In news released by the Defense Department on Monday, U.S. Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens was killed on Saturday due to injuries sustained during a raid in Yemen. The 36-year-old from Peoria, Illinois was a Chief Special Warfare Operator for Navy SEAL Team 6, the team that killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011. Chief Special Warfare Operator William "Ryan" Owens [...]
Photo: WITN Steph Curry really made the rounds with fans during the Warriors' trip to Charlotte last week. We told you about him greeting a fan on her 80th birthday. It turns out he also spent some time with a second grader who has been given just four months to live. Ahmad Cobb has been battling Astrocytoma, a [...]
It's not unusual for NFL referees to take some inadvertent hits. It comes with the territory. And just because Sarah Thomas (the first full-time female official in NFL history) is a woman doesn't mean she's immune either. During the Packers-Vikings game in December, two players crashed into Thomas on the sideline, which sent her flying backwards. As you can see, [...]
What's more exciting: Getting your driver's license or making X Games history? That's a fair question for snowboarder 16-year-old Hailey Langland, who just became the first woman to land a double cork at X Games. And, she did it as time was running out. Take a look at the historic moment in Aspen, Colo.: Completely over the moon. Thanks @XGames [...]
Madden rolling up his sleeves and getting to work on set. Photo courtesy of Ted Madden By Kim Constantinesco Former sports reporter Ted Madden spent years covering the likes of Tony Romo, Dirk Nowitzki, and Josh Hamilton for Dallas' ABC affiliate, WFAA. However, according to Madden, being showered with champagne in the locker room when the Mavericks [...]
Derek Carr's season ended in relative tragedy with a broken leg, but the Raiders' quarterback continues to spread cheer. When he found out 13-year-old Roxy Rodriguez was battling stage 4 brain cancer, he filmed an inspiring message and sent it to her. Rodriguez, who calls Carr her favorite player, is a patient at Valley Children's Hospital, which is the beneficiary [...]
One of Steph Curry's biggest fans was celebrating her 80th birthday last night at the Warriors v. Hornets game. Attending the game itself was quite the treat, but this woman's night was made when Curry took notice. She made a sign for him that read, "All I want for my 80th birthday is your signature, please, and a photo with [...]
Photo: PGA TOUR No professional sport gives back quite like golf. The PGA announced Wednesday that the PGA TOUR and its tournaments donated a record-setting $166 million to charitable causes last year. For those counting, that's a staggering $2.46 billion since the first charitable contribution came through in 1938 at the Palm Beach Invitational. The good news was [...]
In July of 2015, Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles stood proudly behind the microphone at the Special Olympics' opening ceremony. Charles competed in track and field at the Special Olympics when he was 10 years old. Growing up, he struggled with a learning disability that made school extremely difficult, but having an athletic outlet gave him the confidence [...]
John Urschel plays a game in between the numbers, but off the football field, he dives deeper than that. As most NFL players unlock the doors to their vacation homes during the off season, the Baltimore Ravens' offensive lineman continues his work on a Ph. D. in applied mathematics at MIT. Last year, in his first semester back at school [...]