Guest Author - Judith Hodges

With all the negative things that happen in sports, sometimes it is hard to find someone saying positive things about it. Brian Kilmeade wrote "The Games Do Count: American's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports". Kilmeade gathered over 70 stories of how some sport helped benefit world leaders, business leaders, celebrities, and passengers of Flight 93.

This book is a quick read. It has a few pages about each person. Bernie Mac made me laugh as he tells the story of being kicked off the basketball team 5 times. I cried as I read Deena Burnett tell how football helped her husband Tom on Flight 93 on 9-11.

This book covers just about every sport from football to dance. It has presidents, senators, congressmen, governors, actors, actresses, TV hosts, directors, and CEOs. It tells the story in the person's own words. It is a good book for anyone trying to figure out the importance of sports. Or, for the old sports fan who needs to be reminded that sports are more than just winning on game day, they can help us win in the game of life as well.