Doug Kaplicky

#InspiredEducatorWriter | #Dad | #2XsPrincipalOfTheYear | #Teammate @adams_ysd | 👉🏽#ChicagoCubsDieHard | #SportsAddict #ZagUp #GoCougs

[Doug Kaplicky @DougKap]

#SEL is not a program
It is a #MINDSET
It is how we observe and respond to our students challenges. We must meet kids with open minds, open hearts and open arms. #EachDay is a #NewDay
@SEL4USA @CounselHero @Darling_RT @LessonsForSEL @HansNAppel @lanawilli7 @teachergoals #edchat

[Doug Kaplicky @DougKap]

Beyond blessed to work with these unsung heroes and amazing students. See more on IG/FB @adams.ysd @adams_ysd #SchoolCultureMatters #DualLanguageSchool recently recognized by #OSPI as a school closing the achievement gap.

[Adams Elementary School @adams_ysd]

Our #AdamsElementaryYSD 5th graders had an AMAZING field trip to #CampDudley!
👏 A HUGE THANK YOU to the #YakimaYMCA and the #WAOutdoorEducationTeam @ospi for making this incredible experience possible!
💙 Special shout-out to our outstanding 5th grade teachers. @adams_ysd

[Doug Kaplicky @DougKap]

Beyond blessed to work with these unsung heroes and amazing students. See more on IG/FB @adams.ysd @adams_ysd #SchoolCultureMatters #DualLanguageSchool recently recognized by #OSPI as a school closing the achievement gap.

[Adams Elementary School @adams_ysd]

🐾🏆 Celebrating Our 3rd - 5th Grade Students of the Month! 👏🎉
❤️ A special THANK YOU to our amazing Adams staff for pouring your hearts into our students each and every day!
Our Minute to Win It challenges brought plenty of laughter and fun @yakimaschools

[Doug Kaplicky @DougKap]

Beyond blessed to work with these unsung heroes and amazing students. See more on IG/FB @adams.ysd @adams_ysd #SchoolCultureMatters #DualLanguageSchool recently recognized by #OSPI as a school closing the achievement gap.

[Adams Elementary School @adams_ysd]

🐾🏆 Celebrating Our K–2 #StudentsoftheMonth! These incredible young #AdamsBulldogs continue to make us proud.
❤️ A special THANK YOU to our amazing #AdamsElementary staff for pouring your hearts into our students each day.
#SchoolCultureMatters #MinuteToWinItFun @yakimaschools

[Doug Kaplicky @DougKap]

Beyond blessed to work with these unsung heroes and amazing students. See more on IG/FB @adams.ysd @adams_ysd #SchoolCultureMatters #DualLanguageSchool recently recognized by #OSPI as a school closing the achievement gap.

[Adams Elementary School @adams_ysd]

🎡🐾 BULLDOGS AT THE FAIR! 🎠💙💛
What a day for our Adams Bulldogs on a field trip.
Last week, our 1st-5th grade students and staff took over the Central Washington State Fair for a day filled with smiles, laughter, learning, friendship, and memories! 🎡🐷🌽🎢
@adams_ysd

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

I never thought I'd write a book.

For years, people kept asking me to co-author something.

That sounded perfect. All I had to do was sit on a porch, tell some stories, and let a real writer do all the work.

My friend Jon Gordon had other plans.

After reading my co-authored manuscript, he looked me straight in the eye and said, "Clint, you need to write your own book."

"I'm not a writer, Jon."

"You're afraid to write your own book."

Well, that did it. The 12-year-old in me showed up real quick. "I'm not afraid of anything."

Nine months later, "Hurdle-isms" was born.

Those nine months were brutal. There were days I hated writing. Days I wanted to quit. Days I stared at a blank page for hours.

But something magical happened in that struggle. Pulling out old journals from Colorado and Pittsburgh. Remembering conversations with players who changed my life as much as I changed theirs.

Here's what I learned writing my book: Growth isn't comfortable. It's not supposed to be.

The best things that have happened in my life came from doing things I didn't think I could do.

[Miles Commodore @miles_commodore]

If you’re a child of the 80’s who loved baseball, this should give you chills.

[Doug Kaplicky @DougKap]

No one better than #VinScully @TalkinBaseball_ @BBGreatMoments @BaseballCentraI

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

Vin Scully explaining the history of home plate. This is exactly the kind of topic that showed why Scully was different.

He could take something every baseball fan had looked at thousands of times and make you realize you had never really thought about where it came from.

The game could be happening in front of him, and he still found room for a history lesson that never felt like homework.

[Doug Kaplicky @DougKap]

@KyleBrandt Same bro

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

JJ Watt said, "Success isn't owned - it's leased. And rent is due every day."

Every day you choose your effort, your attitude, and your commitment.

There are no shortcuts to success - it requires sacrifice.

Success is knowing you did your best that day.

[Doug Kaplicky @DougKap]

#MickeyMantle timeless #Legend

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Mickey Mantle interviewed in 1954. Really fascinating interview

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Mickey Mantle interviewed in 1954. Really fascinating interview

[Doug Kaplicky @DougKap]

#HawkeyeWave nothing better and modeling kindness for generations to come. @BarstoolUIowa

[ESPN @espn]

One of the greatest traditions in college football, the "Hawkeye Wave" 💛

Iowa and Ohio State fans, players, and coaches turn to wave at patients in the UI Stead Family Children's Hospital after the first quarter 👋

[Jesse Barfield @JesseBarfield29]

People talk a lot about great outfield throwing arms, and there are a lot of guys that throw well. It’s all about “FOOTWORK”. We’ve seen a lot of great outfielders and they do the same thing, it’s not just arm strength and accuracy although those 2 ingredients are very important!

[This Day in Chicago Sports @ChiSportsDay]

𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑 | 🔥

Mark Prior tosses a CG in NLDS Game 3 to give the Cubs a 2-1 series lead.

Prior – 9 IP, 7 K, 2 H, 1 ER

[IKE CADETS @TheMightyCadets]

Congratulations to Maliah O'Neal, recipient of the Dave Henderson Scholarship. The Dave Henderson Scholarship was presented to her by Rick Rizz (The Voice of the Seattle Mariners) The Scholarship is $5000. An Eisenhower Student has won this award for five consecutive years.

[Doug Kaplicky @DougKap]

No one better than #VinScully his voice was childhood baseball and football. @VivaLaStool @Dodgers @BBGreatMoments @TalkinBaseball_ @MLBLife @MLB

[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ @baseballhall]

Ten years ago today, Vin Scully signed off the @Dodgers airwaves for the final time.

“You and I have been friends for a long time, but I know in my heart that I’ve always needed you more than you’ve ever needed me.”

[Doug Kaplicky @DougKap]

Not the same … totally loved B-Melrose @NHL @ESPN__hockey

[ESPN @espn]

NHL Opening Night hits different without our friend.

We'll never forget what you did for the game of hockey, Barry. We miss you today and every day ❤️

[Doug Kaplicky @DougKap]

Fun Fact: Eisenhower connection: @rickrizzs attended Eisenhower High School in Blue Island, Illinois… more than 2,002 miles away from @themightycadets in Yakima SD. @mariners @MLBNetwork @ROOTSPORTS_NW Thanks Rick for many childhood memories.

[Yakima Schools @YakimaSchools]

Legendary #SeattleMariners broadcaster #RickRizzs the Voice of the @Mariners came to #EisenhowerHS #YakimaWA to recognize Maliah O’Neal, recipient of the $5,000 #DaveHendersonScholarship! 🎓⚾️ @themightycadets @mariners @mlb @mlbnetwork @seattlesports @yakimaschools

[Doug Kaplicky @DougKap]

@YakimaSchools @Mariners @TheMightyCadets @MLB @MLBNetwork @SeattleSports Fun Fact: Eisenhower connection: @rickrizzs attended Eisenhower High School in Blue Island, Illinois… more than 2,002 miles away from @themightycadets in Yakima SD. @mariners @MLBNetwork @ROOTSPORTS_NW

Congratulations, Maliah!

[Doug Kaplicky @DougKap]

Love this and one of the best dudes around Go @BN_Bears @ChicagoBears @dadlife

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

Case Keenum has been in the NFL since 2012. Until Monday night, his two kids had never seen him play a game.

Not one. Not ever.

Here is what he said before kickoff.

"It means everything. It's incredible because we always say 'Keenum's can do hard things.' So we'll do some hard things tonight. And hopefully I can show them tonight how it's done."

He is 38 years old. He was the third quarterback on the Chicago Bears depth chart.

Caleb Williams was ruled out. Backup Tyson Bagent went into concussion protocol. So the job fell to the guy nobody expected to take another snap in his life.

It had been 1,009 days since Case Keenum started a regular season NFL game. The last one was Christmas Eve of 2023 with the Houston Texans.

His son Kyler was born in November of 2019. His daughter Cadence was born in April of 2021.

Which means Case Keenum has been an NFL quarterback for every single day that either of his children has been alive, and neither one of them had ever seen him play a game. Cadence was two years old the last time he started one.

He arrived at Soldier Field carrying what looked like a paper sack, dressed like a man on his way to a parent teacher conference. The internet had a wonderful time with it. Somebody said his wife must have packed him a lunch.

That wife is Kimberly. The family calls her the logistical ninja, because she is the one who has packed and unpacked their whole life through the Houston Texans, the Rams, the Minnesota Vikings, the Denver Broncos, Washington, the Cleveland Browns, the Buffalo Bills, Houston again, and now the Chicago Bears.

This is also the man who threw for 19,217 yards at Houston, which is still the most in the history of college football, and then went undrafted.

Then the game started.

24 of 34. 247 yards. Two touchdowns. No interceptions. Not sacked one time.

Eight yards to Luther Burden III in the first quarter. Forty one yards to Kalif Raymond in the third. Then in the fourth he kept it himself and walked it in from a yard out.

Three touchdowns from a third string quarterback.

Chicago Bears 27, Philadelphia Eagles 7.

When it ended he walked off hyping up the crowd in the north end zone, and the whole stadium stood up for him.

And then came the part nobody could have written.

Keenum went out to do his postgame interview on the SportsCenter set. His daughter came with him. Five years old, out on that stage next to her dad, waving at a stadium full of Chicago Bears fans who were still standing there cheering for him.

Fourteen years of practice squads and backup jobs and new cities and moving trucks.

He said it himself when he signed here. More than knowing how to get hit, he knows how to get back up.

The first NFL game his kids ever got to watch, their dad won it, and he scored three times doing it.

Keenums can do hard things.

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