A high school golfer in Grayling, Michigan has overcome terrible tragedy and brain injury to qualify for the state finals where he played last weekend in memory of two fallen friends.
Harriette Line Thompson, a cancer survivor and last living sibling in her family, just shattered the world record with the fastest time in a marathon for a woman over 90 years old.
Speedskater Gilmore Junio made worldwide headlines when he stepped aside from the men's 1000 meters at the 2014 Sochi Olympics so that Canadian teammate Denny Morrison could compete, a selfless act for which Junio today received a special commemorative, crowdfunded medal.
Illinois twins Chloe and Claire Gruenke spent the weekend competing at a regional track meet. Both were running in the 800 meter race when suddenly 13-year-old Chloe felt something "pull and pop" in her thigh. She eventually crumpled to the ground. Claire, who was behind, came up and hoisted her sister on her back and […]
A European footballer, Markus Rosenberg, must have grown to love the Birmingham area because before leaving as a consequence of his contract not being renewed, he gave everything in his home to a Northfield charity shop.
Homeless runner Ronnie Goodman longed to run in the San Francisco Marathon in July. His story so touched the race's organizers that they have made him a special part of the event. Not only that, readers pooled their resources, after a newspaper story, so they could pay the $120 entry fee.
A 13-year-old Philadelphia girl is leading her team to the Little League World Series as a star pitcher with a 70-mph fastball.
Roller derby is a female-dominated sport where both the blades and the punches roll. Over the past three years, a group of Egyptian women have become aficionados hardcore fans of the sport. But in a country where many women face harassment on a daily basis, roller derby is much more than just a game.
A 70-year-old Australian man officially became the oldest person to swim the English Channel, considered the 'Everest of swimming'. "I haven't had this much fun in years," he said while standing on French soil.
Top international football players are joining forces in the "11 against Ebola" campaign, featuring Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar Jr, Philipp Lahm and others, to promote 11 simple health messages for West Africans and those who might come in contact with Ebola.
Old guys everywhere have a little more swagger today. They're holding their heads a little higher. The reason? Major League Pitcher Jamie Moyer refuses to give up the ghost. This spring, he became the oldest pitcher in MLB history to win a game, and the oldest major league player ever to hit an RBI. And his athletic tenacity matches his generosity to the community.
Jack Nicklaus sank a hole-in-one at Augusta Country Club during a Masters Par-3 tournament, and he even predicted it in a pre-match interview.
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.
After pitcher Mike Robbins left behind professional baseball -- and his self-pity -- after an injury, he embarked on a new path of self-discovery where appreciation and gratitude became his new pitch, and life coaching, his new game. His first book, Focus on the Good Stuff: The Power of Appreciation reached No. 4 on Amazon.com and has been praised as fresh and powerful.
"42" is an inspirational and ultimately uplifting drama about perseverance in the face of turbulent opposition. And the greatest credit to writer-director Brian Helgeland is that none of this is shown through grand melodramatic movie monologues, but through simple restraint on the screen.
Fifteen years after a motocross accident, Aaron Baker lives a life that medical professionals never believed possible. The professional racer deemed a complete quadriplegic after a training accident in 1999, Baker is now fully independent, walking with just a cane, and accomplishing feats of endurance, from riding a tandem bicycle across the country, to independently walking 20 miles across Death Valley.
A major league baseball player hit in the head the very first time he came to bat, who never got a chance to take a pitch, will get a second chance thanks to the very team whose pitcher decked him.
Mats Zuccarello of the New York Rangers is a fantastic player – and a fantastic wingman.
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."
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