The Owner's Box, Ep. 29.

Foxboro High coach Lisa Downs, left, instructs the troops.

The OG is back in your podcasting memory banks with a 54-minute look at the delay in approving a winter high school sports season for Massachusetts.

Foxboro High girls' basketball coach Lisa Downs guests for the fourth time, this time expressing her thoughts about the delay in the MIAA's approval process that would pave the way for basketball, hockey and indoor track to be competed this winter. Much of her concern is about her athletes, who already lost a state-championship game back in March due to the initial coronavirus lockdown. The veteran coach believes that another shutdown could have a lasting effect upon the young athletes for whom the competition and camaraderie of sports play such large roles in their lives.

And with the holiday season approaching, Lisa and I talk about her work with the Foxboro Discretionary Fund, which oversees the town's holiday gift drive for children of needy families, as well as the local food pantry -- very important for those that have been negatively impacted by this 38-week-long pandemic.

Half of the interview is also available on the video cousin of this podcast, "The Owner's Box After Dark," which is available on YouTube (just search the title or look for a link elsewhere on this page). But we had a lot to talk about -- it's been six months since her last appearance on the podcast -- and I think you'll enjoy the extended version as well.

Enjoy!