There were some big names that hit Purpose2Play headlines in September. Our top stories from the month that was: 5. Kevin Hart running Chicago Marathon to send kids to college Kevin Hart is no stranger to running marathons. He ran the 2017 New York City Marathon in just over four hours. However, he’s taking it up a notch in 2018, [...]
Remember the days when Steve "Steve-O" Glover from MTV's Jackass put fish hooks in his chest to turn himself into shark bait, or when he stepped into a pool full of alligators with meat hanging from his underwear? Now 10 years sober, the reality star who regularly made others cringe, gag and hold their breath completed his first triathlon in September [...]
No one can really fill Von Miller's shoes, but a 12-year-old boy named TJ sure played the part of the NFL superstar and Super Bowl 50 MVP nicely. TJ, who battles cystic fibrosis every day, yet plays tight end for his football team, was flown from Maine to Colorado by the Denver Broncos, so he could spend the day doing [...]
Usually, 100-year-olds do every thing in their power to avoid stepping on ice. Not Lola Holmes. The centenarian from Vancouver finds comfort there. In mid-September, she became the world's oldest curler when she pushed a 43-pound stone across the ice in a game for the first time since she turned 100. “I would have never dreamed. I would have never [...]
Sports broadcasters Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer will make history Thursday night, as the Minnesota Vikings take on the LA Rams, when they become the first female duo to call an NFL game. Storm, who serves as an anchor on ESPN's "SportsCenter" and Kremer, who serves as chief correspondent for the NFL Network and is a correspondent for HBO’s “Real [...]
Imagine playing a football game down five players on the field and without helmets. With a 6 v. 11 disadvantage and a direct road to Concussion City, there's no way a team wins a game, let alone contends for a national championship. That's the logic Brittany Wagner, a nationally-known athletic academic counselor, is using when she makes the argument that [...]
You can always count on Michael Jordan to come through in the clutch, even well into his retirement. He's leading the charge when it comes to Hurricane Florence relief efforts. The Charlotte Hornets owner and six-time NBA champion donated $2 million earlier this week to areas of the Carolinas that were hit by Hurricane Florence. His contribution went to the [...]
Peyton Manning may be retired from football, but he's still impacting the game in positive ways. The two-time Super Bowl champion and sure-fire first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterback teamed up with Riddell to reward 18 schools that are committed to teaching smarter football tactics on and off the field. The "18 in 18" Smarter Football equipment grant was given to [...]
When Ron Buerkle was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 2010, he didn't halt his life. If anything, he picked up the pace. The 76-year-old Minnesota man decided to continue long distance running, among other hobbies, and pen a book along the way. Now available in bookstore and online, The Last Marathon details Buerkle's descent into memory loss and the victories [...]
Although Larry Fitzgerald grew up in Minnesota and played college ball at Pittsburgh, he's been an Arizona Cardinal for nearly 15 years, so his heart resides in the desert and the people there. When the future Hall of Fame wide receiver learned that 79-year-old Joe Casella, the owner of Casella’s Italian Delicatessen in Scottsdale, Arizona, was dying, he made sure [...]