Photo courtesy of Eric Newby By Alison Ryan Don’t let the wheelchair fool you: Eric Newby is a hardcore rugby player. “Smashing Stereotypes One Hit at a Time,” is the main message for players in the United States Quad Rugby Association. It’s not your traditional rugby game, oh no. Newby plays a version originally named “murderball” for its [...]
(Photo courtesy of Ellen Gallant) Training is never useless. Making the deliberate decision to get stronger by enduring temporary pain usually weaves in perfectly with the tapestry of our lives, and sets us up for pursuing worthy thoughts and quests. That's especially true for Utah-based cardiologist and big mountain climber Ellen Gallant, who just happened to be at [...]
Photo courtesy of Chris Bombardier By Alison Ryan “Whatever your excuse is, it’s time to stop believing it.” These are the greeting words on Chris Bombardier’s blog, Adventures of a Hemophiliac. It is also the message he is sharing around the world, one summit at a time. In 2011, when his job at a hemophiliac treatment center in [...]
May was a fun month for Purpose2Play. A story on P2P contributor Brittany Alvarado, a former college field hockey player who played through and overcame thyroid cancer, took the number one spot. We also got to know Ashlyn Harris of the U.S. Women's National Team much better as she aims not only to stop balls from entering the net as [...]