If 73-year-old coach Bill Snyder of the Kansas State Wildcats wasn’t beloved enough, his recent response to a 24-21 upset loss at the hands of North Dakota State will garner even more affection from college football fans around the country. Instead of griping about officiating or simply ignoring the Bison feat, Snyder congratulated his opponents. […]
Illegal benefits in college football. It seems to be a predominant theme in the sport these days, even more so at times than the games themselves. But as four football players at William Patterson University illustrated this week, some student-athletes aren’t in the business of benefiting from their stature on campus. CBS New York reported […]
Catching a foul ball at a baseball game sounds like a real enjoyable experience. And we say it “sounds like” because, well, we have yet to catch one ourselves. Anyway, sometimes a ball is not “caught” so much as it is “tossed” into the stands, and at that point it’s usually up to the person […]
Generally speaking, a college band is a fairly under-appreciated group on campus. They put in incredibly long hours and work real hard to hone their craft, yet tend to play second fiddle (get it?) to the respective teams whose games they perform at. Over at USC, where the football team can be one of the […]
All 6-year-old Kyle Byrd wanted was to be a “real” Arizona Diamondback. The youngster, who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, plays in the Miracle League, an organization that helps children with debilitating diseases play the game they love. The Diamondbacks went a little further. As part of the “My Wish” series on ESPN, young Kyle not […]
It’s a rite of passage for any kid during the summertime. When the temperature rises, there’s no better way to cool off than with a tasty popsicle or ice cream cone. Saturday, several lucky kids braved the heat and humidity in Brooklyn long enough to cross paths with the neighborhood ice cream man. Or, so […]
Toronto Blue Jays superstar Jose Bautista paid tribute to a young fan who passed away tragically. Nine-year-old Derek Lendosky, a huge Bautista supporter, was killed in an accident in Fennimore, WI, last Sunday. On Wednesday, his father reached out to Bautista on Twitter, telling the Jays’ outfielder how much he meant to his late son. […]
Former Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Craig Breslow once planned to be a doctor so he could help children like his older sister, who was stricken with cancer when Breslow was 11 years old. But when the strike zone became Breslow’s operating room, the original cause wasn’t forgotten. Thus, the Strike 3 Foundation began. “I started the […]
Arizona Rattlers defensive back Virgil Gray picked off a Russ Michna pass in the closing seconds of the team’s playoff win over the San Jose Sabercats August 5. Instead of drawing attention to himself or taunting his opponent, Gray simply went to the first row of the stands, kneeled and prayed, handed the ball to […]
Five-year-old cancer survivor Ryan Encinas stole the show at the Cleveland Browns’ Family Night scrimmage Saturday night. Encinas, who was battling a left lung tumor, took a handoff from quarterback Brandon Weeden and ran in the end zone for a touchdown. Little Heroes organization can be credited for making the special on the field moment […]
Jacob Karam is the starting quarterback for the Memphis Tigers, but he’s making people take notice for another reason. Karam threw for 1,895 yards and 14 touchdowns for the Tigers last season, but really made his mark off the field when he recently visited St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis and accompanied 11-year-old leukemia […]
Phil Mickelson had played the British Open 18 times before. He’d never won it. That changed last Sunday when Mickelson erased a five-stroke deficit in the final round by firing a 66 and winning the Open Championship at Muirfield in Scotland. Days later, Mickelson brought the coveted Claret Jug back to the states and shared […]
Everybody knows of Arizona Cardinals wide recevier Larry Fitzgerald’s talents on the football field. Fitzgerald owns just about every receiving record in franchise history and is the youngest player in NFL history to reach the 700-catch mark During the Cardinals’ run to the Super Bowl in 2008, Fitzgerald scored seven touchdowns to go along with […]
You may remember the story of Grant Reed, the 12-year-old who named his brain tumor “Michigan” so that, when he beat it, could say he “beat Michigan.” It was a fun — and heartwarming — story. And it gets even better. Michigan head football coach Brady Hoke caught wind of it all, and according to […]
Larry Fitzgerald may play professional football in Arizona, but he got his start playing the game in the fields of Minneapolis. The Minnesota native recently donated 1,000 brand new Riddell helmets to the Minneapolis Parks and Recreational Board’s youth football program. Monday, Fitzgerald was in the Twin Cities to share his gift with the youth […]
The Chicago Blackhawks just got done defeating the Boston Bruins in what was one of the best Stanley Cup Finals in recent memory. The series was hotly contested all the way to the very end, which saw the Chicago score two goals within a span of 17 seconds during the final minutes of Game 6. […]
While Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft is all about organizations bolstering their farm systems with the most-talented high school and college prospects the country has to offer, with up to 40 rounds of selections, sometimes a team can afford to make a pick for a far different reason. And as the Arizona Diamondbacks illustrated […]
Bethany had her appendix removed at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. At the beginning of summer break, that can only be considered a bummer. But if you’re going to be stuck in a hospital for a while, what better way to pass the time than by singing Taylor Swift karaoke with a group of Arizona Cardinals rookies. […]
Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops is among the most well-recognized people in the entire state. However over the weekend, the two-time Walter Camp Coach of the Year paid a visit to the tornado-ravaged city of Moore and managed to blend in amongst the other dedicated volunteers for the first 30 minutes of the trip. But […]
You may be familiar with the story of Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp stopping to give a cancer-stricken Joshua Jones his hat, jersey and cleats after a loss to the San Francisco Giants — in San Francisco. That was awesome, but now Kemp has done one better. He arranged to have Jones and his […]
While Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant is not a native of Oklahoma, the state has more or less accepted him as its adopted son over the last five years. On the court, Durant’s made four All-Star Games, won three scoring titles and led the Thunder franchise to its first NBA Finals appearance since leaving […]
New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano is off to another impressive start (.291 batting average, 13 home runs and 34 RBI) in 2013 and has led the depleted Bronx Bombers to a surprising rise atop the AL East standings. But the four-time All-Star’s greatest impact so far this season might have been made on […]
OK, we know Spider-Man is not real.* But still, it sure would be cool to shoot some hoops with the guy, and a couple of New York kids got that chance. Taking a break from filming The Amazing Spider-Man 2, lead actor Andrew Garfield decided to head to a park and play some ball. And […]
A disastrous tornado ripped through Oklahoma Tuesday, killing dozens, injuring hundreds more and destroying homes and other buildings. It didn’t take long for one of the most prominent adopted Oklahomans to step up and help the relief efforts. Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder has reached into his pocket and given a substantial amount […]
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