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as Orlando City’s Jason Kreis and Kaká, finding the career balance to be good fathers is vital, Mike Bianchi writes.
The public image of Jason Kreis is one of an unfeeling, unflinching robo-coach who has been computer-programmed to possess ultra-intensity and laserfocus.
And then you get him in a private moment talking about being a father to his two teenage sons and, suddenly, he turns into a laughing, crying ball of emotion and devotion.
“For me, being a father is everything,” Kreis says with a smile splashed across his face.
On this very special day in which we honor dads everywhere, let’s recognize something we so seldom think about. Let’s realize that the coaches and athletes we root for and write about aren’t just sports fodder; they’re sports fathers. Beneath the layers and underneath the