It was another incredible year at Purpose2Play. We're honored to be the media outlet some of the world's most inspiring athletes choose to tell their stories to. Before we move on to 2017, let's reflect and look back on our top 16 stories from 2016 as measured by pageviews. Photo courtesy of Michael Somsan and Dominic Bernardo 16. [...]
Photo: Adaptive Training Foundation/Instagram We saw the good, the bad, and the ugly from the world of advertising during Super Bowl 50. Now it's time to highlight the beautiful. The folks from the Adaptive Training Foundation in Dallas submitted an ad called "Limbitlelss" for Doritos' Crash the Super Bowl contest. The Foundation is a haven for military [...]
Photo by: David Touster By Kim Constantinesco If you take a look at Vaughn Ripley, 47, you see a man that stands tall, proud, and confidently rooted in his story. There's a good reason why we could see Ripley on the cover of Men's Health in November as part of the magazine's "Ultimate Guy Search." He exercises six days [...]
By Kim Constantinesco When athletes play for reasons bigger than themselves, the stage becomes set for heroic performances to take place. "You go out every game and every practice, you clear your mind, and you just play to entertain the Creator," University of Denver freshman lacrosse player Zach Miller said. "The Creator made the game as medicine for the people [...]
By Annie Hawkins Identical twin sisters, Lanny and Tracy Barnes, have always had a friendly rivalry that has pushed each other to become better. But when biathlete Tracy made the cut for the 2014 Olympic team and Lanny didn't, Tracy didn't play fair. She let love win. “It can’t always be just about you, you have to look out [...]
