It was a monumental week for Marko Cheseto, a double amputee runner who lost his feet to frostbite in 2011. Not only did he finish his first marathon since having his feet amputated, but he became a U.S. citizen. The 35-year-old, who was born in Kenya and became an All-American at the University of Anchorage, ran the NYC Marathon on [...]
The Arizona Coyotes had one extra body to account for on their road trip to face the Detroit Red Wings. It wasn't a recently acquired player, however. It was 14-year-old superfan and cancer survivor Will Pogue. Coyotes head coach Rick Tocchet invited Pogue to join the team for their Nov. 13 game, which also happened to be Detroit's Hockey Fights [...]
Francesca Belibi erupted onto the basketball scene in 2017 at 15 years old when she became the first high school girl to dunk in a game in Colorado history. It was impressive for a 6'1" guard who had only been hooping for a year-and-a-half, but her life outside of basketball is just as profound. Belibi, a senior at Regis Jesuit [...]
History was made at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio when the Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) competed on the world's stage for the first time. Now there will be a second team comprised of refugees at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. “In 2016, the Rio refugee team captured the imagination of people around the world and showed the human side [...]
Unexpected friendships are often the best kind. Look no further than 11-year-old little leaguer Ty Barber and 96-year-old WWII veteran Richard Snethen. Last fall, the two were seated in the same section at a Buffalo Bisons game. Barber was wearing his baseball mitt and Snethen, a former 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was in full uniform. Between innings, the [...]
Bill Belichick doesn't get starstruck, except when it comes to meeting Norman Taché, a 102-year-old WWII veteran. As part of the NFL’s Salute To Service campaign, the New England Patriots invited Taché to celebrate his 102nd birthday at Gillette Stadium as they faced the Green Bay Packers on Sunday Night Football. A lifelong Patriots fan, Taché spent time on the [...]
No, it's not a bird or a plane. It's Denise Mueller-Korenek on a bicycle. The 45-year-old cyclist and mother of three became the fastest human to ride a bike over open ground in mid-September. Her speed: 183.932 mph, or the same acceleration a Boeing 747 needs to takeoff. Mueller-Korenek's record-setting feat eclipsed the 167 mph mark set by Fred Rompelberg [...]
Some heroes wear capes. Others wear running shoes. When not wearing his stethoscope, Dr. Theodore Strange, an internal medicine specialist from Staten Island, is the latter. He was 16 miles into completing his 25th NYC Marathon when a scream for "help!" on the course led him to saving a woman's life. According to silive.com, Strange jumped into action just after [...]
It wasn't until 2004 that women from Afghanistan competed in the Olympics for the first time. Fast forward 14 years and now Samira Asghari is the first person from the war-torn country to be named an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member. Not only that, but at 24 years old, she's the youngest person to ever be named to the committee. [...]
Robby Ketchell started the NYC Marathon solo, but by the end of 26.2 miles, he was far from alone, especially as he crossed the finish line with his 7-month-old son, Wyatt, in his arms. Ketchell resides in Portsmouth, NH and was racing his first road marathon. His goal: Break 3 hours and 21 minutes on the legendary course to honor [...]
