Everybody is a winner, everybody gets a trophy, that's what's going on in schools today. It's almost like, then you go to a game and there really are losers. And it's amazing that people who don't ...

Whether it’s free snacks, Ping-Pong tables, or beer taps, these perks—like participation trophies before them—are trinkets that do not thoughtfully consider the symptoms of the problem ...

NFL quarterbacks fear Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison. So should participation trophies, the ubiquitous trinkets given to children for merely showing up and rounding out the rosters ...

These are among the most famous last words of an exasperated head coach staring at the abyss while addressing the media after practice. Who has not seen, and who could ever forget, Jets coach ...

The veteran stand-up comic Rob Sherwood tells a joke about “participation” awards, about when his son got an award in T-ball who took home a sixth-place trophy. “Who’s he bragging to?