The 2018 Winter Olympics may be over, but the competition in PyeongChang is far from finished. That's because on March 8, the 2018 Paralympic Games kick off, and NBC is bringing the heat when it comes to coverage. In fact, the network is going to provide 94 hours of Paralympic action on television, which nearly doubles the coverage that was [...]
Tricia Downing was right in the thick of things at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She wasn't an athlete eyeing a medal at the time, but she played an integral role to a team that was. Then 26, she was the official press officer for the USA Table Tennis team. "When I was there watching all the athletes at [...]
Ruby White of Kansas City, Kansas turned the big 102 in late January. One of the many highlights from her special day was when her favorite Kansas basketball player, Devonte' Graham, called and left a birthday message. You see, White has been a longtime Jayhawks fan, and when Graham heard the news that he was the player she loved to [...]
With the game on the line, Iowa guard Jordan Bohannon intentionally missed a free throw just so he could protect the record of the late Chris Street. The Hawkeyes were up 73–65 over Northwestern with about two minutes left in the contest, and Bohannon stepped to the free throw line. He knew exactly what to do: Miss the shot in [...]
He may be just a rookie, but Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell has quickly become a crowd favorite in the Beehavie State, and not just because he's leading the team in scoring with 19.7 points per game. In mid-February, he soared into the history books and won the 2018 Verizon Slam Dunk Contest during All-Star weekend in Los Angeles. Fast [...]
Knowing that 11-year-old Rocco Worley prefers spending his time at the skate park rather than inside a hospital, the Make-A-Wish Foundation went big and unveiled a private, backyard skate park for the boy who is is fighting a rare blood disorder. Rocco, who lives in El Cajon, a suburb of San Diego, started experiencing migraine headaches, and neck and back [...]
Earlier in the week, we told you about Kate Spadaro, an 18-year-old from New Jersey who drilled an 8-foot shot on the basketball court on senior night. It may sound routine, but when you consider the fact that the Camden Catholic High School senior has Down syndrome and lost her mother to cancer two years ago, you realize how incredibly [...]
With Jessie Diggins becoming the first American cross-country skier to ever win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics, it's only fitting that she has been selected to be the flag bearer for the 2018 U.S. Olympic team at the Closing Ceremony. Diggins was chosen by a vote from fellow members of Team USA. "This is such an incredible honor [...]
As Patrick Sanchez, 19, was sleeping on a cold New Jersey football field each night, he didn't have much in his possession except a bag and a deeply-seeded belief that with enough hard work, he could play college football, if only given the chance. The teen was raised by disabled parents and often worked two jobs to help put food [...]
Oakland A's prospect Jesus Luzardo hasn't hit the major leagues yet, but he's already making large-scale moves using the platform he has. The left-handed pitcher and 2016 graduate of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has started a YouCaring page to raise money for the family of Chris Hixon, the brave 49-year-old athletic director and wrestling coach who [...]