Bob McAdam spent Thanksgiving like millions of Americans. He woke up, ran in a local Turkey Trot, chowed down with his family and napped. But, he's one of the few who set a new world record in the process. The 97-year-old, who is legally blind, ran the fastest 5K of anyone 95 years or older when he crossed the finish [...]
Happy Thanksgiving, Purpose2Play readers. As we express gratitude for all we have in our lives, we thought we'd reach out to some of the athletes we did stories on this year to find out what they're most grateful for in 2017. Without further ado, we'll let them take it from here. John Young, the first person with dwarfism to finish [...]
Sports media is filled with varying voices and personalities, each seemingly getting louder and larger as the years go by. But, up until 2014, there had not been a single nationally televised all-female weekly sports show in sight. Enter CBS Sports Network's "We Need to Talk," which offers a refreshing look at the sports landscape, one where the emphasis is [...]
Carl Colbert has a good read on basketball. He describes the sport as "Poetry in motion." And, he's not someone to argue with on that point. As a child growing up in New York City, he watched NBA legends in Harlem's Rucker Park, the mecca for streetball. "I was one of those kids who used to sit on the fence [...]
Going end zone to end zone is a big deal for any football player, but for 11-year-old Gabe Treve, it was life-changing. That's because he stood up from his power wheelchair and walked 100 yards in leg braces at Michigan Stadium, the home of his favorite team. The boy from Michigan was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at 5 years [...]
Before Nov. 11, Camille Herron had never run a 100-mile race in her life. Now, after winning the Tunnel Hill 100-Miler in Vienna, Illinois with a time of 12 hours, 42 minutes and 40 seconds, she's the new women's world record holder for the distance. Not only did she average 7:38 per mile to shatter the old record by more [...]
Lifelong Georgia football fan Calvin Smith had never seen his beloved Bulldogs take on their SEC rival, the Florida Gators. Knowing that would be a dream come true game to attend, brothers Brian and Jason Smith bought their father tickets and surprised him with them on his 71st birthday. "My family is pretty tight-knit," Brian wrote on Facebook. "My dad [...]
NASCAR driver Danica Patrick announced Friday that she will be retiring from full-time racing in 2018, with the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500 being her final two races. With her career winding down, I thought it would be fun to take a look at one of her most impressive days on the track, and yes, it was a day [...]
Feel the Rhythm! Feel the Rhyme! Move over, Jamaica. It's Nigeria's bobsled time! That's right. Three women have made history by becoming the first bobsled team from Africa to compete in the Winter Olympics. This comes 30 years after the men's bobsled team from Jamaica stunned the world by being the first team from a tropical nation to contend in [...]
In Rio last summer, Ibtihaj Muhammad became the first Muslim-American to wear a hijab while representing the U.S. at the Olympics. The 31-year-old fencer from New Jersey lost in the second round of individual competition, but took home bronze in the Team Sabre event, making her the first female Muslim-American to earn a medal at the Olympics. Her other victory came [...]