There's no telling where a football team will gather its strength from, but at Franklin College, the source is loud and clear. It's 19-year-old general manager and coach Emry Himes. Himes was born with Down syndrome, but Franklin College, a Division III school in Indiana, was in need of his talents. He studies public relations at the college and graduated [...]
The Boston Celtics beat the Toronto Raptors in a thrilling overtime game Friday night, and a special group of fans were courtside to take it all in thanks to retired Gen. Martin Dempsey and Celtics. The Celtics and Dempsey, who is a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and current special adviser to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, hosted [...]
The Pittsburgh Penguins are more than just a professional hockey team. They're an anchor for a city reeling after the Oct. 27 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue that killed 11 and injured six. Shortly after the tragedy, the city launched their "Stronger Than Hate" campaign, and the Penguins, their fans and corporate partners kicked fundraising efforts into overdrive. On Thursday, [...]
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 [...]