All eyes are on the U.S. women's national team as they prepare to go nose-to-nose with the Netherlands on Sunday. While the bulk of the attention has been on Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan (and rightfully so), there's another side to these athletes that makes the world brighter than any World Cup gold medal. In late 2015, Purpose2Play videographer Brittany [...]
It's one thing to get better with age. It's another to get faster. Just look at Julia Hawkins, the 103-year-old retired schoolteacher who collected more gold medals after running the 50- and 100-meter dash at the National Senior Games in Albuquerque, NM. According to the National Senior Games, Hawkins, whose nickname is the "Hurricane," is the oldest woman to ever [...]
Out with the old, in with the new. Enter Lindsay Gottlieb, the first women's collegiate head coach to be recruited to an NBA team's staff. With the Cleveland Cavaliers going 19-63 last season, there was no other choice but to turn the coaching roster upside down. So, rather than looking within the league, the front office turned their attention to [...]
Just after midnight on a weekday last March, Lynnette Wukie got a text from her friend. “It’s 1 a.m. You have 16 hours left. You better be working on your application.” By 5 p.m. March 24, Wukie had written an essay and created her video - the two application requirements for the job. Less than a month later - and [...]
Recently retired NBA star Dwyane Wade surprised the 2019 graduating class of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by giving a commencement speech at their graduation ceremony. "Today, you will close a chapter in your lives and embark on new experiences and journeys and memories. And it's a time to celebrate and be proud of everything you've done to make it [...]
It turns out that man's best friend is also runner's best friend. In March, Thomas Panek became the first blind person to complete the NYC Half Marathon, but he didn't do it with a human to guide him along the course. Instead, three specially-trained dogs shouldered that responsibility. Panek finished the 13.1-mile race in 2 hours, 20 minutes and 51 [...]
Two years ago, University of Tennessee swimmer Maddy Banic was carried off the NCAA Championship pool deck on a stretcher and taken to a local hospital. The culprit: a severe panic attack. Ever since then, she worked not on her kick turns, but on her mental health. It all paid off, and her healing was highlighted in March as she [...]
Whether children in Miami believe in Santa Claus is up for debate, but there's no doubt they believe in Teddy Bridgewater. The New Orleans Saints backup quarterback surprised kids with toys in Liberty City, an area of Miami, Florida widely considered to be the most dangerous neighborhood in the state. In July, Bridgewater rented a U-Haul truck and loaded it [...]
Marko Cheseto may be on two prosthetic legs, but he blazed through Boston on Monday to set the new Boston Marathon course record in the double amputee below the knees category. The 35-year-old ran the race in 2 hours, 42 minutes and 24 seconds to beat the previous record of 2 hours, 42 minutes and 53 seconds set by Richard [...]
Most go to Venice Beach for ocean air and salty hair. Not 10-year-old Sky Brown. She ventures there to showcase her skateboarding flare. We told you about Brown last summer because of her ability to rip on four wheels. The prodigy, who hails from Miyazaki, Japan, already beats grown men in competitions thanks to having triple kickflips and 540 rodeo [...]
