Padres Baseball Team Keeps Disabled Pitcher on Payroll for 20 Yrs to Give Insurance
Since a heart attack left pitcher Matt LaChappa disabled with brain damage, the San Diego Padres have renewed his contract each year to give him health insurance.
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Buffalo Bills Hire First Full-Time Woman Coach in NFL History
Kathryn Smith is named the first full time woman coach in the NFL, becoming the Buffalo Bills' quality control and special teams coach.
Score! Gift of Football Tickets Turns Into Game-Changer For Homeless Man
After a surprise Christmas gift, when a man took him to a football match, a homeless guy scored new goals in the game of life.
Teen Athlete's 'Absolutely Incredible' Sportsmanship After Swim Meet
In an act of sportsmanship following his competitor's disqualification, a New Jersey high school swimmer gave his first-place medal to "its rightful owner."
Teen With Down Syndrome Sinks Game-ending 3-point Shot (WATCH)
When team manager Robert Lewis hit a game-ending 3-point basket for his school on Senior Night, fans from both sides went wild.
SHE DID IT: Diana Nyad Completes Historic Cuba to Florida Swim
This time, neither storm, jellyfish, nausea nor utter fatigue could keep 64-year-old endurance swimmer Diana Nyad from achieving her lifelong ambition of conquering the Straits of Florida. Nyad today became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, willing her way to a Key West beach, victorious on her fifth try in 35 years.
988 Mile Walk, a Field of Dreams for Determined Cerebral Palsy Golfer
D.J. Gregory's parents were told he would never walk. But with their constant encouragement, D.J. became the master of his cerebral palsy, and last week, at age 30, he triumphed, achieving his dream of walking with underdeveloped lungs and twisted legs every hole of the entire PGA tour -- 988 miles in 11 months.
Pro Golfer's Honesty a Shining Example
J.P. Hayes gives new meaning to the description for, 'a good sport'. The latest candidate for most honest athlete in America is a 43-year-old golfer who hasn't won a PGA tournament in six years. No one knew but him, yet he turned himself in to officials for accidentally using an unsanctioned ball in tournement play, disqualifying himself from a chance to play with the pros next year.
Golf Course for Veterans Inspires Big Donation
Out of the hospital with a repaired heart and a new appreciation for life, millionaire businessman Gene Lynn was inspired to donate $200,000 to the American Lake Veterans Golf Course which caters to disabled vets.
Golf Accident Costs an Eye, but Recovery is Priceless
Martin Fine lost an eye - but not his passion for golf - after a shot he hit ricocheted off a tree with devastating effect. . . Doctors told him that if the ball would have hit an inch to the left it could have severed both optical nerves and fully blinded him. An inch to the right and it could have hit his frontal lobe and killed him.
When Losing a Golf Tournament Really Makes You a Winner
There are times to be competitive. Moments when all you want to do is humiliate your opponent as you defeat him. It's the nature of sports, and what our internal competition meters usually read. That, we all know, is how athletes feel most of the time. But, at times, and these are few and far […]
22 Year-old Plays His Way into Golf Stardom: Rory's a Celtic Tiger, With Class
In a performance for the ages, 22-year old Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland made news and sports outlets giddy about the next Tiger being a Celtic Tiger. McIlroy won golf's toughest challenge, the US Open, by obliterating the field, beating the top ranked golfers in the world by anywhere from 6 to 20 strokes. And, as a UNICEF ambassador, the humble, affable young man volunteered in Haiti last month.
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