Stories for parents of athletes.
Jackson Dean Nicholson learned that there are more ways to wow a crowd on the football field than by scoring a touchdown or coming up with a big defensive stop. In fact, the Maryland teen did so when he performed his own country rendition of the national anthem before strapping on his helmet. Nicholson, who is a senior at Arundel High [...]
Tennis star Rafael Nadal has his priorities straight. The fourth-ranked played in the world halted his doubles match against John McEnroe and Spain's Carlos Moya to make sure a mother found her daughter in the stands. With Nadal serving in an exhibition match in Mallorca, there was a commotion in the crowd and when the former No. 1 ace looked [...]
The best football highlight of the weekend came from Novi High School "hydration manager" Robby Heil. The senior, who has Down Syndrome, has been the water boy for the Detroit area football team for four years. That's why with the help of opponent, South Lyon East, the team honored his commitment and heart by letting him score a touchdown from [...]
Baseball really is a great family sport. And one usher proved that recently after going the extra mile for one family. A St. Louis Cardinals fan took her three-year-old son to a game. When she ran out of milk for her toddler, she asked the usher to point her in the direction of where she could find some. The usher [...]
Doyin Richards is an author and public speaker, but most importantly, he's a father to two young girls. Even though he didn't have any sisters to grow up with, Richards labels himself, "The biggest feminist dad you will ever see." Currently, Richards coaches his oldest daughter's T-ball team, which happens to be the only all-girl team in the league. "We're [...]
Swimmer Missy Franklin is already a four-time gold medalist at the age of 20, and she has a shot at seven more medals this summer in Rio. She's a humble star that's so likable, you can't help but root for her in every area of her life. Franklin recently wrote a heartfelt letter to her parents, which was was featured [...]
With Mother's Day right around the corner and the 2016 Rio Olympics mere months away, Procter & Gamble released their most recent "Thank You, Mom" commercial, which highlights the strong mothers that support Olympic athletes. It was "inspired by the simple human truth that the daily courage a mom shows echoes at critical moments throughout her child's life," a P&G [...]
It turns out that not all of life's important lessons are learned in Kindergarten. A group of first-graders in Minnesota got a lesson in empathy all thanks a heads up exercise concocted by their teacher in response Blair Walsh's 27-yard missed field goal that would have sent the Vikings on in the playoffs. As Vikings fans were outraged and spewing [...]
(Jordan's favorite summer vacations are at the beach in Wilmington N.C. with family. Photo: JordanSpiethGolf.com) By Patti Putnicki There are a lot of 20-something gifted athletes; phenoms who play their sport with a precision that defies logic. We’re drawn to them. We, as fans, elevate them. And, sometimes, we watch them plummet from a catapult to greatness into [...]