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Little League Batter Hit in the Head Embraces Devastated Pitcher in Inspiring Display Sportsmanship –WATCH

At the Southwest Region championship in Little League Baseball, the crowd was treated to not only the best performances from the boys aged 10-12,...

Teen Athlete Gives Up Race Hopes to Escort Injured Runner Across the Finish Line in Epic Display of Sportsmanship

The trophy may go to the swiftest, but sometimes, the first one to cross the finish line isn't the only winner. Nowhere was that...

Teens Show True Sportsmanship After Baseball Championship Win (WATCH)

A week after losing the Indiana 4-A baseball championship, he remembers most vividly the moment when an opponent, instead of celebrating with his teammates...

Teen Athlete’s ‘Absolutely Incredible’ Sportsmanship After Swim Meet

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki6DuNcbSA0?rel=0&w=560&h=315]   In an act of sportsmanship following the disqualification of his competitor a New Jersey high school swimmer, Michael Spark, presented his Conference Championship...

Player’s Honesty Costs Him the Match, But Wins Hearts w/ Sportsmanship

A sharp-eyed tennis player thought an umpire’s decision in his favor was wrong — so he told his opponent to challenge the call. His...

Univ Michigan Quarterback Shows Sportsmanship for Injured Opponent

Rivalries are what make sports both great and ugly, but on Saturday, we saw the touching side of rivalry during an Ohio State-Michigan game. Michigan...
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Sportsmanship Alive and Well at Olympics – Canada Coach Lends Ski to Russian

In true Olympic spirit, Canada’s head cross-country ski coach Justin Wadsworth rushed to help a Russian skier after the athlete crashed in the semi-final...
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Good Karma Update: Teen’s Basketball Sportsmanship Rewarded with College Scholarship

CBS shared an update to Steve Hartman's story about the El Paso high school basketball game last month, in which a player threw the...
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Act of Sportsmanship Gives Texas Basketball Fan a Shot at Glory

Mitchell Marcus has a developmental disability, but he far surpasses all the other students in his El Paso high school when it comes to...
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Gesture of Sportsmanship for Down’s Syndrome Player in SC Football Playoff Game (Video)

While headlines swirl around a sports scandal of epic proportions on the college level, a high school football team quietly demonstrated the meaning of...
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Sportsmanship Spreads on College Fields

The college football season began with an ugly incident — an Oregon player punching a Boise State player in a post-game fracas. But since...
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Amid the Grieving, a Rare Act of Sportsmanship

A team and a player decided there were more important things than winning and having good stats.  They missed the free throws intentionally...

Good News in History, March 16

184 years ago today, Shibusawa Eiichi was born in Japan. Known as "The Father of Japanese Capitalism" this economist and industrialist introduced Western free...

Pole Vaulters Agree to Share Gold Medal in Unexpected Twist at High Stakes World Championship–WATCH

After matching each other in normal rounds, two Olympic pole vaulters continued to battle it out over three tiebreaker rounds to see who would...

Good News in History, August 8

39 years ago today, Nawal El Moutawakel, the Amazigh-Moroccan athlete, became the first Moroccan, and the first woman from a Muslim nation to win...

Good News in History, June 9

50 years ago today, Secretariat and his rider Ron Turcotte won the Triple Crown, the first in 25 years after finishing first at the...

Equipment Manager Finally Gets to Play: Watch a Boy’s Basketball Triumph as High School Cheers

Equipment manager Carson Watters loves basketball, loves working on his junior varsity high school team, but never imagined he would ever get to play...

Man Organizes Redo of School Football Match After 50 Years of Feeling Guilty for Scoring Dubious Goal

An Englishman has organized a replay of a school football match after 50 years of feeling guilty for scoring 'foul' goal. Graeme Jones admitted to...

Nebraska Teen Runner Helps Competitor Finish Race After He Collapsed, Giving Up His Own Qualifying Hopes

In the sport of track and field, athletes compete not only with one another but against themselves, and with each race they strive to...

Five Classy Olympic Moments That Should Win a Gold Medal For Inspiration

The Tokyo Summer Olympics is bringing out the best in all of us. We've been looking for inspiring stories and have found some great shows...