After the devastating tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, four-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and his wife Chandra, who grew up in that state, wanted to help. In addition to donating his Charlotte All-Star race winnings, reported to be $1 million, they visited the town on Thursday, along with other NASCAR officials, to help bring some relief to families.
When a fan's beloved Jeff Gordon Edition Monte Carlo was destroyed in a fire, the NASCAR driver replaced it with an identical one from his collection.
A Lithuanian team became the Latin sport dance world champions again after three years. The Klaipeda University formation team, Zuvedra ("Seagull"), regained its world championship title with their six-minute James Bond medley in the world class competition. It is the team's sixth title. They beat the German club which eventually took second place in the […]
With all their punters injured, the New York Jets called into a radio show to ask the host to return to the NFL for one more game.
Jonathan Mendes promised his children last year that he had run his last marathon– but he couldn't stay away.
A life-changing tackle in a college football game led to two players picking each other up and becoming best friends over the next 30 years.
A 94-year-old hockey player still dominates on skates 3-4 times a week in a Minnesota ice rink.
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Davo Karnicar, of Slovenia, became the first person ever to make an uninterrupted ski descent from the top of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest (29,035 ft).
Peter Westbrook’s mother encouraged him to channel his aggression into the art of fencing at age 14. Her hunch paid off and Peter won not only a path away from drugs and street crimes, but 13 US National titles, three Pan American gold medals and a Bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics.
This NFL All-Star never got too big to forget the kids who still need an assist in his New Jersey hometown.
Because of flooding in South Carolina, Saturday's home game against LSU has been moved to Baton Rouge—where the band and school are going all out to help.
The former president and first lady smooched in a crowd-pleasing show of affection during a Braves baseball game.
He set out on his own in 2009 when he took the 8,000-mile flight from Kenya to Maryland as a foreign exchange student. He had no running experience before coming to the US, but now owns the fastest 1,600 time in the state and has secured a college scholarship. But his long goal is to return to his village that has no electricity or running water and teach them to read.
When a boxing champ saw video of someone stealing a little boy's iPad, he put himself in the kid's corner–providing some relief and a valuable life lesson.
More than 2,000 fans helped set a new record in Kansas City Sunday by lining up for nine miles to complete the longest first pitch in baseball history.
A guy, who just five years ago was working part-time at Popeyes after being kicked out of school, became the unlikely Super Bowl hero on Sunday stealing the ball from Seattle at the goal line with just seconds to play, giving his New England Patriots the NFL championship.
Valentines Day is going to be extra special this year for 5000 people with special needs across the United States who will be attending glitzy prom dances paid for by the former NFL star quarterback, Tim Tebow.
Aboriginal AFL player and anti-racism campaigner Adam Goodes has been named the 2014 Australian of the Year. Goodes, a decorated Sydney football champion, was chosen from a diverse field of nominees that represented the best of scientific, medical, arts and community leaders.
One of the most memorable videos ever appearing on the Good News Network was a 2009 ESPN feature on a pair of wrestlers at a Cleveland inner city school. Leroy who had lost both his legs in a train accident, was carried on his teammate's back during every wrestling match and every practice. The outstanding young men found a place in the heart of Lisa Fenn, the ESPN producer who, after the story aired, quit her job to help the boys get into colleges. A new video shares the joy and success in the four years since.
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