For most of us, golf season is winding down. But, for the AT&T Byron Nelson staff and volunteers, it’s go time—as they prep this Texas tour-de-force for one of the biggest changes the event has seen in decades. Next year’s Nelson will be held at Trinity Forest Golf Course on May 14-20, 2018. It’s a new course, with a very [...]
Since winning the 2017 World Series, Houston Astros pitcher Joe Musgrove has been making appearances left and right. However, one of his most important offseason stops came Thursday, when he visited patients at Houston's Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in honor of Veterans Day. "These guys are the true heroes," Musgrove told MLB.com. "They set the tone for everything [...]
The New Jersey Devils may have lost 3-2 to the Edmonton Oilers Thursday night, but forward Brian Boyle had a giant personal victory. He scored his first goal since being diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in September. Boyle took advantage of a rebound and sent one to the back of the net with 5:33 left in the first period [...]
Why worry about speaking when your running can do the talking for you? Identical twins Alex and Jamie Schneider, 27, have a severe form of autism that requires 24-hour per day care. They may not be able to cross the street by themselves, but out on the roads, they're distance runners who are turning heads and doing more than holding [...]
More than a decade ago, PGA TOUR Champions member Gene Sauers was given just a 25 percent chance of survival due to having Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare skin disorder that was burning him from the inside out. Treatment that included several skin grafts, forced him to miss seven years of professional golf, but when he came back, he won the [...]
Two-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Roy Halladay, 40, was killed in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday. At the time of this writing, it's unknown what led to the crash. The former Toronto Blue Jay's and Philadelphia Phillies' star known as "Doc" had a 16-year career in Major League Baseball before retiring four years ago. "We [...]
There's no telling where life will lead. Just ask San Diego native Roderick Sewell Jackson. As a young boy, he was homeless, walking around on prosthetic legs and terrified of water. Today, he's training alongside world-class Olympic athletes. His mission: Compete in the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo and take home hardware in the 100-meter breaststroke. So, how did this [...]
Simon Wheatcroft made history Sunday when he crossed the finish line of the 2017 New York City Marathon. That's because relying on the very technology he helped develop, he became the first blind person to run a marathon with 'touch' technology, meaning no one was leading him along the course. The 35-year-old British man ran the race in 5 hours, [...]
Last summer, we told you about Yusra Mardini, an Olympic swimmer who represented the Refugee Olympic Team at the Rio Games. Now 19 years old, she fled war-torn Syria by boat as a teen with her sister after their family became homeless. During their long trip to the Greek Island of Lesbos in 2015, the boat’s motor stopped. As longtime [...]
Shalane Flanagan crushed 26.2 miles in 2:26:53 to become the first able-bodied American woman to win the 47th New York City Marathon in 40 years. It was the first major marathon win of her career. Due to a lower back injury, she had not raced the distance since the 2016 Olympics in Rio, where she placed 6th. The last U.S. [...]