Sports can build bridges, function as a universal language, and yes, even help two teenage boys who, all by themselves, immigrated to the United States from West Africa, and embraced their new home even though they didn't speak English. Today, you might find Mohammed and Rahim Diallo walking the streets of New York City in a business suit or with [...]
Editor's Note: This story was written by students of Purpose2Play's On Deck program, a six-week introductory class to sports journalism for teens held at the Denver Broncos Boys & Girls Club of Metro Denver. These students sat down with Broncos cornerback Bradley Roby to discuss life on and off the football field. By Trey Rogers, Jasmine Sotam, and Zyeria [...]
Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Chris Long has been making headlines all season, not just for his play on the field, but for his work off of it. In October, we told you about Long's decision to donate his entire 2017 NFL salary to improve equal education opportunities. Now, he's joining forces with a war veteran to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, and [...]
There was a warm up, but there was no warming up. On Nov. 25, elite runner Paul Robinson ran the fastest mile ever recorded in Antarctica, where the temperature was -13 degrees Fahrenheit. His time: 4 minutes, and 17.9 seconds. “I was like, Holy f***, I don’t know how I’m going to get to the end,” he told Runner's World. [...]
At 53 years old, Judy Myers took on a dare from friends: Try water-skiing barefoot. To say she succeeded is an understatement. Now 74, she's the oldest female competitive barefoot water-skier in the United States. Knowing Myers was up for high-adventure sports like parasailing, her friends challenged her one day to get up on the water barefoot behind a boat. [...]
Bob McAdam spent Thanksgiving like millions of Americans. He woke up, ran in a local Turkey Trot, chowed down with his family and napped. But, he's one of the few who set a new world record in the process. The 97-year-old, who is legally blind, ran the fastest 5K of anyone 95 years or older when he crossed the finish [...]
Happy Thanksgiving, Purpose2Play readers. As we express gratitude for all we have in our lives, we thought we'd reach out to some of the athletes we did stories on this year to find out what they're most grateful for in 2017. Without further ado, we'll let them take it from here. John Young, the first person with dwarfism to finish [...]
Sports media is filled with varying voices and personalities, each seemingly getting louder and larger as the years go by. But, up until 2014, there had not been a single nationally televised all-female weekly sports show in sight. Enter CBS Sports Network's "We Need to Talk," which offers a refreshing look at the sports landscape, one where the emphasis is [...]
Carl Colbert has a good read on basketball. He describes the sport as "Poetry in motion." And, he's not someone to argue with on that point. As a child growing up in New York City, he watched NBA legends in Harlem's Rucker Park, the mecca for streetball. "I was one of those kids who used to sit on the fence [...]
Going end zone to end zone is a big deal for any football player, but for 11-year-old Gabe Treve, it was life-changing. That's because he stood up from his power wheelchair and walked 100 yards in leg braces at Michigan Stadium, the home of his favorite team. The boy from Michigan was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at 5 years [...]