@jonsolomon35.bsky.social
Aspen Institute Project Play Community Impact Director with focus on youth sports. Ex-college sports reporter. Longtime Orioles fan.
Children with disabilities play sports far less than their peers. The lack of play can be impactful. Parents of children with disabilities see their child’s health worsen more without sports. How do we fundamentally change our mindset about disabilities? projectplay.org/news/project...
Project Play survey: Youth with disabilities need sports more but play less - Project Play
Among children who play sports, those with disabilities annually participate almost one month less in practices or competitions than their peers without disabilities. The lack of play can be impactful...
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September 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Children with disabilities play sports far less than their peers. The lack of play can be impactful. Parents of children with disabilities see their child’s health worsen more without sports. How do we fundamentally change our mindset about disabilities? projectplay.org/news/project...
The Challenger space shuttle explosion and ACC men’s basketball tournament in elementary school.
July 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Challenger space shuttle explosion and ACC men’s basketball tournament in elementary school.
Only a very small number of high school athletes will play pro sports. Yet 1 in 10 youth sports parents think their child can go pro, and 2 in 10 view Division I college sports as realistic, according to a survey by the Aspen Institute. projectplay.org/news/project...
Project Play survey: 11% of sports parents believe their child can go pro - Project Play
More than half of sports parents feel some or lots of pressure to have their child specialize in one sport, but today the source of that pressure is less often the chase for professional careers or NC...
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May 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Only a very small number of high school athletes will play pro sports. Yet 1 in 10 youth sports parents think their child can go pro, and 2 in 10 view Division I college sports as realistic, according to a survey by the Aspen Institute. projectplay.org/news/project...
One in five young athletes play their primary sport more than nine months a year - and one in ten plays one sport year-round, despite expert recommendations to play multiple sports. The main reason parents give? The fear of not making a high school team. projectplay.org/news/project...
Project Play survey: Parents justify sport specialization so their child can play in high school - Project Play
More than half of sports parents feel some or lots of pressure to have their child specialize in one sport, but today the source of that pressure is less often the chase for professional careers or NC...
projectplay.org
April 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
One in five young athletes play their primary sport more than nine months a year - and one in ten plays one sport year-round, despite expert recommendations to play multiple sports. The main reason parents give? The fear of not making a high school team. projectplay.org/news/project...
With antisemitism on the rise, including on college campuses since October 7, it’s ironic and meaningful for three Jews to be coaching in the Final Four. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Three Jewish coaches reach a Final Four, 20 years after that day at a deli
Auburn’s Bruce Pearl, Florida’s Todd Golden and Duke’s Jon Scheyer share a common bond as they gather in San Antonio for Saturday’s national semifinals.
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April 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
With antisemitism on the rise, including on college campuses since October 7, it’s ironic and meaningful for three Jews to be coaching in the Final Four. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
The average U.S. sports family spent $1,016 on their child’s primary sport in 2024, up 46% since 2019, according to the Aspen Institute’s latest parent survey. That’s twice the rate of price inflations in the U.S. economy. projectplay.org/news/2025/2/...
Project Play survey: Family spending on youth sports rises 46% over five years - Project Play
Participation in youth sports is getting more expensive – and there seems no end in sight. The average U.S. sports family spent $1,016 on their child’s primary sport in 2024, a 46% increase since 20...
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March 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The average U.S. sports family spent $1,016 on their child’s primary sport in 2024, up 46% since 2019, according to the Aspen Institute’s latest parent survey. That’s twice the rate of price inflations in the U.S. economy. projectplay.org/news/2025/2/...
“I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you better.” Gut-wrenching eulogy by Yarden Bibas for his wife and sons Ariel and Kfir, who were buried together today in Israel. www.timesofisrael.com/sorry-i-coul...
‘Sorry I couldn’t protect you’: Yarden Bibas’s eulogy for wife Shiri, sons Ariel and Kfir
His family murdered in Gaza, freed hostage says he misses nibbling on baby Kfir, hopes there are butterflies in heaven for Ariel; asks slain wife: ‘Guard me so I don’t sink into darkness’
www.timesofisrael.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
“I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you better.” Gut-wrenching eulogy by Yarden Bibas for his wife and sons Ariel and Kfir, who were buried together today in Israel. www.timesofisrael.com/sorry-i-coul...
CDC removes gender, equity references in public health material. “It’s Orwellian.”
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System is valuable data to understand child health, including physical activity, mental health and young people who identify as LGBTQ.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System is valuable data to understand child health, including physical activity, mental health and young people who identify as LGBTQ.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
CDC removes gender, equity references in public health material
Large sets of data are being scrubbed of references to transgender and LGBTQ+ people, among others, which could compromise their use in research.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
CDC removes gender, equity references in public health material. “It’s Orwellian.”
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System is valuable data to understand child health, including physical activity, mental health and young people who identify as LGBTQ.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System is valuable data to understand child health, including physical activity, mental health and young people who identify as LGBTQ.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
I generally feel safe with air travel. But Reagan National Airport can be frightening. There’s just too much congestion in the air space — and Congress added 5 more flights last year despite warnings by Sen. Tim Kaine and others. www.newsweek.com/reagan-airpo...
FAA added more flights to Reagan Airport despite collision warnings
Before the additional flights were approved, a senator warned that the increase could heighten the risk of collisions.
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January 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I generally feel safe with air travel. But Reagan National Airport can be frightening. There’s just too much congestion in the air space — and Congress added 5 more flights last year despite warnings by Sen. Tim Kaine and others. www.newsweek.com/reagan-airpo...
Holocaust survivors fear Europe is forgetting the lessons of Auschwitz. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Holocaust survivors fear Europe is forgetting the lessons of Auschwitz
Eighty years after the liberation of the concentration camp, some politicians have been quick to target outsiders.
www.bbc.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Holocaust survivors fear Europe is forgetting the lessons of Auschwitz. www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Women’s sports have also been held to the ridiculous standard of being expected to be comparable to their male counterparts now despite the guys having had a half-century or longer head start.” Spot on.
One thing that’s always amazed me is how much money decision makers gave up by ignoring women’s sports. We’re all seeing now just how foolish that was. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Of course women's sports are thriving. What took you so long to realize it? | Opinion
Women's sports have long been undervalued. Now that people have seen the light, everyone wants in, columnist Nancy Armour writes.
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January 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“Women’s sports have also been held to the ridiculous standard of being expected to be comparable to their male counterparts now despite the guys having had a half-century or longer head start.” Spot on.
This is the story I’ve been waiting to read all Washington Commanders season. What’s life like for Daniel Snyder? Spoiler alert: He’s miserable. Great reporting that Joe Gibbs helped save the sale in the 11th hour. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Sources: Snyder 'hates' Commanders success
Sources close to the ex-Commanders owner say he remains in denial over what led to his ouster from the NFL.
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January 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is the story I’ve been waiting to read all Washington Commanders season. What’s life like for Daniel Snyder? Spoiler alert: He’s miserable. Great reporting that Joe Gibbs helped save the sale in the 11th hour. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
As Mark Andrews becomes a meme and gets mocked for the worst day of his football life, let’s remember that he helped save a woman’s life. Perspective is hard after brutal losses. But there is more to life than football. www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne...
Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews helps save a woman's life on a Southwest Airlines flight
WJZ spoke with the passenger who posted about what he witnessed when a woman had a medical emergency mid-flight and the Ravens star stepped up to help.
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January 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
As Mark Andrews becomes a meme and gets mocked for the worst day of his football life, let’s remember that he helped save a woman’s life. Perspective is hard after brutal losses. But there is more to life than football. www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne...
The Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship Game is surreal. There were so many toxic years with Dan Snyder that made it impossible to care about them. Nothing unites the DC region like Washington’s football team. A new generation of fans are about to learn this.
January 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship Game is surreal. There were so many toxic years with Dan Snyder that made it impossible to care about them. Nothing unites the DC region like Washington’s football team. A new generation of fans are about to learn this.
Unnecessary touching of Patrick Mahomes is apparently a penalty. The officiating in Chiefs-Texans has been something else.
January 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Unnecessary touching of Patrick Mahomes is apparently a penalty. The officiating in Chiefs-Texans has been something else.
Outstanding article by @dkthomp.bsky.social on the anti-social century. Americans are now spending more time alone than ever through self-imposed solitude. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Outstanding article by @dkthomp.bsky.social on the anti-social century. Americans are now spending more time alone than ever through self-imposed solitude. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
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If you are displaced due to LA fires, we all want to help. I have room for 8 people in Salt Lake City. It’s a 9 hour drive. I can pay for gas or flights. We all feel helpless and want to do something. Please reach out. Will help if I can.
January 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
If you are displaced due to LA fires, we all want to help. I have room for 8 people in Salt Lake City. It’s a 9 hour drive. I can pay for gas or flights. We all feel helpless and want to do something. Please reach out. Will help if I can.
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Scientists on Friday confirmed that 2024 was the first to surpass a dangerous warming threshold of 1.5 Celsius that nations had pledged not to cross.
You just lived through the hottest year on record. Again.
Scientists on Friday confirmed that 2024 was the first to surpass a dangerous warming threshold of 1.5 Celsius that nations had pledged not to cross.
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January 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Scientists on Friday confirmed that 2024 was the first to surpass a dangerous warming threshold of 1.5 Celsius that nations had pledged not to cross.
Powerful work by Nolan Trowe photographing disability rights advocates crawling up steps of the Pa. Capitol. “I’m sick to death of pity and fake sympathy. I don’t need it. Nobody does. We need real empathetic, tough people.” www.washingtonpost.com/photography/...
Guest column | Why I risked my health to photograph disability rights advocates crawling up steps of Pa. Capitol
Photographer Nolan Trowe documented disability rights advocates at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in May. The protest was reminiscent of the Capitol Crawl in Washington in 1990.
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January 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Powerful work by Nolan Trowe photographing disability rights advocates crawling up steps of the Pa. Capitol. “I’m sick to death of pity and fake sympathy. I don’t need it. Nobody does. We need real empathetic, tough people.” www.washingtonpost.com/photography/...
Excellent and sobering column. We have so many challenges ahead of us tied to climate.
This is one of the more important columns I've written lately: The California fires are a stark reminder that climate is switching from an economic and tech problem to a destabilizing political challenge. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/california...
California's Fires Show How Climate Will Destabilize Our Politics and Daily Life
Climate has long been a tech and economic problem—it's about to be a political one
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Excellent and sobering column. We have so many challenges ahead of us tied to climate.
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I’ve always been a massive pessimist, but the extent to which our information environment around disasters has degraded over the last 3 years has been far worse than even I could imagine.
People keep telling me that X is a better platform to follow the LA Count fires on and, well, these are the top hits on the top trending topic
January 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I’ve always been a massive pessimist, but the extent to which our information environment around disasters has degraded over the last 3 years has been far worse than even I could imagine.
Orioles article. “It’s the responsibility of a GM to manage multiple objectives within the front office. That Elias seems singularly focused on building a system for sustainable success, even if it comes at the expense of winning in the present, is confounding.” blogs.fangraphs.com/orioles-rost...
Orioles’ Roster-Building Flaws Continue With Charlie Morton Signing
Morton is still a valuable pitcher, but he isn’t enough to help Baltimore progress from good regular season team to successful postseason team.
blogs.fangraphs.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Orioles article. “It’s the responsibility of a GM to manage multiple objectives within the front office. That Elias seems singularly focused on building a system for sustainable success, even if it comes at the expense of winning in the present, is confounding.” blogs.fangraphs.com/orioles-rost...
A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police, FBI, family or friends. Then he sent ProPublica a massive trove of documents to warn what a new generation of militia leaders looks like. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
January 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police, FBI, family or friends. Then he sent ProPublica a massive trove of documents to warn what a new generation of militia leaders looks like. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
Horrific act of violence to start 2025 and on the eve of the Sugar Bowl. Prayers to those impacted and the city of New Orleans. www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
New Orleans attack: 10 killed, manmade explosive device found, suspect fired on officers
New Orleans officials say the man that crashed his car into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street also shot at officers, wounding two. Manmade explosive device found.
www.nola.com
January 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Horrific act of violence to start 2025 and on the eve of the Sugar Bowl. Prayers to those impacted and the city of New Orleans. www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
What a catch. What a quarterback. After decades of mostly miserable football with a toxic owner, Washington has won 11 games for the 1st time since its 1991 Super Bowl season.
December 30, 2024 at 5:32 AM
What a catch. What a quarterback. After decades of mostly miserable football with a toxic owner, Washington has won 11 games for the 1st time since its 1991 Super Bowl season.