On Saturday, I made my first visit to Lang Field, which is the home of the St. Anthony Yellow Jackets. Lang Field is the oldest high school football stadium in Texas (it was built in 1910). The only other thing I was able to gather about the stadium was that is was named after Father…
Niko’s 4 Month Birthday Extravaganza
On Friday, Niko celebrated his 4 month birthday (it was also my wife’s birthday but since this is thedadspeaks.com and not the thehusbandspeaks.com, I won’t tell anything about what I got wife for her birthday). Ok, I will tell you…I got her a bean bag chair so she can be comfy when she plays with the…
Dad’s Other Job
In addition to being a daddy (and a daddy blogger) to an almost 4 month old, a husband to a very beautiful woman for almost 6 years, and a fulltime employee at Chase Bank in the Unclaimed Property Department for almost 10 years, I am also a FREELANCE writer/photographer for the St. Anthony Catholic High…
Week 1 – St. Anthony at St Gerard
As The Rolling Stones say, “Please allow me to introduce myself…” Hi, my name is Mark Lieberman and I am a writer/photographer for St. Anthony football. I am not a rookie, since I was a high school football statistician for the Texas Sports Radio Network from 1997-2014 and Thursday Night Lights on CW35 in San Antonio…
Week 1
Week 1 of the 2016 TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL season starts tonight and up until last Friday, I was really looking forward to being the statistician for Thursday Night Lights in San Antonio. I am not regretting my decision to step away. It is strange for to be home tonight (because I have been a…
Daddy Diaper Duties
I get diaper duty in the morning before I leave for work and in the evening before we jump into bed. Now, with morning diaper duty, I have to be careful because I am dressed nicely and don’t want to get pee, poo, or slobber on my clothes. I have already witnessed a poo fountain…
Another High School Football Schedule UPDATE
On Friday, I was notified by the producer of Thursday Night Lights that my first priority of being a statistician for TNL was to provide down, distance, and yard line to the truck graphics operator. I am a statistician and my first priority is to provide statistics to the talent and the truck. Oh, the…
One Year Ago Today
So, Niko was born on May 2nd. You do the math. All I will say is one year ago today…
Niko vs baby’s r us
The last time Nina and I went to Baby’s R Us was last November when Niko was still in Nina’s womb. With just the two of us, it was an easy day of shopping and we topped it off by eating at Las Palapas (a local fast food Mexican restaurant) with my parents. Well, when…
happy 3 months niko
On Tuesday, I celebrated Niko’s 3-month birthday by holding him in my arms and eating Reese’s pieces. Yes, he is at that stage in life where he is very curious as to what mom and dad are eating. I didn’t drop any on him — in case you’re wondering. But, he did step in my…
2016 Football Schedule UPDATE
This past weekend, I was having 2nd thoughts about covering St. Anthony football. And, the reason being is I want to spend that time with my wife and son. I don’t want to be stuck at my laptop writing. I want to be able to go out and not be stuck at my laptop writing. …
first time alone with niko
On Saturday, I met a friend of mine for lunch and since it was in the same shopping center as HEB (the local grocery store), Nina and Niko came with me. I actually need to rephrase that and say Nina went grocery shopping and I took the baby!!! Yes, it was the first time I…
a weekend at home
This weekend, Nina and I didn’t get out of the house and it was actually extremely relaxing, even with the baby. I think it was the first time since the first weekend we had him home that we had a weekend to ourselves. I was tired and I got some good sleep despite having the…
2016 Football Schedule
This year’s football season is going to be unlike any season I have worked since 1997 because I am scaling down my workload so I can have more time at home with my 2 ½ month old son and wife. I don’t want to hear any negative feedback (like, I am not a true high…
ode to my wife
My wife, Nina, is a stay-at-home mom and everything she does while I am at work (whether it be my fulltime job, my statistician job, or my freelance sports writing/photography job) is always greatly appreciated. She makes my life very easy. I, in turn, make her life easy and together, we make Niko’s life easy. Unfortunately,…
sleepy baby
Last Saturday, Nina and I went to HEB for groceries. Yes, we had to bring Niko with us because Franklin isn’t a responsible babysitter. Rather then bring Niko in his car seat and stroller, we decided to carry him in. The reason we wanted to try it is because he isn’t fond of his car…
2-months
On Thursday, I took a vacation day from work (no, I didn’t go tubing on the river) so I could join my wife and son at his 2-month pediatrician appointment. I can’t believe that I have been a dad for 2 months as it still feels strange to me when I am referred to as…
UTSA and San Antonio High School Football – Part 2
On June 22nd, Frank Harris, the junior quarterback from Samuel Clemens High School made a verbal commitment to the University of Texas at Antonio (UTSA). In my article, I asked a rhetorical question: What happens if he has an unbelievable senior season where his stats are beyond greatness and more colleges take notice (maybe even…
extremely random thoughts
I was off for a month when Niko was born and really enjoyed spending every minute of the day with him and my wife. Now, that I am back to work (for a month and yes, it went fast), I hate leaving them at 6:30am during the weekdays, but I love it when I come…
UTSA and San Antonio High School Football
photo courtesy of Frank Harris Last Wednesday, Frank Harris, the junior quarterback from Samuel Clemens High School made a verbal commitment to the University of Texas at Antonio (UTSA). In an article I wrote for Texas Redzone Report on January 24,th of this year, I said, “I would love to see Frank play college ball…