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 [...]
Dante Agnes, a teen with Down syndrome, believes in blood, sweat and tears. The 19-year-old from North Dakota put in years of hard work and dedication, and it all finally paid off his senior year, when he made his high school varsity basketball team. Agnes played for May-Port CG's junior varsity team his first few seasons, rarely missing a practice [...]
There's no doubt runners move fast, but that goes beyond the roads, too. Take, for example, the community of runners in Nebraska who organized the Nebraska Strong Run in less than a week, and raised more than $163,000 for flood relief in the state. After a "bomb cyclone" devastated the Midwest and caused more than $1 billion of flood damage [...]
Imagine entering your first game as a college basketball player and draining a three-pointer the first time the ball hits your hands. That's precisely what happened to Rachel Grace, the team manager for East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania who happens to have Down syndrome. Not only did the 22-year-old connect on her first shot on Senior Night, but she drilled [...]
Denver Broncos running back Phillip Lindsay became the first undrafted rookie to ever be elected to the Pro Bowl, but that accomplishment meant something much bigger for a complete stranger. Because Lindsay didn't ink a big time deal with the Broncos out of college, fans set up a GoFundMe page to show their appreciation and send him to the Pro [...]
Twenty months after having his left leg amputated, ultra-runner Dave Mackey did what others deemed impossible: He ran the Leadville 100 -- a grueling trail race at 10,000+ feet above sea level -- in 24 hours, 55 minutes, 15 seconds. Not only that, but by finishing that race, he completed the entire Leadville Race Series, meaning in three months, he [...]
Kalin Bennett is a true trailblazer. In November, he became the first person with autism to sign a national letter of intent to play a team sport at the Division I level. Bennett, a 6’10”, 300-pound big man from Little Rock, Arkansas will play basketball at Kent State University next year, a truly remarkably accomplishment considering he didn't say his [...]
Thousands celebrated the New England Patriots' Super Bowl victory in mid-February, but a handful of players wanted to put the focus on Mindy Butts, a single mother of six whose contributions to the community outshine the Vince Lombardi Trophy. According to Patriots.com, Devin McCourty, Duron Harmon, Kyle Van Noy and Derek Rivers surprised Butts by dipping into their social justice [...]
