Ski suit? Check. Poles? Check. Perfectly waxed skis? Check. Glitter? Check. Before every race, four-time World Champion cross-country skier Jessie Diggins, 26, makes sure she sparkles on the outside because that's exactly how she feels on the inside. "I think ski racing is so fun, and I can't think of anything else I'd rather be doing with my life," Diggins [...]
The Minnesota Vikings take good care of their fans, especially their centenarians. Knowing that Millie Wall will turn 100 years old this year, the team gave her an incredible early birthday present: tickets to the Vikings' playoff game on Sunday against the New Orleans Saints. Wall was surprised with a letter from the Vikings who explained to her that because [...]
Long before Shad Khan was the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, he was a 16-year-old immigrant from Pakistan who washed dishes for $1.20 an hour. Because he understands what it's like to come to the United States as an outsider, where work and community can be challenging to find, Khan decided to donate 1,000 Jaguars v. Bills playoff tickets to [...]
When it comes to extreme sports, there's nowhere quite like New Zealand. They start them young and send them big. Case in point: Theo Riddle, an 8-year-old BMX rider from Queenstown, who was dropping into skatepark bowls by the time he was 4 years old, and can now do big-time backflips on dirt. In April, he became a YouTube hit [...]
After NFL linebacker Aaron Maybin's playing days were over, the 29-year-old turned all of his attention to art, activism and teaching. His name hit the headlines this week for a very sad reason. That's because Matthew A. Henson Elementary, the school Maybin teaches at in Baltimore, is so severely underfunded that classrooms don't have heat. The former Buffalo Bill and [...]
At 10 years old, Lilly Biagini has already experienced so much loss in her life. Not only did she lose her legs at the age of six, but she also lost her prosthetic legs in October in the California wildfires. So, knowing her spirit needed to be uplifted, the Harlem Globetrotters stepped in. Lilly was born with arthrogryposis, a congenital [...]
Some might say Bonnie St. John has lived a life more akin to Forrest Gump. After having her right leg amputated at 5 years old, the 53-year-old became the first African American to ever medal in a Winter Olympic competition. She's a Harvard alum who won the Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, and was then appointed by President Clinton as [...]
The Duke faithful always back basketball coaching legend Mike Krzyzewski, but did you know that for 37 years, Coach K had a very special friend behind him, literally? Steve Mitchell occupied a seat behind the Duke bench at every home game because decades ago, Coach K invited him to sit there, knowing how special that would be. Mitchell, who passed [...]
They may send themselves crashing through tables at tailgate parties, but many Buffalo Bills fans have hearts of gold. Ask Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton. After Dalton connected with Tyler Boyd on a 49-yard touchdown pass on 4th-and-12 to beat the Baltimore Ravens in week 17 of the regular season, Bills fans were ecstatic because with the Bengals' win, that [...]
There's no doubt coaches can make a difference in athletes' lives. But, how about a life-saving difference? That's what University of Dubuque women's basketball assistant coach Justin Smith did for 22 players and the team's coaching staff on Sunday when he saw that the driver of their bus passed out while going 70 miles per hour, and jumped into action. [...]