8/26/25: Ryan Day Joins The Show, ESPN Teams Up with Positive Coaching Alliance, and More

👏 Ohio State Coach Ryan Day Talks About Championship Culture, Family, Process

Building a Championship Culture

A lot of conversations about Ryan Day focus on the wins, the recruiting classes and the trophies. But what often gets lost is the person behind the headset — the dad, the teacher, the leader shaping young men.

On a new episode of Youth Inc., Greg Olsen sat down with the Ohio State football coach — fresh off a national championship — for a conversation that felt less like an interview and more like two friends trading notes about life. The bond they’ve built over time — Olsen visiting spring practice, watching Day lead and admiring the program up close — gave this episode a unique tone. This wasn’t just about football. It was about parenting, culture and the daily choices that define who we become.

When Olsen asked what “culture” really looks like at a program like Ohio State, Day went back to his roots — first as a quarterback and linebacker at the University of New Hampshire, then through coaching stops at Boston College, Florida, Temple, the Eagles and the 49ers. He explained how he’s seen different definitions of culture, but at Ohio State it’s built on clarity.

“Culture is really just the behavior that’s in your building,” Day said. “One of the most important things is having an agreement on the front end of what the expectations are.”

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💡ESPN & Positive Coaching Alliance Team Up on Take Back Sports, A Resource for Parents, Coaches

Never Losing Sight of what Really Matters

It was a typical conference call last November between ESPN and the Positive Coaching Alliance. The two organizations were exchanging ideas about youth sports when someone on the ESPN team asked PCA if they had an ideas for youth sports parents. Positive Coaching Alliance CEO Jason Sacks’ jaw dropped.

“It was almost like they read our minds,” said Sacks. “We had been thinking about a parents initiative for a while and I had a full pitch deck ready. I pulled it out and said, ‘This is what we have planned.’ It was a full Spiderman moment for me.”

The details of the joint initiative got hammered out a few months later, at the NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco, and Take Back Sports was formed. The program gives parents a lot of resources to navigate the world of youth sports. It also encourages parents to take a pledge to create a “more positive, respectful and supportive experience in every practice game and conversation.” 

You can take the pledge here.

🤣 The Biggest and Best Moments from the Little League World Series

The Best of Little League

The 2025 Little League World Series recently wrapped up and it brought everything we love about the game: unforgettable plays, emotional celebrations and the kind of joy only Little League can deliver. 

Youth Inc. senior digital editor Ellie Kriebel compiled some of the best moments from the Little League Baseball and Softball World Series.

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The record number that a 2007-08 Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant Upper Deck Exquisite Collection sold for, breaking the previous mark by more than $300,000. 

"For Max and his family and friends, I'm sure they're all living in a dream and a fairytale and it probably hasn't hit home yet. But you can see his future is so bright, he is going to have a massive future.”

 -Wayne Rooney after 15-year-old Max Dowman made his Arsenal debut against Leeds.