INSPIRE

👏 Meet Shelby Bumgarner, Youth Inc.'s newsest team member

It’s our pleasure to introduce our newest teammate, Shelby Bumgarner. A former Duke University student-athlete and broadcast journalist from Pasadena, MD, Shelby will be creating lots of content for Youth Inc. She brings a strong passion for amplifying athlete voices through storytelling and digital media.

Shelby has served as a creator and on-air talent for Duke Athletics and the Blue Devil Network, hosting the True Blue Podcast and producing original digital series including Top Plays of the Month. She was Duke Athletics’ first intern dedicated to digital storytelling, sideline reporting, and content creation.

Shelby’s experience includes internships with ESPN, selection to ESPN’s prestigious NEXT Program, coverage at the 2025 ESPYS, and contributions to ACC Network coverage. She is a recipient of Duke’s True Award and the ACC Top Six for Service Award for her leadership and community impact. 

At Youth Inc., Shelby is excited to help educate, inspire, and empower the next generation of athletes and families through meaningful, inclusive content.l to being a sports parent. With more choices, distractions and voices, it can be difficult to know where to turn. Sometimes a little tough love and old school values can be the answer.

INFORM

💡Dan Orlovsky and Greg Olsen Discuss Ins and Outs of Sports Parenting

There’s no manual to being a sports parent. With more choices, distractions and voices, it can be difficult to know where to turn. Sometimes a little tough love and old school values can be the answer.

In a fascinating conversation, former NFL players Dan Orlovsky and Greg Olsen went back and forth on what made them successful and how they’re both trying to help their kids find success in sports. While there isn’t one right way to do things, and every situation is different, both Orlovsky and Olsen agreed on one thing: kids need to be pushed.

ENTERTAIN

🤣 Cold Night, Loud Gym, A Dad’s Full Heart

There’s nothing like the joy of watching your kid play sports, especially when the setting is so special. Youth Inc. co-founder Tim Murphy recently took it all in during his son’s high school basketball game and delivered a pitch-perfect account.

It was a cold January Friday night in the Northeast—the kind where the air feels sharp and the lights inside a high school gym glow a little warmer than usual. Inter-Ac conference play was tipping off, and two longtime rivals were meeting once again.
The gym was packed.

The energy was electric.

The student section showed up in full force, dressed head-to-toe for toga night, loud and fearless in the way only teenagers can be.

It was awesome.

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“I'm excited about being able to get back, and next year being able to learn more than I did this year, keep growing, and us as a team and an organization to be able to keep growing."

 – Bears QB Caleb Williams after Chicago’s crushing overtime playoff loss to the Rams.