FROM THE PUBLISHER
Mike Dragosavich
Publisher, Bison Illustrated
You can’t do it!
H
ave you ever heard that saying
before? I have! I heard it the
most when I was in middle
school when I was one of the
skinniest kids in class. All I wanted
to do was be good at something and
everything seemed to get in my way.
Somehow I lucked out and stayed
in sports and ignored all the bullies.
I’m glad I did. I had my name on the
back of an NFL jersey, got most of
my college paid for through athletics
and made friends for life!
We decided to introduce the first
ever Bison Illustrated for Kids
this month and honestly I don’t
know what is going to come from
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this magazine. I can just hope
that if anything, it helps influence
a couple of you kids to hang in
there, keep working hard and
trust that being a part of sports
is challenging, but worth it for so
many different reasons. Take Ryan
Smith for example. You can read
his story in this magazine. He was
told quite often, “You’re too short”
or “You’re not big enough to play
football.” And look at him now. He
is signed on to play in the Canadian
Football League. Things change and
things get better if you stick to the
fundamentals. Check out the list of
my favorite fundamentals on the
next page.