Philadelphia baseball star Ryan Howard is helping students in 57 city high schools to dress for success -- in athletics. His Ryan Howard Family Foundation will donate Adidas sportswear valued at nearly $1.2 million to the cash-strapped Philadelphia school district.
A record-setting star on the field and hilarious character off it, baseball great Yogi Berra leaves behind a lot of baseball history and "Yogi-isms."
Hundreds of California youngsters got the chance to experience a live NBA basketball game for the first time after Golden State Warriors athletes themselves reached out to community groups with stacks of free tickets.
The outpouring of support for Dan Wheldon's family, after the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner was killed in a car race in Las Vegas Oct. 16, has been overwhelming. It started with a small gesture by Graham Rahal, who wanted to raise money for Wheldon's family by auctioning off his helmet from the IndyCar season finale.
Rather than the traditional, honorary trip to the White House this year, the 2010 World Champion Los Angeles Lakers teamed up with NBA Cares and President Obama last week to join members of The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washingon for an afternoon of education and service projects.
Mark Inglis, 47, a New Zealand mountain climber who lost both his legs to frostbite on Mount Cook in 1982 has become the first double amputee to conquer Mount Everest. “He’s dreamed of this all his life, probably. He’s over the moon,†said his wife according to the New Zealand Herald.
Jason Witten, the Cowboy tight end superstar, is seeking to break the cycle of family violence by encouraging male mentors to volunteer, and through his SCORE Foundation that actively supports domestic violence shelters.
Jona Rechnitz, who won $50,000 on the 2012 Superbowl just did it again ... by placing the same exact bet. Both times the NYC real estate mogul donated the winnings to charity -- $75,000 in total.
Detroit-based Quicken Loans, America's fourth largest mortgage lender, has joined forces with Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway to pay a billion dollars to anyone who completes a perfect bracket, predicting the winner of every game in the March 2014 men's college basketball championship tournament. Any U.S. citizen over 21 years of age who correctly enters the contest and predicts the winner in all 63 tournament games will win or share the total $1 billion prize.
A baseball player in the Houston Astros minor league, Conrad Gregor, hit his first Midwest League home run on Saturday night and the ball was caught over the right field wall by a familiar face -- his own father.
A tattered vintage sweater from West Point bought at a Goodwill outlet store for fifty-eight cents could fetch more than $20,000 at auction. The sweater belonged to legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, who had served as an assistant coach at the school just before landing his role with the champion Green Bay Packers.
Mats Zuccarello of the New York Rangers is a fantastic player – and a fantastic wingman.
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