Photo: runacrossamerica/Instagram After four months of nearly non-stop running, George Chmiel completed his epic run across America on Tuesday. The 35-year-old ran 3,031 miles from San Diego to New York City to honor and support U.S. military service men and women while raising awareness surrounding mental health issues faced by veterans. His run was filled to the brim [...]
Some people practice yoga to align the mind and the body. Neal "The Dude" Unger, 60, uses skateboarding. "It quiets the brain. It turns the thinking off, and I love that," he said in this video. "I apply what I learn about the mind and about the creative process, and then take that to other areas of my life like [...]
Around this time last year, tennis pro Jo-Wilfried Tsonga hit the headlines after coming to the aid of an injured ballgirl at the Australian Open. The teen was inadvertently struck by Omar Jasika’s serve in a second-round game, and Tsonga called for medical attention and then escorted her off the court. He told the press, “It’s just normal. She was [...]
The number 777 is considered good luck, and this week's sports related news was full of 7's. 1. Have a look at 16-year-old high school freshman Robert Bobroczky. He's 7'7" and just got his first game time minutes as a varsity basketball player at the Spire Institute in Ohio. He was born in Romania and speaks four languages. Who knows. [...]
Photo: ONEHOPE Wine For as much flash as Chris Paul shows on the court, he exudes just as much class off the hardwood. The L.A. Clippers guard has partnered with ONEHOPE Wine to produce a special bottle of 2011 Napa Valley Reserve Pinot Noir which will benefit the Chris Paul Family Foundation. Every three bottles sold (one bottle [...]
Photo: BethAnn Telford/Facebook BethAnn Telford will leave footprints all over the world next week. Literally. The 47-year-old from Fairfax, VA is taking on the World Marathon Challenge, which means she will run seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. The difficulty of the challenge is almost incomprehensible. Now consider the fact that Telford is taking this on [...]
The Houston Rockets topped the century mark when they beat the Milwaukee Bucks 111-92 on Wednesday night, but they weren't the only ones to do so. Lucy Pierce is turning 100 years old on Saturday, and to kick off her birthday celebration, she parked it courstside to watch her favorite team. Following his 38 points in the win, James Harden [...]
Román Urbina is happy as a clam when he's caked in mud. Photo courtesy of Román Urbina By Kim Constantinesco If you ask Román Urbina, the only difference between a crisis and an adventure is perspective. The 55-year-old Costa Rica native is known as the godfather of the multi-day mountain bike stage race. In 1993, he founded [...]
Legendary Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt may have lost her battle to Alzheimer's in 2016, but her legacy lives on in the form of helping others with the disease. On Sunday, The University of Tennessee Medical Center dedicated the Pat Summitt Clinic to those fighting the disease. When Summitt was first diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2011, she and her [...]
NBA star Kyrie Irving hasn't forgotten where he's come from. The Cleveland Cavaliers guard graduated from St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, NJ in 2010, but he's still giving back to the school (which is now the nondenominational Patrick School) in big ways. According to Adam Zagotia at ZagsBlog, Irving is covering the cost of 12-year-old Spencer Joyner's tuition, which [...]