Logan Johnston has always been a gifted athlete, experiencing success in every sport she’s played. However, that’s not the only way she excels. The Liberty High School junior used time spent on the sideline due to a shoulder injury to impact the lives of others, becoming a coach for Unified Sports. Through the Special Olympics, […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks hosted Little League teams from Ahwatukee, Ariz., Saturday at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Scottsdale. Diamondbacks players Didi Gregorius, Cody Ross, A.J. Pollock and Brad Ziegler participated in the exhibition and gave the kids new uniforms as part of the D-backs Give Back Jersey Program. The team’s mascot, Baxter, even […]
Warning: You may be forced to change your opinion of Richard Sherman after reading this and watching the video below. Recently, 10-year-old Nikolas wrote a story that said the Seahawks’ Pro Bowl cornerback reminded him of the movie Wreck It Ralph — namely the part where video game villain Zangief said “And I say, Zangief […]
The Philadelphia 76ers made a big-time signing over the weekend. The team signed Kevin Grow, a high school senior with Down syndrome, to a two-day contract. Grow scored 14 points and nailed a pair of three-pointers over the final two games of the varsity season for Bensalem High School after the team’s coaches put the […]
Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert played in his second All-Star Game on Sunday, but he is no stranger to making an impact off the court as well. He recently visited a third grade class at the Paramount School of Excellence in Indianapolis, as shown in a video posted to YouTube by the NBA. Lots of […]
Tim Alexander is not a normal football player. The tight end’s career took a major detour on Oct. 28, 2006, when he was paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident with a broken neck and spinal cord injury. During the accident, Alexander, who was riding in the back of a friend’s car at […]
The Olympics are about competition, sure, but they’re also about sportsmanship. And you need look no further than Swiss skier Dario Cologna for that. Colgna won the gold for the 15K classical-style cross-country race Friday with a time of 38:29:7, which was incredibly impressive. However, it was what he did after winning that may have […]
The UNC men’s basketball team is in the midst of a season-high five-game win streak, but its greatest victory may have come off the court this week. Thanks to One Carolina, a student-led initiative at UNC-Chapel Hill, Anthony Hernandez, a 12-year-old boy with muscular dystrophy from Morganton, N.C., was treated to a very, special day […]
The NFL and USA Network partnered together to produce the third annual “Characters Unite” documentary, which aired last week on USA. The Miami Dolphins’ bullying allegations cast a darkness over much of the 2013 NFL season, so the latest USA documentary focused on some of the positive figures in the league and the steps being […]
A special needs student at Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., got a chance to play for the men’s basketball team in the last game of the regular season. And it was no coincidence that Jonathan Stern got to put on a uniform and take the court for his school; he has served as […]
Brooks Russell is not your typical five-year old. Russell has a brain tumor and to help him in his fight, the Lipscomb University baseball team signed him as part of their 2015 recruiting class. “In signing the letter of intent, you can know that the Lipscomb Baseball program will promise Brooks and his family that […]
You don’t have to be a Seattle Seahawks fan to be a fan of these Seattle Seahawks fans. A little back story, from Mike Harris’ Youtube page: In 1976 my mom became a Seattle Seahawks fan. She was in love with Jim Zorn, in awe of Steve Largent, and in the Kingdome whenever she could. […]
The story of Seattle Seahawks running back Derrick Coleman is getting to be well known, but if you need a refresher, click this link. Coleman is the NFL’s first legally deaf offensive player, and it’s no surprise that he’s become a bit of an inspiration for others with hearing issues. Jake Kovalcik is the father […]
In 2013, as a sophomore at Sunrise Mountain High School in Peoria, Luis Mendoza batted .393 with 10 doubles and 20 RBI. A first and third baseman, he was selected by Prospectwire Baseball as one of the top prospects in the class of 2015, and he played in the 2013 All-American games at Cal State […]
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has claimed many awards during his accomplished football career. The 30-year-old wideout has been a unanimous All-American, a Fred Biletnikoff and Walter Camp Award-winner, an AP NFL First-Team All-Pro, an eight-time Pro Bowler and a Pro Bowl MVP. But Fitzgerald, who has 846 career catches for 11,367 yards and […]
After missing out on the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, biathlete Tracy Barnes spent the last four years training to get back to Sochi. Barnes clinched her spot on the U.S. Team last week, finishing fifth-best among Americans at the final qualifying events. The only problem? Her twin sister, Lanny, was ill throughout the qualifying […]
Twenty years ago, when he was three years old, Seattle Seahawks running back Derrick Coleman lost his hearing. Twenty weeks ago, he became the first legally deaf offensive player to ever play in the NFL. A Duracell batteries ad released Friday details Coleman’s journey from his grade school days in Los Angeles, where he was […]
Quarterback-turned-teacher Jon Kitna is returning to the NFL, at least for one game. The 41-year-old signed with the Dallas Cowboys earlier this week, as the team was in need of another quarterback on the depth chart due to the uncertainty of Tony Romo’s availability Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles. Kitna last played in the league […]
The holidays are often called the season for giving, and a Florida State offensive lineman is doing what he can to make sure that rings true this year. Mikey Scheerhorn is working to send a young cancer patient and her parent to the BCS Championship game in Pasadena, Calif., at the beginning of January, and […]
As it does every Christmas, the NBA has put together a full slate of games Wednesday featuring the Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets. With that said, many of the matchups will be missing marquee […]
Alabama senior quarterback AJ McCarron has quite a life. McCarron has won two National Championships, just finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting and by all accounts still has a very attractive significant other. But despite all the glitz and glamour that comes with being the face of the Crimson Tide’s football program, McCarron seems […]
Several Phoenix Suns players have been making holiday visits to young children at Valley hospitals over the past two days. On Monday, a day after the Suns defeated the Golden State Warriors 106-102, Suns players P.J. Tucker, Alex Len, Ish Smith and Slava Kravstov visited children at St. Joseph’s Hospital, signing autographs and helping with […]
Emerging NBA star Andre Drummond honored the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting as his Detroit Pistons hosted the Portland Trail Blazers Sunday in Auburn Hills, Mich. Twenty children and six adults died in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, and just over a year after the massacre, the Pistons big man took the […]
On Tuesday, Mark Trumbo was acquired by the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-team deal that sent Tyler Skaggs and Hector Santiago to the Los Angeles Angels and Adam Eaton to the Chicago White Sox. But apparently switching teams was just a minor detail for Trumbo, who still showed up at an Angels’ charity event Wednesday […]
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