Vaughn Ripley ascends Mt. Rainer. We’re a little late on this one, but each and every month we’re going to take a look at Purpose 2 Play’s most popular stories from the previous month. This will be measured by the number of page views each story receives. With that said, here are our five most popular stories from the [...]
Photo: Cover of Sean's book, Keep Climbing By Kim Constantinesco Sean Swarner, 39, is an expert climber not just on the world's highest peaks, but in the ultimate trek we call life. He climbed his way from the depths of proverbial hell all the way up to quite literally the top of the world. Swarner is the [...]
Photo: Jill Loyden- Sky Blue FC By Brittany Alvarado U.S. Women's National Team and Sky Blue FC goalkeeper Jill Loyden has been through a lot to put it simply. Her life has been filled with rejection, triumph, injuries, and personal tragedy. "I’ve been an underdog my whole life," Loyden said. "I didn’t always play on the best teams. [...]
CC and Amber Sabathia with their four kids. Photo courtesy of Amber Sabathia By Kim Constantinesco Ask any professional athlete that has ever played for a New York area team. The microscope is as intense as the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Since 2009, Cy Young Award winner and six-time MLB all-star CC Sabathia has [...]
Photo: Philip Richiuso, and his wife, Elaine, met when they were 15 years old. By Kim Constantinesco As goalkeeper for FC Dallas, Chris Seitz, 27, is the last line of defense against tenacious offenses on the pitch. It turns out that he was the last line of defense against a furious cancer for a complete stranger as [...]
Brian Boyle, 28, could have let his car accident change his smile. It certainly threatened to in the most horrific way. "Learning how to smile was my very first step back into life again," Boyle said. "In a lot of ways, it was a very challenging experience because my whole body was practically paralyzed by very heavy medications. Up until [...]
By Kim Constantinesco Some say that dance is the relationship between the body and the soul. It's purpose isn't to get to a single spot on the floor, but to enjoy each and every step along the way. For Auristerla Nunez, more affectionately known as "Lady Champ" in the hip hop community, dance is much more than that. She [...]
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 A marathon is typically comprised of many races within one. Sometimes the race is just getting to the start line. Sometimes the race begins at mile 20 when the proverbial wall pops up and threatens every millimeter of quadriceps muscle that has already endured 20 miles worth of asphalt. In rare cases, the race becomes real after [...]
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 [...]
