Veterans Day may be over, but Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving knows military appreciation is important year-round. That's why following his team's 109-102 win over the Brooklyn Nets, Irving peeled off his jersey and his shoes to give them to two military personnel who waited for him courtside. As you can see in the video, the U.S. soldiers were beyond [...]
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Marquise Goodwin fell to the ground in tears after scoring a touchdown against the New York Giants in his team's first win of the season. That's because just hours earlier, he and his wife, Morgan, lost their son due to complications during pregnancy. Goodwin revealed the tragedy in an Instagram post following the game. “(We) [...]
Former NFL quarterback Drew Bledsoe flew 3,000 miles to honor and play football with veterans over the weekend. Little did he know that during the game, he'd be taken down by Dave Stevens, the first person without legs to play college football and professional baseball. That's right. The Super Bowl winning gunslinger from the New England Patriots was sacked by [...]
Veterans Day is a day of profound gratitude. We honor those who served our country and remember those who have fallen. In sports this weekend, teams and athletes are saluting veterans in unique ways. Take for example Pittsburgh Steelers starting left tackle Alejandro Villanueva. The former Army Ranger thoughtfully handed out special helmet decals to each of his teammates for [...]
Since winning the 2017 World Series, Houston Astros pitcher Joe Musgrove has been making appearances left and right. However, one of his most important offseason stops came Thursday, when he visited patients at Houston's Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in honor of Veterans Day. "These guys are the true heroes," Musgrove told MLB.com. "They set the tone for everything [...]
The New Jersey Devils may have lost 3-2 to the Edmonton Oilers Thursday night, but forward Brian Boyle had a giant personal victory. He scored his first goal since being diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in September. Boyle took advantage of a rebound and sent one to the back of the net with 5:33 left in the first period [...]
Why worry about speaking when your running can do the talking for you? Identical twins Alex and Jamie Schneider, 27, have a severe form of autism that requires 24-hour per day care. They may not be able to cross the street by themselves, but out on the roads, they're distance runners who are turning heads and doing more than holding [...]
More than a decade ago, PGA TOUR Champions member Gene Sauers was given just a 25 percent chance of survival due to having Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare skin disorder that was burning him from the inside out. Treatment that included several skin grafts, forced him to miss seven years of professional golf, but when he came back, he won the [...]
Two-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Roy Halladay, 40, was killed in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday. At the time of this writing, it's unknown what led to the crash. The former Toronto Blue Jay's and Philadelphia Phillies' star known as "Doc" had a 16-year career in Major League Baseball before retiring four years ago. "We [...]
There's no telling where life will lead. Just ask San Diego native Roderick Sewell Jackson. As a young boy, he was homeless, walking around on prosthetic legs and terrified of water. Today, he's training alongside world-class Olympic athletes. His mission: Compete in the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo and take home hardware in the 100-meter breaststroke. So, how did this [...]