It's never too late to learn something new, including how to pole vault. Just ask 83-year-old Flo Meiler, who put the possibility of landing on her neck aside, bought an instructional video and taught herself how to vault at 65 years old. According to CNN, Meiler, who lives in Shelburne, Vermont, got her start in track and field while on [...]
The 2018 Winter Olympics may be over, but the competition in PyeongChang is far from finished. That's because on March 8, the 2018 Paralympic Games kick off, and NBC is bringing the heat when it comes to coverage. In fact, the network is going to provide 94 hours of Paralympic action on television, which nearly doubles the coverage that was [...]
Tricia Downing was right in the thick of things at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She wasn't an athlete eyeing a medal at the time, but she played an integral role to a team that was. Then 26, she was the official press officer for the USA Table Tennis team. "When I was there watching all the athletes at [...]
Ruby White of Kansas City, Kansas turned the big 102 in late January. One of the many highlights from her special day was when her favorite Kansas basketball player, Devonte' Graham, called and left a birthday message. You see, White has been a longtime Jayhawks fan, and when Graham heard the news that he was the player she loved to [...]
With the game on the line, Iowa guard Jordan Bohannon intentionally missed a free throw just so he could protect the record of the late Chris Street. The Hawkeyes were up 73–65 over Northwestern with about two minutes left in the contest, and Bohannon stepped to the free throw line. He knew exactly what to do: Miss the shot in [...]
He may be just a rookie, but Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell has quickly become a crowd favorite in the Beehavie State, and not just because he's leading the team in scoring with 19.7 points per game. In mid-February, he soared into the history books and won the 2018 Verizon Slam Dunk Contest during All-Star weekend in Los Angeles. Fast [...]
Knowing that 11-year-old Rocco Worley prefers spending his time at the skate park rather than inside a hospital, the Make-A-Wish Foundation went big and unveiled a private, backyard skate park for the boy who is is fighting a rare blood disorder. Rocco, who lives in El Cajon, a suburb of San Diego, started experiencing migraine headaches, and neck and back [...]
Earlier in the week, we told you about Kate Spadaro, an 18-year-old from New Jersey who drilled an 8-foot shot on the basketball court on senior night. It may sound routine, but when you consider the fact that the Camden Catholic High School senior has Down syndrome and lost her mother to cancer two years ago, you realize how incredibly [...]
With Jessie Diggins becoming the first American cross-country skier to ever win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics, it's only fitting that she has been selected to be the flag bearer for the 2018 U.S. Olympic team at the Closing Ceremony. Diggins was chosen by a vote from fellow members of Team USA. "This is such an incredible honor [...]
April 30th-May 6, 2018, Volunteers of America (VoA) LPGA Texas Classic will showcase some of the best and brightest female golfers from across the globe. But, on March 26th, it’s also giving three female high school and college players the chance to compete for three exemption spots in the tournament—and earn an opportunity to compete with the pros. The qualifier, [...]