Ability gets you to the top. Character keeps you there.
It’s something many of us do without giving it another thought. Similar to signing up for credit cards, discount cards, or organ donation, many times we’ll sign up for the bone marrow registry and never hear anything about it again. So when Cameron Lyle received a call recently that he was a bone marrow match, [...]
Imagine paying just $2.25 for a season ticket for your favorite sports team. And imagine that club was still in existence 129 years later. Now imagine that the ticket itself is still in existence after that same about of time. It turns out that a season ticket issued for the Burnley Football Club squad in [...]
And there used to be a ballpark where the field was warm and green And the people played their crazy game with a joy I’d never seen And the air was such a wonder from the hot dogs and the beer Yes, there used a ballpark right here – sung by Frank Sinatra One of [...]
Donald Hall wrote a highly acclaimed book of baseball essays called “Fathers Playing Catch With Sons.” Houston Astros pitcher Brad Peacock can’t relate. Not because he hasn’t written a book – there’s plenty of time for that later, and he has quite the tale to tell. No, Peacock can’t relate because when he was a [...]
Chances are you don’t know Noora Raty. Or Amanda Kessel (pictured above). Or Megan Bozek. And that’s a shame. The trio, along with their teammates on the Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s hockey team, just finished one of the most tremendous seasons by any team, of any gender, playing any sport, in any era. Forty-one games; [...]
Tom Seaver had it all – the matinee idol looks, the USC baseball pedigree, the effortless and highly successful pitching mechanics. Heck, even his mom knew of his image – upon his return to the New York Mets in 1983, she told him to be sure he didn’t spit while he was on the mound. [...]
In December, Arsenal Tech High School in Indianapolis was presented with a very heady honor – both the show choir, The Technicians, and the concert choir, The Tech Choir, were selected to perform at Disney World in April. There was just one problem – Arsenal Tech has a student body made up of low-income, and [...]
Given the recent troubles the NHL has faced regarding lockouts, you would be forgiven if you stopped watching, paying attention to, or even acknowledging the sport. But there is one storyline that you, as a sports fan, should be following. It’s the story of Pittsburgh Penguins’ center Sidney Crosby. Hampered by concussions, the star center [...]
You often see them, but generally don’t pay them any mind. They are society’s downtrodden, those who sit on street corners, on highway entrance and exit ramps, and on park benches. Some are looking for a handout – money, a bite to eat, something to drink. Others are looking for work. That’s the situation Doug [...]
So I’m sitting around, or maybe in, the pool at my in-law’s house about six years ago when my mother-in-law leans over the balcony railing and says “Hey, what do you know about this Cardinals pitcher that was killed?” I hadn’t heard about it, so I had no idea at all. I went inside, got online [...]
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