In 2015, Angela Vorobyova, then 86 years old, became the oldest person to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. Her legs and lungs carried her to the top, but it was her love for her deceased sister that wouldn't let her quit. The former schoolteacher from east Russia took on the 19,341-foot mountain with her 62-year-old daughter in order to fulfill a promise [...]
Every baseball player relishes that celebratory jaunt around the bases, making his or her way into the arms of over-the-top excited teammates. In early May, 18-year-old Dylan Cunningham experienced that for the first time. The West Virginia teen who has Down syndrome belted an inside-the-park home run. Cunningham doesn't normally suit up for the baseball team at Robert C. Byrd [...]
The DoD Warrior Games are nearly upon us, so what better way to celebrate the annual competition that pits 300 wounded, ill and injured service men and women against each other in 11 sports than by highlighting two of its participants? Thanks to Dove Men+Care Deodorant, which is sponsoring the competition, we're able to get to know former National Guard [...]
It's been a full year since we first told you about 92-year-old gymnast Johanna Quaas, the small-in-stature but larger-than-life gymnast from Germany. At an age when getting dressed or loading up into a car can be tiring, Quaas is still doing cartwheels, headstands, and working the parallel bars better than most people in their 30s. She's the oldest competitive gymnast [...]
If tragedy strikes in the great state of Texas, it's fair to say that J.J. Watt steps up as quickly as emergency responders. Over the weekend, the Houston Texans star announced he would cover the cost of the funeral services for all 10 victims (eight students and two teachers) of the mass shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas. [...]
Think the pressure is only on PGA TOUR pros at the first tee box? Think again. The starters who announce the golfers' names and hometowns carry a certain load up there, too. David Watson, along with a handful of fellow red pant-wearing members of the Salesmansip Club of Dallas, shoulders some of that responsibility at the AT&T Byron Nelson each [...]
Sometimes, perfection takes time. Ben Bender first picked up a golf club at 28 years old. Sixty-five years later, he drained his very first hole-in-one, and then eloquently closed the chapter on his playing days. The 93-year-old, who has hip bursitis, pulled out his 5-wood and saw the ball fall into the cup on the third hole at Green Valley [...]
A PGA TOUR pro has a caddie to watch his back out there on the golf course. But who do the spectators have? At the 2018 AT&T Byron Nelson, they have Rodney Fuller and Leslie Lewis, the dynamic duo that head the tournament's First Aid Committee. When not dedicating hundreds of hours to recruiting, planning and organizing the Byron Nelson's [...]
Jake Olson may be blind, but he proves time and time again that anything is possible. The 21-year-old long snapper for USC hit the headlines again on Thursday after he got behind the wheel and drove a race car around Charlotte Motor Speedway. With the help of former NASCAR driver Todd Bodine, Olson went for a spin around the 1.5-mile [...]
"Stepping up to the first tee box, we have LaWanna Viers, out of the Air Force, and service dog Corey, out of a high-kill shelter in North Carolina." Those weren't the exact words from the starter at the 2018 AT&T Byron Nelson in Dallas, Texas, but the military veteran and her service canine certainly did receive a warm welcome at [...]