Francesca Belibi erupted onto the basketball scene in 2017 at 15 years old when she became the first high school girl to dunk in a game in Colorado history. It was impressive for a 6'1" guard who had only been hooping for a year-and-a-half, but her life outside of basketball is just as profound. Belibi, a senior at Regis Jesuit [...]
After Gil Schaenzle, 61, lost her 21-year-old daughter to neuroendocrine (NET) cancer, she could have holed-up. Instead, she took her grief through 50 U.S. National Parks on foot. Schaenzle, who lives in Evergreen, Colorado, concocted a plan with her daughter, Anna Rose, while she was undergoing chemotherapy to eventually run through most of America's National Parks. "I told her of [...]
Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey made his fair share of big plays during his rookie season in the NFL, but none of them will be as meaningful as what he did on Saturday. McCaffrey was hiking in Castle Rock, Colo. with his brothers, Dylan and Max, as well as friends, Michael Mann and Brooke Pettet, when the group caught [...]
Griffin Mazeski decided to run America's Finest City Half Marathon in San Diego to celebrate his tenth birthday, but in his waning hours as a 9-year-old, he still had business to tend to. And, the results are well worth celebrating. That's because the Colorado boy set a new world record when he ran the 13.1-mile race in 1:33:43. It becomes [...]
Justice High School in Lafayette, Colo. is a year-round public charter school that serves 84 kids. And, it has a rising football team. Those who attend are deemed "unfit" for the state's traditional school system, so they're sent to Justice for a custom-designed education plan. Underneath a desk, you may see one student wearing a parole bracelet around his ankle. [...]
Francesca Belibi, 15, didn't start playing basketball until she entered high school. Her parents are doctors and they couldn't find the time to fit hoops into the family's schedule, according to The Denver Post. Fast forward one year, and Belibi has become the first girl to dunk in a high school game in Colorado. The 6'1" sophomore at Regis Jesuit [...]
Skier Mickey Wilson, 28, was at the right place at the right time when he scaled a Colorado chairlift to rescue a man who was hanging from the lift with a backpack around his neck. Wilson, a part-time ski instructor and a professional slackliner, was at Arapahoe Basin Wednesday when he saw the man dangling about 10 feet off the [...]
By Kim Constantinesco Hilda Mayr, 69, may be just a seamstress, but her work will be seen by more than 100 million people come Super Bowl Sunday. This Denver-based modern-day Betsy Ross has been entrusted by the Denver Broncos to sew the prestigious Super Bowl 50 patches onto their jerseys. It's not an out-of-the-ordinary request, however. Mayr did their [...]
Photo courtesy of Tyler Carter By Lilly Kashishian Passion is the uncontrollable emotion that jumps out of your soul when you’re doing something you truly love; the emotion that leads you to one day look back on your life and be more than satisfied with the way it turned out. Despite being born without a right fibula, [...]
Photo: Robin Rothman There are over 7 billion people on this earth, all of whom experience each day in a different way. With the simple awareness that everyone has a different reality, Cherry Creek High School student-athlete Griffin Gharrity has started Unified Lacrosse, which bridges the gap of human experiences, and extends a hand out to those who [...]