They say a mother will go the distance for her child. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, on the other hand, will sprint 100 meters and set a couple of records in the process. At 32 years old, Fraser-Pryce became the oldest woman to ever win a 100-meter race at the world or Olympic level. She also became the first mother to do so [...]
The St. Louis Cardinals may have clinched a division title on Sunday by beating the Chicago Cubs, but the real win came before the first pitch, byway of Derrick Goold, the man usually responsible for telling the story rather than being it. Goold, the lead Cardinals beat writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, performed CPR on 64-year-old videographer Mike Flanary, who [...]
Philadelphia Eagles fan Hakim Laws took a playful shot at wide receiver Nelson Agholor's hands at an odd time — during a local news interview, right after saving people from a burning building. Little did he know, Agholor would step up and show his appreciation for what Laws did for the community. Laws, a former firefighter and military veteran, sprang [...]
Peyton Manning may be retired, but his impact on football shows no signs of stopping. The former Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos quarterback, in partnership with Riddell, awarded equipment grants to 10 football programs (seven high school and three youth teams) across America that take a proactive approach to ensuring their players stay safe and positively impact their communities. This [...]
New England Patriot Julian Edelman plays with arguably the greatest quarterback of all-time, but there's another gunslinger out there who has got the wide receiver's attention: 13-year-old Dejah Rondeau. Rondeau, who plays quarterback for the the Exeter Seahawks football program in New Hampshire, landed on Edelmen's radar after she hit the headlines for being a talented football player who was [...]
What's the difference between LeBron James and a rec league player who, after a full day of work, goes 4-for-8 from the field, collects a few offensive boards, dishes six assists and then rushes home to unleash that same kind of energy to play with his kids? That's the thinking behind Dove Men+Care's "Sponsored by SPORTCARE" campaign, a forward-thinking effort [...]
The secret to longevity often lies in our daily routines. Look to 90-year-old Walter Strohmeyer for proof. He has been swimming in the ocean off of Long Island, New York for nearly his entire life. "I get up in the morning, I move around. I feel like a person in his 40s. The only time I realize I'm not is [...]
At an age when most teens are itching to get behind the wheel and hit the road, Angel More is more than happy to log miles in the water. The 16-year-old from San Carlos, Calif. swam 28 miles around Manhattan on Saturday to raise money for Children International, a non-profit organization that helps children break the cycle of poverty. More [...]
Brian Bushway may not have his vision, but he's a mountain biker through and through. You may also see him on a skateboard from time to time as well. Born and raised in Southern California, Bushway went blind over the course of three months at the age of 14 due to optic nerve atrophy. For the first six months after [...]
Any college football program will tell you they put the health and safety of their players first. Few go beyond and extend that philosophy to the reporters who cover them. However, one unnamed Power Five school is, according to Nicole Auerbach, a senior writer for The Athletic CFB. Auerbach explained in a Twitter thread on Wednesday that one school with [...]
