As much as former NBA center Dikembe Mutombo is know for his shot-blocking finger wag, he's celebrated for his humanitarian efforts, too. Most recently, the 52-year-old, who spent most his NBA career with the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets, flew an 8-year-old boy from Africa to the U.S. so he could undergo surgery to remove a large tumor from his [...]
In late November, college students across the U.S. tuned in not to watch Cleveland Cavaliers star Kevin Love play basketball, but to listen to him speak about his own mental health struggles. Love spoke directly to college students during a New York Times Live event at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., where he detailed his own challenges with depression and [...]
Moon Fahel, 85, didn't start running until he was 80 years old. However, on Sunday, Dec. 2, he completed the San Antonio Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon, his fifth marathon in his short but sweet running career. Fahel, who was born in Syria and lives in San Antonio, completed the 26.2-mile course in 6 hours, 24 minutes and 4 seconds as the [...]
Running partners can be found anywhere. Even while laying in a hospital bed. Just ask Dwayne Pickens, a 64-year-old heart survivor who recruited his surgeon to run the 2018 Dallas Marathon with him. Pickens suffered a heart attack during the 2017 Dallas Marathon just two miles into his 5.2-mile segment of the relay. Lucky for him, a registered nurse and [...]
There aren't many 91-year-olds who can accrue more than 132,000 views on YouTube (at the time of this writing), but then again, John Carter isn't your typical grandfather. The man from Trail, British Columbia, who's more active than many people in their 20s and 30s, enjoys biking, snoeshowing, fishing and participating in a range of other sports. However, his biggest [...]
Daniel Lehman's three daughters thought they were attending a Pittsburgh Penguins game to be recognized with other military families who sacrifice so much. Little did they know that after 11 months of not seeing their father, a sergeant in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, they would be surprised by his return from Afghanistan and Kuwait. On Nov. 19, Lehman had an [...]
It doesn't have to be baseball season for Anthony Rizzo to hit a home run. The Chicago Cubs' three-time MLB All-Star and his charity, the Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation, raised more than $1.2 million at their seventh-annual Walk-Off For Cancer 5K walk. The event, which was held on Dec. 2 in Rizzo's hometown of Parkland, Florida, raised money for the [...]
The University of Washington and Washington State University (WSU) are fierce in state rivals, but make no mistake, the line in the sand gets completely removed when it comes to life-threatening accidents. Band members and chaperones from the University of Washington were on their way to the Apple Cup on Nov. 22 to take on Washington State when one of [...]
Eileen Ash is one of the few people to ever ring in a 107th birthday, so you can bet she did it in style. The former test cricket player, who was born in London and competed internationally for England, both before and after World War II, celebrated her Oct. 30 birthday with friends and family many times over. But, one [...]
As the founder of Sky Footwear, Keaton Hendricks once had 10,000 pairs of socks in his dorm room at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. Don't worry, though. They were all clean, because they were being shipped to both paying customers and to homeless shelters across the country. The former college basketball player, who graduated in May with a degree in [...]