By Terry Magee How would you respond if you thought you had won a contest, only to have victory taken from you and given to the opponent? This challenge faced the 1972 U.S. men’s basketball team at the Olympics. The United States had won every gold medal, usually quite handily, ever since basketball became an […]
By Melissa Wuske Olympian Praises God Despite Spinal Injury Jamie Nieto, former U.S. Olympic high jumper from the 2004 and 2012 games, suffered a spinal injury in April that will keep him from attending the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Nieto coaches potential Olympic athletes, and while performing a high jump during a training exercise, Nieto […]
By Tina W. Ganong My husband, Marty, ran 20 miles before church last week. He even managed to stay awake through the sermon afterward. Quite an impressive feat since he started his training at 4:30 a.m. Admittedly I slept through it. (His run that is, not the sermon.) My man has kicked his marathon preparation […]
By Geri Lieb Benter Passion is a driving force and takes people to the ultimate limit of their abilities. Nick Goepper, first ever bronze medal winner in Olympic Slopestyle Skiing and three-time gold medalist at the X Games, pursued his passion from an early age. Nick began skiing at age 5 and spent his younger […]
By Kelly Carr For this topic of special needs, I talked to my sister-in-law, Heather Carr. Her son Jack, the fourth of five children, was diagnosed with autism at age 3 and is now 8. She shared: “When someone meets Jack, at first glance you may never know that he has any problems. It just […]
