Growing up, we all heard this or something similar: "When I was your age, I walked three miles to school, uphill both ways." Dedicated runner Quinn Schneider has his own tale, however, very much steeped in truth. The North Carolina high school senior shoveled eight inches of fresh snow off of one lane at the track just to get his [...]
Lindsay Hilton, 31, is a fierce rugby player and a dedicated CrossFit athlete. She also happens to have been born without arms or legs. The Canadian can tackle with the best of them and toss a 100-pound barbell over her head. Athletically speaking, she got her start in swimming, soccer, and field hockey. Then she was introduced to rugby in [...]
Photo: CSUSM Stefawn Payne is an active duty staff sergeant in the Marines. He's also a 31-year-old freshman on the Cal State San Marcos men's basketball team. He reeks of ICY HOT for good reason. The guys he practices with and competes against are 18 to 20-year-olds whose joints are still in their prime. Payne put his college [...]
It's difficult to say, "Once a runner, always a runner." The sport is hard on the body. Plain and simple, and many folks are forced to find low-impact alternatives. That's what makes Doyle Carpenter so unique. He's 78 years old, and he's not just been a casual runner his entire life. He's been doing ultramarathons -- 130 to be exact. [...]
Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo is putting his off season to good use. He picked up the World Series trophy and brought it to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago on Wednesday to visit with patients. Here are a few pictures from the day. . @ARizzo44 showing the #WorldSeries trophy to Elijah! Thanks for making our [...]
Clemson wide receiver Hunter Renfrow has become a household name after catching two touchdown passes (including the game winner) in his team's victory over Alabama in the National Championship. With Clemson down by three points with six seconds remaining, take a look at his two-yard reception for the win. With a performance like that, it's hard to believe Renfrow was [...]
Former NFL running back Warrick Dunn lost his mom, a police officer, in the line of duty when he was a senior in high school. As the oldest of five siblings, and with a dad out of the picture, Dunn took his mom's life insurance money and bought a house to raise his four siblings in. Once he reached the [...]
Tao Porchon-Lynch was eight years old and living in India when she was first intrigued by yoga. However, she was told it wasn't "lady-like." To say she ignored that message is an understatement. She joined the boys and eventually convinced a yoga master to let her into his class. It paid off. Today, she's 98 years old and has [...]
Francesca Belibi, 15, didn't start playing basketball until she entered high school. Her parents are doctors and they couldn't find the time to fit hoops into the family's schedule, according to The Denver Post. Fast forward one year, and Belibi has become the first girl to dunk in a high school game in Colorado. The 6'1" sophomore at Regis Jesuit [...]
A woman who was involved in a rollover accident got a major assist from the Mississippi State men's basketball team, according to ESPN. Carolyn Ashley's car "spun out" and flew off the highway in Mississippi on Friday afternoon. MSU, who was traveling by bus to their game against LSU, witnessed the scary crash. Head coach Ben Howard, director of operations [...]