. That was until I got to Key West. The owners of our B&B happen to be retired doctors and in their extensive library was a book called Breast Cancer: Beyond Convention. Being the crazed esearcher that I am,
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Belief: a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing. Belief in positive outcomes is the first step to a strong mental foundation. Without it survival is not really in the picture. When my mother was diagnosed with Breast Cancer a second time, her outlook on
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About 3 years ago, my former company hired a new CEO. A man by the name of Brad Wise. In our first official company meeting, Brad put together this presentation about where the company is now and where we see it going in the future. The very last slide of this presentation had a picture
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We have added a new section to our blog called “Rick’s Coaching Tips”. This section will give friends and family of cancer fighters helpful tips to help them “Coach” their loved ones through the various difficulties that a cancer fighter must endure. What happened in 2004 was nothing short of miraculous. A single volleyball match
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By Mike Walter, Channel 9 News Movies like Rudy, or Remember the Titans are the kind of sports movies where teams or players defy the odds, they beat adversity and come out on top. Both of those are based on true stories and if Hollywood is looking for another, their next stop may be
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